Pros and Cons of

Soda
Emily Wang
What about diet sodas?
 Diet sodas are low-calorie or no-calorie carbonated beverages made with
artificial sweeteners
 Sugar-free does not mean healthy
 No- or low-calorie sweeteners increase appetite
 Artificial sweeteners can also cause other health problems such as diabetes
and brain and heart issues
What is soda?
 Also known as soft drink,
 Nonalcoholic
 Often carbonated
 Sweetener
 Natural/artificial flavouring
 E.g. Coca-cola, Pepsi-coke, Mountain Dew, Fanta, Dr. Pepper, soda water
What makes soda
unhealthy?
 Sugar: 65g in every 20-ounce coke
 Excess calories
 Metabolism issues: weight gain, abdominal obesity, decreased HDL and increased
LDL, elevated blood sugar, elevated triglycerides, and high blood pressure
 Tooth decay: sugar combines with bacteria to form
 48% increase in risk of heart attack and stroke among daily soda drinkers
Cons of drinking soda—
statistics
 Consumption of sugary soda drink might lead to an estimated 184,000 adult
deaths each year worldwide.
 People who drank at least one diet soda a day were three times as likely to
have a stroke or develop dementia as those who avoided the beverages
 A 22-year study of 80,000 women found that those who consumed a can a
day of sugary drink had a 75% higher risk of gout than women who rarely
had such drinks
 A study that followed 40,000 men for two decades found that those who
averaged one can of a sugary beverage per day had a 20% higher risk of
having a heart attack or dying from a heart attack than men who rarely
consumed sugary drinks
Pros of drinking sodas?
 Relieve constipation
 Normal hydration
 Soda water—relieve stomach problems and neutralises stomach acids
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