When the topic of obesity in America comes up the typical issues are fast food and lack of exercise but a dangerous habit often times fall under the radar: drink soda, and lots of it. In fact according to a recent study by the Beverage Marketing Corporation the average American drinks roughly 45 gallons of soda every year! With all that soda comes high levels of sugar, carbs and chemicals that not only add inches to your waistline but can cause other major health problems, some still not quite known.
The first red flag is the hidden fat that lies on vital organs like your livers and your bones. It is that visceral fat that is not only hidden but at the same time a lot harder to get rid of than visceral fat, the layer we are all too familiar with that sits between the muscles and the skin. A recent Danish study revealed that those who drank primarily regular soda as opposed to milk, water, and diet soda gained a significantly higher amounts of that dangerous fat I mentioned earlier compared to the other three beverages. Think diet soda is any better? Well all those dyes and artificial sweeteners they use to make it taste like the real thing minus the sugar have been linked to blindness, hyperactivity and brain cell damage.
Another big concern is the more sketchy ingredients they add to sodas such as brominated vegetable oil—a toxic flame retardant—to keep the artificial flavoring from separating from the rest of the liquid. Now there is something they fail to mention in those catchy Mountain Dew commercials. No they typically sneak it in there on the back of the can as BVO that can cause bromide poisoning symptoms like skin lesions and memory loss, as well as nerve disorders. (For more scary ingredients found in every day foods and beverages check out this article here)
Despite how scary the top two were what scares me more that anything is not knowing and that is exactly the case with soda. A main ingredient used in all sodas are high-fructose-corn syrup, which not only harms your heart but is synthetic and has only been used in foods since the 1990′s. This means that the long term effects on us is still relatively unknown and more bad news is almost sure to come as more research is done over time. The outlook is especially bleak due to the fact that genetically engineered crops are now being shown to cause damage to your organs and even cause infertility.
Bottom line sodas is bad for you, even diet, and it is only going to be worse as research will show more long term side effects to the human body. One thing we know for sure is that water is your best bet and organic foods are the way to go. You think soda is the only thing with harmful ingredients and chemicals? Even healthy foods like fruits and vegetables are ridden with pesticides. Be careful what you eat and check out this cleansing meal plan for a diet that does not involve all of those nasty chemicals and can flush them out of your system for good.
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