Ban Killer Soft Drinks or Carbonated Beverages
As we live in these days when more is being said about health and nutrition, governments should ban soft drinks or any carbonated beverages in the market because of its well-known and proven side effects that endangers the body. Instead, encourage manufacturers to go for healthy and natural drinks for the people’s welfare, foremost the children whose health are endangered considering the irresistible lure of taking this silent killer drink.
“Our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, and we have a special obligation to care for them,” said Bro. Eliseo “Eli” Soriano as he mentioned 1 Corinthians 6:19 in the Bible. Bro. Eli is knowledgeable and can be considered expert in Alternative Medicine in addition to his phenomenal expertise of the Words of God. He is the most popular and multi-awarded religious media personality in this generation, and the host of the television program “Ang Dating Daan” (The Old Path).
Likewise, Dr. Maoshing Ni, Health Expert for Alternative Medicine, soft drinks is hard on one’s health for it contains little to no vitamins or other essential nutrients. Its content is the problem caffeine, carbonation, simple sugars or worse, sugar substitutes and often food additives such as artificial coloring, flavoring, and preservatives.
Most soft drinks contain more than 10 teaspoons of sugar, thus, consumption of it in high quantity would result in obesity, diabetes, heart disease, tooth decay and other nutrition deficiencies. Sugar raises insulin levels which lead to depression of the immune system that weakens ones ability to fight diseases. Excessive intake of it will fatten the body that could result to stroke, heart disease and even cancer.
Some would say that diet soft drinks or soda is sugar free and is being taken by diabetics as a substitute for regular soda. This is a fallacy because artificial sweeteners like sucralose, saccharin and aspartame likewise poses a greater threat to the body for being carcinogenic.
The following are among the most popularly identified side effects for drinking too much soft drinks or beverages filled with soda:
- Obesity, as the brain craves for more sweets as it is being stimulated;
- Calcium in the body is depleted, increasing the risk of osteoporosis;
- Caffeine contained in soft drinks stimulates the central nervous system resulting to insomnia leading to stress related diseases;
- It impairs calcification of growing bones in children and easily dissolves tooth enamel;
- Damages the white blood cells’ ability to ingest and kill gonococcal bacteria for seven hours, said Jame A. Howenstine M.D.;
- Very high in bone-dissolving phosphorous (James Duke PhD)
- Adolescents who consume soft drinks display a risk of bone fractures three to four-fold higher than those who do not (Marion Nestle);
The following are the best alternative for drinking soft drinks:
- Mineral, purified or filtered water with drops of honey;
- Green, red, black or white tea with molasses or honey;
- Natural fruit and vegetable juices.
- Health is wealth. Thus, proper nourishment is a necessity and doing every possible way to provide for our physical well-being is a must.
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