WHY YOU SHOULD AVOID SOFT DRINKS AND FIZZY DRINKS to save your health...

Soft drinks have been popular all over the world for a long time, and worldwide soft drinks consumption is at an all-time high.

The word “soft drink” usually refers to a flavoured, carbonated, non-alcoholic beverage, such as those that use caloric (such as sugar or high-fructose corn syrup) and non-caloric sweeteners alike. It seems that some people are drinking more soda than water each day, or no water at all.
Some example of soft drinks are... Pepsi, Cocacola, Sprite etc...

Being a Health conscious generation its side effects should also be known to you.

Aternatives for soft drinks: Green tea, Fruit Juice etc. 

Here are some of the effects of consumption of fizzy or soft drinks....

Harmful Chemicals

The simple tap water used in soda is also found to contain chemicals like chlorine, fluoride and heavy metals and mercury. 

Other than caffeine, artificial sweeteners are also used in diet sodas, such as aspartame, as a substitute for sugar, which makes it more harmful. 

It has been linked to almost a hundred different health problems including seizures, brain tumors, diabetes, and emotional disorders. Diet sodas also increase the risk of metabolic syndrome, which causes belly fat, high blood sugar and raised cholesterol.

Aternatives for soft drinks: Green tea, Fruit Juice etc. 

Contains Caffeine

In most carbonated beverages, caffeine is added to make it more addictive. Caffeine in carbonated drinks is more readily absorbed than in any other drink (like coffee, chocolate etc.).

This chemical effects your memorizing power and concentration power also.

Caffeine disturbs sleep by stimulating the nervous system.

It also makes premenstrual syndrome worse, causes dehydration and induces the stomach to produce acids, 

this also effects your sleep and contributes in heart diseases..  

Aternatives for soft drinks: Green tea, Fruit Juice etc. 

Lack Of Nutritional Value

Not providing much-needed nutrition to the body means that it only provides you with empty calories and kills your appetite along with diseases causing chemicals.

It results in the individual eating less foods that usually help to fuel their bodies, and obtaining less than the recommended 

amount of vitamin A, calcium, and magnesium, an important mineral to overall health.

Effects On Children

Kids can be particularly susceptible to the dangers of soda, as it can harm children’s brains on a great extent. As they are still developing throughout adolescence, consuming chemicals in the soda can alter their brain.

through this children's brain is effected these effects include parkinson’s disease, brain damage, learning disorders and behavioural problems.

Soda can also weaken kids’ bones, depleting them of much-needed calcium.

Phosphorus, a common ingredient in soda, leads to bone loss when in disproportionate levels to calcium, as it interferes with the body’s ability to absorb calcium and can lead to osteoporosis, cavities and bone softening. 

Aternatives for soft drinks: Green tea, Fruit Juice etc. 

Effects on kidney

Soft drinks remove Calcium from the body, causing an excess amount of Calcium to be deposited in the kidney, resulting in nephrolithiasis (kidney stones).

Aternatives for soft drinks: Green tea, Fruit Juice etc. 

Colouring chemicals-Cancer

Colouring chemicals which are found in soda and soft drinks (2-methylimidazole and 4-methylimidazole) are carcinogenic in nature and lead to cancer.

Aternatives for soft drinks: Green tea, Fruit Juice etc.