Obesity Due Soft Drink
One of the impacts that is often arouse is the emergence of obesity a.k.a overweight. Even the weight loss of soft drink addict can be more than 75% of a normal weight. This is because soft drinks generally have high calorie, where that high calorie is derived from the sugar that contained in each package.
In a 300ml sized soft drink beverages, for example, contain at least calorie that is equivalent with 7-9 tablespoons of sugar. Whereas a normal calorie needs only 2-3 tablespoons of sugar per day. Excessive consumption of sugar is something that can trigger the occurrence of diseases such as diabetes because it increases blood sugar levels inside the body of soft drink lovers.
Besides sugar, content in a soft drink that can also create disease is the level of acidity or pH level of this carbonated beverage at the range between 2.5 to 3.5. While pH in the human body is 6.9 to 7.4. As a result after that beverage get into the body, our body will try to neutralize by taking calcium in the body. Whereas calcium is needed to the bones for getting stronger. Low calcium intake can lead to osteoporosis.
In addition to rotten bones, or osteoporosis, calcium reduced also makes tooth are decay. While this thing happens to a lot of children whose the level of tooth damage caused by soft drink more than eating sweets or chocolate.
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