Some Facts on Cola Drinks

Disease Flourishes in An Acid ph

( And Cola drinks are Acidic!)

All kinds of soft drinks are very acidic, especially colas. In order to neutralize a glass of cola, it takes 32 glasses of high ph alkaline water."

No wonder cola drinkers get sick easily.

Cola Drinks Damage Kidneys

A three year study of over 1,000 men with a history of kidney stones showed: "There was a clear-cut difference in the group's experiences, with much less renal colic in the men who had avoided soft drinks. Of those who continued to use soft drinks, there was also a big difference in outcome depending upon the nature of the soft drink consumed.

Soft drinks acidified with phosphoric acid were the worst offenders. Colas of all kinds, of course, are well known for their high phosphoric acid content."

How much is your liver?

    As pointed out by Beatrice Hunter in her book, CONSUMER BEWARE (published in 1971), "Nutritionally, soft drinks are low in value. Their food energy comes solely from refined sugar. Every element of nutritional importance, except calories, is zero. Soft drinks have much in common with hard liquor, claimed the co-discoverer of insulin, Dr. Charles Best.

Cirrhosis of the liver has been found among teenagers who drink large quantities of soft drinks, as well as among chronic alcoholics."

   Can we live without a functioning liver? No. And do doctors have a cure for cirrhosis of the liver? Not really!

Cola's Dirty Little Fringe Benefits 

  Cola drinks contain caffein, and this is bad news.

 In the amounts presently being consumed, it can cause insomnia, nervousness, irritability, anxiety and disturbances in the heart rate and rhythm. Cola and pepper-type drinks account for 80-90 percent of the caffeine added to foods today. Its long term effects on people are not clearly known.

Cola  Drinks Can Potentially Cause Birth Defects

Pregnant mothers should stay away from cola drinks.

Here is advice on caffeine from the FDA. "In making the public announcement in September of caffeine's possible dangers to unborn children, FDA commissioner Dr. Jere E. Goyan urged prudence by pregnant women in the use of caffeine products. Goyan's words to mothers-to-be: "So while further evidence is being gathered on the possible relationship between caffeine and birth defects, a prudent and protective mother-to-be will want to put caffeine on her list of unnecessary substances which she should avoid." The old saying that a pregnant woman is "eating for two" has a special meaning in regard to caffeine.

Is That Poison In Your Drink? 

Cola drinks contain caramel coloring which, according to some researchers, has genetic effects and is a cancer-causing suspect. Polyethylene glycol is used as an ingredient sometimes. Glycol is used in anti-freeze in automobiles and as an oil solvent. Perhaps you have noticed that pouring cola drinks on your windshield in a snow or ice storm will keep the windshield from freezing over with ice.

Bubbly Risks 

The bubbles and fizz in soft drinks can potently burn human insides; this is caused by the phosphoric acid and carbon dioxide. The phosphorus in the acid upsets the body's calcium-phosphorus ratio and dissolves calcium out of the bones. This can eventually result in osteoporosis, a weakening of the skeletal structure, which can make one susceptible to broken bones. Also, the phosphorus fights with the hydrochloric acid in human stomachs and renders it ineffective. This promotes indigestion, bloating and gassiness in many individuals. Carbon dioxide is a waste product exhaled by humans, but they ingest it when they drink cola drinks.

A Double Whammy With Cola's Sweeteners 

Soft drinks use predominately three types of sweeteners - saccharin or aspartame in the diet type and sugar, cane syrup or corn syrup in the regular drinks. "These substances enhance taste appeal and come touted as "refreshing" and "high energy". The truth is that saccharin has been shown to cause cancer in laboratory animals and Nutra-sweet and Equal are linked to convulsions, depression, insomnia, irritability, weakness, dizziness, migraine headaches, mood changes and mental retardation.

Scratch My Back, I'll Scratch Yours 

Dr. George M. Halpem, Division of Allergy at the University of California Davis School of Medicine says that diet soft drinks may cause allergies. The potential problem may be due to toxicity because of the increase in consumption of diet drinks. Acute or chronic hives may be symptoms caused by this low-calorie, artificial sweetener.

Malformed Fetuses? Thanks to pop soda! 

 Dr. Yoshihide Hagiwara conducted a study  and published under the title, The Effects of Foods on the Bones of Mice. The experiments involved sustaining mice with feed containing calcium and phosphoric acid in varying ratios. When the amount of phosphoric acid was increased beyond a certain limit, bone malformation occurred in the mice. Further increase of phosphoric acid in the food of pregnant mice yielded 40 malformed fetuses out of 100. The meaning of these results are self-evident. Too much phosphoric acid can cause birth defects. Does it happen in humans? Why take a chance?

