Phosphoric acid can lead to a disease called Osteoporosis, which is a disease of the bones that increases the risk of fracture. It can also soften the teeth and rot the enamel. The acid decreases the bodies use of calcium which causes this weakening of our body. (www.oleda.com/oleda_tips/tips.asp?dept=48)

Caffeine can cause jitters, insomnia, high blood pressure, and many more. (www.oleda.com/oleda_tips/tips.asp?dept=48) You can also find yourself depending on the caffeine because of the high it gives your body. Along with caffeine, sugar has some of the same side effects. According to www.termlifeinsurance.org/harmful-soda twenty minutes after drinking a soda your blood sugar spikes which causes an insulin burst. Then your liver reacts to this by turning the sugars into fat. After forty minutes the caffeine absorption is finished causing your pupils to dilate and your blood pressure to rise, so as a result your liver dumps even more sugar into your bloodstream. After forty-five minutes your body ups its dopamine production, which stimulates the pleasure center of the brain. Also the adenosine receptors are blocked which presents drowsiness. So in another sense caffeine and sugar can be like a drug.

Obesity is one of the main things to look out for when drinking soda. According to David Gutierrez drinking one soda per day you are twenty-seven percent more likely to be classified as overweight. Also drinking one soda a day is the consumption of approximately thirty-nine pounds of sugar in one year, and in every twenty ounce serving there are seventeen teaspoons of sugar. This is all sugar that the body does not need; it is sugar that is being turned instantly into fat. With a country that drinks soda like it’s water, we are bound to be obese.

Be more in tune with what you are putting into your body, you may never realize just how harmful it can be. Read the ingredients in a can of soda or even on any packaged meal you get. Pay attention and stay healthy!