Usually kids savor a lot for soft drink. They are so rapidly becoming a part of modern lifestyle especially in the metropolitan cities all around the world. And they have grabbed a huge attention especially from the kids section.
Well it is definitely not just the taste of these drinks that makes them attracted to these beverages. But the credit accredited to the advertising world which have spread the craze of the soft drinks.
Besides they make children mind set that if they consume this drink they are the part of the new gen and possess some cool attitude. But it is altogether wrong.
The advertising company are just selling this crap drink in a source of making huge amount wealth in their bank balance.
Kids are completely unaware of how this attractive looking witch destroys your beautiful health. No doubt it gives a stimulating effect in the tired body and is assumed to allay thirst. Generations next are getting killed by these hawking machines. And this is the reason the human species love to drink.
This industry is ruling the minds of younger generation.
It was ancient times when the mineral water were obtained from natural spring which proved to have lot of health benefits. And truly all those soft drinks known as sherbet were made of from crushed fruits, herbs and flowers which were developed by Arab chemists. But then by the 17th century, drink that capture the huge crowd in western countries was the water mixed with lemon and sweetened with honey.
Then the industry was revolutionized when an inhabitant of England Joseph Priestley discovered the carbonated water during the year in 1767. It involved the method of infusing water with carbon dioxide. He found this water flavored good and was refreshing but I guess he never knew that this will further altered in such level that it will be the most harmful drink for harmful health.
During eighteenth century it was the Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius who initiated to include flavors like spices, juices and wine to carbonated water.
Thus the term ‘Soft drinks’ that represents this infusion as it does not consists of alcohol. But this so called drinks known as soft drinks are hard on your health.
May be if I tell you how this drinks are made and reveal their ingredients you will definitely quit drinking this drinks. It is blend of water with sugar, artificial flavors, caffeine, acids and colors. All this mixture is proved scientifically harmful to human health.
Sugar:
All the soft drinks consist huge amount of refined sugar crystals. One can provides you more then required amount of sugar in your body.
Like wise according the health consultants they have always recommended to replace the refined sugar crystals with honey which is healthy sweetener.
As even they have declared the side effects of using a huge consumption of refined sugar.
- Sugar erodes away the health of teeth and gums.
- Regular consumption increases the risk of diabetics.
- As refined sugar contains good calories they increase the level of cholesterol which in turn develops the risk of heart ailments.
They are great source of trouble to digestive system.- Refined sugar causes irritation to skin which provokes skin troubles.
Artificial Sweeteners:
A ghost in disguise, soft drinks consist of good calorie-reducing sweeteners such as aspartame, acesulfame-K, saccharin or sucralose.
Aspartame:
This artificial sweetener is almost 200 times sweeter than sugar, no doubt the manufacturer uses a very little amount. The taste is definitely developed but with innumerous undesirable effects.
- It increases the troubles of migraine.
- Memory loss is one of the biggest side effects.
- Folks who are already emotional should highly avoid it as it increases emotional mess.
- Aspartame also increases blurred vision,
- It is the major culprit for heart palpitations and shortness of breath.
Acesulfame-K (Ace-K):
Even this is 100-200 times sweeter than sugar, but has a slight bitter after-taste.
Even they have proved harmful to the human health.
Saccharin:
It is a non-nutritive sweetener which is approximately 300 times sweeter than refined sugar.
It has been proven to cause bladder cancer.
Well there are countries who have taken good decision to ban it like Canada, New Zealand and several European countries.
Saccharin is found to be present in Pepsi Diet, Diet Coke and Diet Sarsi.
Caffeine:
Caffeine is an habit-forming drug that develop the flavor of soda. It falsely induces the nervous systems which have proved to increases the heart rate.
If consumed during exhaustion it momentarily braces the brain and shrinks tiredness.
Too much intake of caffeine over stimulates brain which actually drains the vital elements form the body making a way for all harmful toxins to enter the blood stream.
Extreme intake of caffeine is connected to cancers of the bladder and stomach.
It also arouses the blood pressure and infuriating diabetes.
Acids:
All the soft drink consists of acids like citric acid, phosphoric and malic acid. They even do posses tartaric acid.
These acids are highly dangerous to the human health.
The phosphoric acid distresses the body’s calcium-phosphorus ratio and suspends calcium from body, resulting in premature osteoporosis.
Children are the huge sufferer of these carbonated drinks, as it actually cripples their immune system.
And it results in frequent headaches, obesity, and irritation, upsets stomach and kills the appetite.
It is also proved to be the major reason for insomnia.
It is the responsibility of parents that they should provide kids with right information about the food and drinks that are being consumed by their kids.
Also they should keep a check on what they consume.
Insist your kids to have natural drinks which are beneficial good for health.
Pull in a lot of fresh fruit juice, vegetable juice, natural sherbets and butter milk to quench your thirsts which are also good immune boosters.
And most importantly drink lots and lots of water as it is necessary to flush out the toxins from the body.
