Soda and Cola Soft Drink Facts

Soda and Cola Soft Drink Facts

There are many effects from consuming caffeine-laden Soda and Cola Soft Drinks. They include increased incidences of bladder and stomach cancer, diabetes and damage to the stomach lining. Caffeine contributes to or causes birth defects in children, at least six kinds of cancer and provides the body with zero nutrition. Colasrange between 34 and 49 mg. of caffeine per 12 ounces. Comparing Colas, Mountain Dew™ topped out at 49 mg. per 12 ounces, while the lowest was Diet Pepsi™ and Pepsi™.

Sodas contain the artificial colorings, Amaranth (red), Bordeaux (brown), Orange I (yellow), and Ponceau (scarlet) dyes, all of which are unfit for human consumption. How much of each of these artificial colorings are in these drinks? Your guess is as good as mine, as this information is NOT available to us.

Soda and Cola 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.

In a report the FDA Consumer, October 1980, we read, "Most soft drinks, including the Cola and pepper-type drinks contain caffeine and are the number one beverage in the United States today, with coffee second." Caffeine is a drug, which stimulates the central nervous system. In the amounts presently being consumed, it can cause insomnia, nervousness, irritability, anxiety and disturbances in the heart rate and rhythm. Cola and pepper-like drinks account for 80 to 90 percent of the caffeine added to foods today. Its long-term effects on people are not clearly known.

In a public announcement regarding caffeine's possible dangers to unborn children, past FDA Commissioner Dr. Jere Goyan urged pregnant women to avoid the use of caffeine products. He stated, "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." Goyan goes on to say, "...that as a general rule, pregnant women should avoid all substances that have drug-like effects."

Cola Drinks contain caramel coloring, which, according to some researchers, hasgenetic effects and is a cancer-causing suspect.