Natural sparkling water has been known for its healing properties since ancient times. In medieval Europe, this water is extracted from the source and transported to cities. But it was very expensive, so people started to think about how to optimize production processes and to maximize economic benefits.
And now millions liters enormous plants produce various soft drinks and soda, adding carbon dioxide in water in the case of a mechanical process, a chemical process - adding carbon dioxide.
Carbon dioxide is a preservative and indicated on the packages as the E290. And if salted soda (in common - mineral water) to drink is useful because it fills body electrolytes, the use of soft drinks can lead to a rather sad consequences.
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Asthma
Benzoic acid-sodium which is part of the carbonated beverage, used as a preservative in food products. Preservatives based on sodium added to soda, reduce the amount of potassium in the body. As a result, some people develop a reaction to sodium in the form of recurrent urticaria, asthma and eczema.
Problems with tooth enamel
The sugar and the acid contained in the soft drinks, destroy tooth enamel. When tooth decay reaches the nerve roots and to the tooth base tooth is left without food and just die. A abscess may form on the gums.
Heart diseases
Most soft drinks contain large amounts of corn syrup high fructose - a sweetener that has been recently introduced by a very attentive SUPERVISION. This syrup was associated with increased risk metabolic syndrome (Increase in visceral fat mass, decrease in the sensitivity of peripheral tissues to insulin and hyperinsulinemia that violate carbohydrate, lipid, purine metabolism), which in turn increases the risk of getting diabetes Type II diabetes, or problems with heart.
Kidney problems
Cola contains a large amount of phosphoric acid which leads to the formation of kidney stones and other renal problems.
Problems with the reproductive system
Cans, which are sold sodas, inside have a special coating of the gum, which contains BPA (Bisphenol-A). This substance causes cancer and problems with the reproductive system: precocious puberty and other reproductive disorders.
Osteoporosis
As discussed above, soft drinks contain a large amount of phosphoric acid. And use it in too large quantities leads to bone problems: they become more fragile, and may develop osteoporosis. Excreted in the urine, phosphoric acid takes with calcium and other minerals required for proper functioning of the body.
sugar overload
In 20 minutes after you drink a glass of sweet carbonated water, your blood sugar jumps, causing an insulin burst. And your liver responds to this by processing any sugar into fat.
In 40 minutes your body completes the absorption of caffeine. Your pupils dilate: your blood pressure rises, and as a response your liver releases more sugar in the blood. Your adenosine receptors in the brain are blocked, removing sleepiness.
After 45 minutes your body increases the production of dopamine, thereby stimulating your pleasure center in the brain. By the way, just so physically it affects our body heroin.
Obesity
The link between obesity and excessive enthusiasm Sweet drinks have long proved all sorts of research and tests. If you are very fond of sweet drinks, the risk of getting obesity for you increases 1.6 times.
Picture for illustration, taken from Wikipedia in an article on metabolic syndrome. Handsomely?
Diabetes
Lovers of sweet drinks the risk of getting diabetes type II diabetes increased by 80%.