Look, Ma, No  More Teeth!

"Nor am I alone in this conclusion," Haglwara said. A government warning was once issued to the manufacturer of a certain world-famous refreshing soft drink for its suspected effect on the bones of children because of the large amount of phosphoric acid contained in it. Pour cola over an extracted baby tooth or a 10-penny nail and see it totally dissolve in a few days! 

Dr. Clive McCay, working at the Naval Research Institute, placed extracted human teeth in cola drinks. Within two days, the teeth became very soft, and the enamel surface lost much of its calcium. Rats, well fed but given nothing to drink except cola beverages, after six months had their molar teeth dissolved down to the gum line. When Dr. McCay reported years ago the rat experiments before the Delaney hearing on chemical in foods, a lawmaker reminded him that the soft drink industry represented huge economic investments. He suggested that these alarming findings be soft-pedaled to avoid disrupting the industry and the economy as a whole.

Boneless Humans?

William Frazier, M.P.H., N.C. says  his file is full of examples of Americans with soft bones (dissolved by their phosphoric acid consumption) and his heart-felt concern for fetuses is now a reality - many are being born without face bones, with missing ribs, with fewer than normal carpal bones, and so forth.

If changes are not made by millions soon, Dr. James Beasley's prediction can be upon us. He said, "If Americans do not change their eating and drinking habits, within twenty years we will have nutritional obliteration." I see that as a very viable possibility."

Shady Secrets? 

Heavy soft drink consumption can interfere with your body's metabolization of iron and diminish nerve-impulse transmission. Sodas may contain - but are not required to disclose - such ingredients as ethyl alcohol, sodium alginate (possibly hazardous for pregnant women), brominated vegetable oil (found harmful to vital organs of animals and considered a health risk to heavy consumers of beverages containing it) and caffeine.

No Medicines Allowed!

Cola drinks can interact adversely with antacids, possible causing constipation, calcium loss, hypertension, nausea, vomiting, headaches and kidney damage. Soft drinks can decrease the antibacterial action of penicillin and ampicillin.

Deadly Sweets 

The average 12 ounce cola has about 150 calories and over an ounce (9 tsps) of refined sugar, a 12 ounce up-cola has 71/2 teaspoons of sugar. Dr. A. Thrash, M.D., found that 24 teaspoons of sugar in on day destroys 92% of the body's ability to destroy bacteria.

Clueless?  

Caffeine is a member of the same alkaloid group of chemicals as morphine, nicotine, cocaine, purine and strychnine. These alkaloids all have one thing in common: they are addictive. Colas are responsible for giving millions of Americans addicts their daily "fixes".

See http://www.themuslimwoman.com/hertongue/SoftDrink.htm

See also " WHY I DON'T DRINK SOFT DRINKS (AND WISH YOU DIDN'T) by  William Frazier, M.P.H., N.C.

Cola Drinks : Are They Really Safe?

You see them everywhere. They are in the supermarkets, at the stores, and in practically all parts of the world. They come in fancy, and attractive containers.Their manufacturers want consumers to believe that these cola drinks quench thirsts and are safe to drink.

For sometime now, majority of us believe these lies.

But are they really safe?

Read this.

Cola drinking remained a risk factor even when the researchers compared only women matched for age, weight, alcohol use, previous trouble with high blood pressure, use of birth control pills, physical activity, smoking, and use of other classes of beverages.

Compared with women who drank less than a can of regular cola a day:

Women who drank one can of cola a day increased their high blood pressure risk by 9% in the first Nurses Health Study and by 13% in the second Nurses Health Study.

Women who drank two to three cans of cola a day had an 11% higher risk in the first study and a 24% higher risk in the second study.

Women who drank four or more cans of cola a day had a 44% higher risk in the first study and a 28% higher risk in the second study.

Compared with women who drank less than a can of diet cola a day:

Women who drank one can of diet cola a day increased their high blood pressure risk by 7% in the first Nurses Health Study and by 5% in the second Nurses Health Study.

Women who drank two to three cans of diet cola a day had a 6% higher risk in the first study and a 9% higher risk in the second study.

Women who drank four or more cans of cola a day had a 16% higher risk in the first study and a 19% higher risk in the second study.

