London 3rd Nov 2011. Carbonated drinks or soft drinks is something which most of the people drink everyday around the globe and at times it seems that people have replaced milk and water in favour of soft drinks.
For example consumption of carbonated soft drink in America is around 185 liters per person per year.
Drinking habit of soft drinks in UK is also not better. “More than 5,560 million litres of carbonated soft drinks are consumed every year in the UK.”1 Considering at present UK population around 60 million which means each person in the UK drinks about 92.66 litres per year.
However, most people who drink soft drinks unfortunately are unaware of the associated health hazards associated with carbonated drinks.
For example you may be surprised to learn that regular drinking of Soft drinks can leads to
Gaining weight and obesity - Some of the cola brand products can have 210 calories in each 500 ml bottle.
Loss of tooth enamel- A 500 ml of can have up to 53 g of sugar and phosphoric acid, which are dangerous of our tooth enamel.
Increased risk of osteoporosis –Little kids are drinking more of soft drink than milk, i.e. risk of osteoporosis.
Damaging your DNA cell- Research from a British university suggests a common preservative found in drinks such as Fanta and Pepsi Max has the ability to switch off vital parts of DNA.”2
Cancer chemical found in British soft drinks - according to the news on the BBC site “Traces of a cancer-causing chemical have been found in British soft drinks at eight times the level permitted in drinking water, BBC News has learned”.3
Last but not the least it contains pesticides and traces of cancer causing elements as well.
Pesticide in Soft drinks- According to Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) in India “The 2006 CSE study tests 57 samples of 11 soft drink brands, from 25 different manufacturing plants of Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, spread over 12 states. The study finds pesticide residues in all samples; it finds a cocktail of 3-5 different pesticides in all samples”.4
Now the interesting point is that instead of improving the quality of soft drinks in India, soft drinks companies hired “intelligent” film stars of Bollywood such as Mr. Shahrukh Khan to advise or suggest the public that soft drinks are safe. Isn’t it interesting?
Issued in the public interest by yoga trainer and a holistic health consultant Subodh Gupta based in London.
Reference:
(1) Greenhalgh, Alyson, "Carbonated soft drinks" <online> http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/healthy_living/nutrition/drinks_soft2.shtml
(2)Hickman, Martin, Independent News “Caution: Some soft drinks may seriously harm your health”27th May 2007 <online> http://news.independent.co.uk/health/article2586652.ece
(3)BBC News 24 “Health: Cancer chemical found in drinks” 1st March 2006 <online> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4763528.stm
(4) Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), “Soft Drinks Still Unsafe” Press Release August 02, 2006 <online> http://www.cseindia.org/misc/cola-indepth/cola2006/cola_press2006.htm
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