Why Soda Pop Drains You Dry

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Soda pop is not good for you. Of course, you have probably suspected this, but perhaps you don't know the extent to which drinking carbonated, caffeinated, sugared, or artificially sweetened beverages destroys your body.

 

If you look at the list of ingredients in most soda pops, you will likely see most or all of these listed:

 

caffeine carbonated water phosphoric acid sugar aspartame acesulfame-k sucralose

 

Let's start with carbonated water. As you know, our bodies require oxygen to remain healthy. For every can of carbonated soda ingested, the amount of oxygen in the blood is decreased by 25% for up to three hours. If you are drinking several sodas per day, you are depriving yourself for a significant amount of oxygen.

 

Calcium, magnesium, and phosphorus must be maintained in the proper balance for bone health.

 

When too much phosphorus is in the blood, calcium is leached from the bones, causing osteoporosis.

 

Even in citrus sodas which contain citric acid instead of phosphoric acid, calcium is needed to normalize blood pH.

 

It has been said that the fastest growing group of people with osteoporosis in this country is teenagers....because of the huge number of sodas they consume.

 

As far as caffeine and sugar are concerned, they both cause dehydration, and the massive depletion of minerals.

 

A study was done in which two groups of children aged 13-18 years of age were given one of two drinks, a caffeinated sugar-free drink, or a drink containing both caffeine and sugar.

 

When caffeine was added, calcium excretion in the urine increased by 25%.

 

When sugar was added, urinary calcium loss almost doubled (1). Both caffeine and sugar also cause dehydration.

 

Sugar in particular is destructive because its ingestion lowers immune function by reducing the ability of white blood cells to ingest and destroy bacteria.

 

This lowered immune function can last for five hours or more after the ingestions of sugar (2).

 

Sucralose, also marketed as Splenda, breaks down into small amounts of 1,6 -dichlorofructose, a chemical similar to chlorinated pesticides.

 

There has not been adequate testing of this product before it was released for public use, and many of the post-approval studies are alarming. To ready about it, go to Sucralose Toxicity Information Center .

 

Aspartame, or Nutra Sweet, has an alarming health record. Read my article about Aspartame . Even though this article is about how aspartame poisons the pregnant woman and her unborn child, you can see how it would do similar things in the bodies of others. Also, see the Aspartame (Nutra Sweet) Toxicity Info Center .

 

Acesulfame-k is a dangerous chemical. Read Sample Quotes from Cancer Experts' Letters on Acesulfame Testing .

 

I hope you will consider giving up the drinking of soda pop. It would contribute significantly to your level of wellness, and probably help reverse many existing health problems. _________________ http://www..com On-Line Homeopathic Consultations mistyt-_________________ ====================================================================Regular Cola Consumption Linked to Lower Bone Density in Women =====================================================================http://www.annieappleseedproject.org/dailcollinto.html

 

Women who drink dark colas daily may have lower bone density than those who drink clear soda, according to findings of a study of women who were part of the Framingham Offspring Cohort.

 

While various studies have been done on soft drink consumption and bone health in children and adolescents, this study looked adults, said Katherine Tucker, PhD, associate professor of nutritional epidemiology at Tufts University.

 

In other studies, there has been an assumption that increased soft drink consumption meant lower intake of dairy and other calcium sources.

 

But in this cohort, "we looked at total calcium, and that was similar across the groups we studied. [Decreased bone density] wasn't because of lower calcium," she told Medscape in an interview. Dr. Tucker presented her findings here at the 25th annual meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.

 

The problem appears to be increased levels of phosphoric acid, which can interfere with bone absorption. A typical can of cola contains 44 to 62 mg of phosphoric acid per 12 ounce serving, and diet cola contains 27 to 39 mg.

 

Data were presented on a total of 1,672 women and 1,148 men studied from 1996 to 2001. Bone mineral density (BMD) measurements were taken at the spine and three sites of the hip. The cohort was divided into two groups, those who consumed cola daily and those who drank cola (or other sorts of carbonated beverages including clear sodas) once a week or less.

 

The average daily phosphorus level of cola drinkers was 1,146 mg compared with 1,105 mg in nondaily cola drinkers, but this included all dietary sources.

 

Among the female subjects, regular cola drinkers had decreased BMD compared with the infrequent drinkers. BMD was 2.3% lower in the trochanter, 3.3% lower in the femoral neck, and 5.1% lower in Ward's area.

 

Yet, daily drinkers of cola had a slightly higher physical activity score and were similar to the infrequent cola drinks in all other respects.

 

"We've shown it was not due to lower calcium, it was not due to the caffeine in the cola, it was not due to the sugar, and we adjusted for calcium and vitamin D as well as body size.

 

It seems the thing that's left is the phosphoric acid," Dr. Tucker said.

 

While phosphoric acid is present in other dietary sources, including dairy products, it may not cause the same sort of problem. "When phosphoric acid comes packaged with other nutrients, it's absorbed normally and everything is in balance. We think the problem with cola is that you're getting those doses of phosphoric acid without any calcium. It's not balanced, and that extra phosphorus binds with calcium and prevents it from being absorbed," Dr. Tucker said.

 

This latest study still doesn't answer all the questions, said Dennis Black, PhD, professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of California at San Francisco.

 

"This kind of study is hard because you ask people at one point in time 'what do you drink?' If you asked them a month earlier they may have drunk something different. It's very difficult to assess," he said.

 

The study also found that while cola consumption was associated with lower BMD in women, the same did not hold true for men.

 

Dr. Tucker reported no financial disclosures.

 

25th ASBMR: Abstract SU259. Presented Sept. 21, 2003.

 

Thanks to MEDSCAPE

 

Diana Gonzalez

 

 

 

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