Identifying the Culprit

What's going on? There are ingredients in cola drinks -- corn syrup in sugared colas and caramel coloring in both sugared and diet colas -- that might cause high blood pressure. This is far from proven, Winkelmayer hastens to point out.

"Clearly, at this point, we need to be very careful and require further research to confirm this finding," he says. "If cola drinking is, in fact, a cause of high blood pressure, it would be important to identify the biological mechanism that makes this happen. We need to understand what it is that creates this link. This agent needs to be identified."

Even so, the link between cola and high blood pressure worries Richard Milani, MD, head of preventive cardiology at the Ochsner Clinic Foundation in New Orleans.

"The unexpected and rather alarming finding of this study is this very strong and increasing risk of high blood pressure as women drink more and more cola," Milani tells WebMD. "That is very, very concerning, because of the even larger amount of cola

consumption in U.S. children. We don't see 10-year-olds drinking coffee, but we do see 6-year-olds drinking their weight in cola. This is an alarming finding."

See http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/516356

Practical Uses of Cola Drinks

That cola drink in can or in bottle is not totally bad. It has some practical uses around the house which could save you hundreds of dollars.

Consider the following:

Remove Rust From Car Battery

Is your car's battery rusty? Don't call your automotive repairman. Instead, buy a can of cola and pour it over your car's battery terminals. Let it stand for a few minutes. Afterwards, wipe with a dry cloth. Voila, your car's battery clean and shiny like new!

Clogged Kitchen Sink? 

Don't worry. Remove the sink cover. Pop open a cola drink and pour it into the sink, then quickly cover the sink hole with your palm. The strong and violent acid from cola will clear away whatever debri clogging the sink's drain pipes.

Make Dirty Toilet Bowl Clean and Shiny In A Snap

Pour cola drinks on the bowl. Leave it for a few minutes. Let  cola's strong acids work on the stubborn toilet stain. Afterwards, scrub light to remove stain leftovers. Flush several times.

Bingo! Your toilet bowl is as clean as ever!

Cola Drinks Cause Osteoporosis

Women of all ages who regularly drink cola run a much higher risk of developing the brittle bones disease osteoporosis than women who don't drink cola, according to a new study by Tufts University researchers. 

The study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, examined 2,500 men and women and found that regardless of age and calcium intake, the women who regularly drank cola experienced loss of bone mineral density. The bone loss was not observed in men or in women who drank non-cola carbonated beverages.

The researchers gave the study participants a questionnaire on their diets, and measured bone density at the spine and in three different locations on the hips. Women who drank four or more colas per week had lower bone mineral density at the three hip locations, but did not experience bone mineral density loss at the spine. 

The study disposed of the idea that women who drink cola regularly can offset bone mineral density loss by drinking milk or taking calcium supplements. The researchers found that milk consumption was the same among women who drank cola regularly and those who did not. Only those who drank massive amounts of cola experienced some benefit from milk consumption.

The researchers are uncertain what ingredient in cola affects women's bone health, but they hypothesize that phosphoric acid may turn the blood too acidic, which causes the body to take calcium from the bones to balance out the acidity. 

Consumer advocate Mike Adams, author of "The Five Soft Drink Monsters," says drinking diet or regular soda -- not just cola -- directly promotes loss of bone mineral density.

"This is due to both the high phosphoric acid content and the liquid sugar known as high-fructose corn syrup," Adams said. "Both ingredients actually strip bone minerals right out of the body, especially in women."

The study's authors say more research is needed to determine cola's affects on women's bone health, but for now, they say women who regularly drink cola should reduce their consumption.

See http://www.naturalnews.com/020686.html

FDA Name Benzene In Softdrinks

(Young girl with cancer)

 Five US soft drinks were found containing the cancer-causing chemical benzene at levels above the legal limit for drinking water, America's food safety watchdog has announced, sparking calls for more thorough testing. 

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) demanded reformulation after tests on more than 100 drinks found four contaminated with benzene above the World Health Organisation's (WHO) 10 parts per billion limit for benzene in drinking water.

The offenders were batches of Safeway Select Diet Orange, AquaCal Strawberry Flavored Water, Crystal Light Sunrise Classic Orange and Giant Light Cranberry Juice Cocktail. A fifth drink, Crush Pineapple, had benzene above the US' five parts per billion water limit.

Benzene is a known carcinogen.

In plain words, it means that its use can cause cancer.

See http://www.beveragedaily.com/Industry-Markets/FDA-names-and-shames-over-benzene-in-soft-drinks