Soft Drinks and the Ill Effects of Consuming Them

Soda. It’s an enjoyed beverage all across the globe. With a huge variety of different

flavors, colors, and tastes. However, it is often known to have a bad reputation health

wise. Soda has been blamed for a number of health problems. Including; tooth decay,

obesity, and diabetes. So why is it that soda is so bad?

Well first off, the main ingredients in soda consist of carbonated water, caramel color,

natural flavors, caffeine, phosphoric acid and high fructose corn syrup. The carbonated

water, caramel color, and natural flavors are pretty much harmless ingredients. Then

there’s the caffeine, which is known to be addictive. The phosphoric acid is a chemical

that adds a tangy flavor by breaking down starches into sugar. Along with high fructose

corn syrup which provides little nutrition and lots of calories. Research has even shown

that high fructose corn syrup goes directly to the liver, releasing enzymes that instruct the

body to then store fat! You would think that alone would make people steer away from

consuming it in large amounts, but you still find that people buy this product by the cases

every time they go to the supermarket and drink it daily as they sit down at the table.

The makers of this product started out with good intentions, but now it’s said by

doctors to be slowly killing people that consume this tasty liquid. Dr. John Pemberton,

Caleb Bradham, Charles Alderton and Charles Hires had invented the first soda substance

in the late 1880s. They had originally marketed their product to be