These days teenagers and kids are heavy consumers of soft drinks and i was also one of them but i left drinking and you must be wondering why i did that..Well i will tell you in a moment why i left and encourage you all to stop drinking soft drinks like coke etc.

Do you know the main ingredients of coke? The main active ingredient in coke are carbonated water, phosphoric acid, high fructose corn syrup (sugar), caramel color, natural flavors, and caffeine. And do you know that the ph of Phosphoric acid is 2.8. When i did my research on this topic, i read some where about some of the properties of Coke which i think you might find interesting and will have some idea how harmful it can be.

• In many states (in the USA) the highway patrol carries two gallons of coke in the truck to remove blood from the highway after a car accident.
• You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of Coke and it will be gone in two days.
• To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet bowl and let the “real thing” sit for one hour, then flush clean. The citric acid in Coke removes stains from vitreous China.
• To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub the bumper with a rumpled-up piece of Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil dipped in Coca-Cola.
• To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion.
• To loosen a rusted bolt: Applying a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola to the rusted bolt for several minutes.
• To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coca-Cola into the baking pan, wrap the ham in aluminum foil, and bake. Thirty minutes before the ham is finished, remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mix with the Coke for a sumptuous brown gravy.
• To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of coke into a load of greasy clothes, add detergent, and run through a regular cycle. The Coca-Cola will help loosen grease stains.
• It will also clean road haze from your windshield.

Scientific studies have shown that consumption of soft drinks as few as one or two a day can lead to many health problems such as obesity,diabetes, tooth decay, osteoporosis, nutritional deficiencies, heart disease, and many neurological disorders. Coke and most of the other soft drinks contain phosphoric acid which has a ph of 2.8, it leeches calcium from bones and is a major contributor to the rising increase in osteoporosis and you might break your bones as they will be so weak because of lack of calcium. Then, all the dissolved calcium accumulates in the arteries, veins, skin and organs which effects the functioning of the kidney assisting in the formation of Kidney stones.

Soft drinks contain caffeine which is a mild drug and can have harmful effects on children. Caffeine is a drug that acts as a stimulant to the central nervous system so consuming it in large amounts can cause diseases and disorders such as insomnia, nervousness, anxiety, irritability, and deviations from the normal heart rate. A major concern about caffeine is that it increases the excretion of calcium in urine, which increases the risk for osteoporosis in heavy caffeine consumers. Some preliminary studies show that caffeine increases the risk of birth defects.

Consumption of these soft drinks dissolved you teeth and cause dental cavities. The high amount of sugar consumed cause helps in forming caries and caries are cause by a bacteria mutans streptocci, which plays an important role in dental plague. The bacteria attaches to the tooth and start producing high amounts of acid which causes tooth decay which changes the nature of the plague.

I was reading an excellent article few days back “What Happens to Your Body if You drink a Coke Right Now?” and i was so amazed to see how harmful coke and other soft drinks are.

Now its upto you whether you want to continue drinking coke and other soft drinks or leave them. It gets harmful when you start consuming then in large amounts. Drinking sometimes like once a week will not harm but its drinking in large amounts which can cause problems. I know its difficult to stop drinking but you just have to try. So whats your decision?