Diet Coke Effects

The first thought that most likely comes to mind is, ¨how could a beverage hurt or have such an effect on you?¨ The answer lies in the text of Russ Lloyd’s article in Scope magazine, ¨Putting warning labels on sugary drinks would save lives¨. In the text, the author addresses side effects that soda has and could have on a person, mentioning serious problems

“Soda pop has become a firmly entrenched staple of the American diet and as American as

Soda is an acid sugar drink that sits on your teeth and piles us over time if you don't brush your teeth it can be a very bad consequence. For example, let's say that you have basketball morning practice at 6:00am and you need a drink so you drink out of the soda water fountains. You get done with practice at 8:00am and then you take another drink. By the time your get out of school its about 3:00pm and you decide you want to stay for the volleyball game. You get another drink before the game and then one more at 8:00pm when the game is done. You get home and you brush your teeth and go to bed at 9:00. This soda has been sitting on your teeth for about 15 hours! This will not be

Watching Mean Girls has strengthened my view of Diet Coke as a drink for those who are in control of their lives and want to lose weight, thus becoming more beautiful, popular and successful socially and one of the reasons I consume this product is that I hope to emulate these characteristics, thus it is my beverage of choice.

Is soda really that bad? Time and time again magazines, schools, and television say that sodas are harmful to the body. They go on to scare people to death, by saying that sodas have been linked to obesity. They state that the rising consumption of sugary drinks has been a major contributor to the obesity epidemic (Harvard). They also say, that it is related to kidney damage and cancer (Boyles). In reality, these sodas are not as bad as they have been made out to be, as long as they are drunk in moderation. Drinking one soda will not kill people, soda is not the enemy! As a matter of fact, sodas have a great benefit to everyone who drinks them, from curing multiple stomach issues, giving people that extra boost to get you through the day, to using it as a multi-purpose household cleaner. Come and join the millions of soda drinkers and enjoy the pleasing taste and big benefits found is this small can.

There is a "54.5% greater risk of obesity for those who drink one to two cans of diet soda each day, in comparison with 32.8% percent for those who drink the same amount of regular soda" (Avery). Many people believe that if you are going to choose between diet soda and regular soda, diet soda is the no-brainer choice. Seeing the word "diet" on anything automatically makes you think—this must be healthy. The problem is that manufacturers like to mislead consumers into thinking that their "diet" product is a healthier version of their original. When really, they are just adding chemicals to make the nutrition label look healthier. Diet soda is worse than regular soda because it causes many physical and psychological problems.

Have you ever drank a cola or any type of soda? Have you read or heard about the main ingredient including caffeine? Well caffeine is a bitter powder like substance that's very unhealthy and healthy in the same cause. Caffeine can lead to heart attacks but if taken in the right amount can help with long days at work.

Next, many consumers believe that drinking diet soda is healthier for you than drinking regular soda filled with sugar but studies are starting to show that artificial sweeteners may actually lead to diabetes. Mary Ann Yantis, PhD, RN, a nurse educator for Nursing Education Consultants and Kate Hunter, RD, LD (2010), a clinical dietitian at Adventist Medical Center reports (2010) that drinking more than one serving of diet soda per day can increase your risk of metabolic syndrome by more than 36%. Metabolic syndrome is a group of risk factors, which includes hypertension, abdominal obesity, hyperglycemia and hypertriglyceridemia. These risk factors increase a person’s risk of developing diabetes, heart disease and stroke. This same study also reports (2010) that one diet soda per day can increase a person’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes by more the 67%. This is possibly due to the fact that artificial sweeteners can be up to 13,000 times sweeter than sugar and this intense sweetness can be addictive thus creating cravings for more sweetness in order to feel satisfied. Yantis and Hunter (2010) point out that the sweet taste triggers the same dopamine signals that are also triggered by drugs such as cocaine and heroin. Craving for more intense artificial sweetness will result in consuming more calories, increase the likelihood of developing insulin resistance, and more than likely affect the glucose metabolism (Yantis & Hunter, 2010).

The soda ban is a bad idea because it excludes other sugary drinks that cause obesity and diabetes as often as soda. Diet soda can still cause diabetes even if it doesn’t have calories. Dr. Andrew Weil M.D. states “We’ve known for some time that the more artificially sweetened food and drink we consume, the fatter we get.”

According to Elle Paula in Water Vs. Soda Pop, Artificial sweeteners can increase the wants for sweets this would also increase a person's calorie intake and make a person gain weight. Having 2 sodas a day for 30 days will end up in you consuming 5 pounds of sugar. With consuming this much sugar a person with end up gaining weight. These sugary drinks may taste better but the are much worse for you.

Thesis: Drinking coke and other sodas are harmful to the body. Drinking less soda (especially coke) and more water will help you to become an overall healthier person with less health problems in the long run.

Coca-Cola has been known to cause several health issues such as diabetes, liver problems and heart disease. There has been scientific research that has proven how Coca-Cola effects the human body negatively. For example, a study shows exactly what happens to the human body after an hour of drinking coke.

Although, it really doesn’t matter what time it is of the day caffeine is going down our throats all around the clock. Researchers have been verified that more than 90 percent of American adult’s drinks caffeine every day. Most of us drink it because, we may need that extra boost, and some feel they need it cause their so addicted to it. According to The Food and Drug Administration, the average person will drink up to 200 milligrams daily, the equivalent to drinking 4 cans of soda. Everyone seems to know already that sodas are not good for our body or health, but do you know the true effects that it does to the body?

According to Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in the same article, “ People who drink this ‘liquid candy’ do not feel as full as if they had eaten the same calories from solid food and do not compensate by eating less.” Limiting the amount of something a person shouldn’t consume in great quantities is important because as people drink more and more soda, they don’t feel as full since it’s not a solid with the equivalent amount of calories. This then leads people to drink more which causes them to obtain unnecessary calories that they can’t burn in time. Harvard also states that “People who consume sugary drinks regularly… have a 26% greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes…, 20% higher risk of having a heart attack or dying from a heart attack than men who rarely consumed sugary drinks…, 75% higher risk of gout than women who rarely had such drinks.” This supports the claim because they’re saying that people who drink soda on a daily bases are more prone to diseases than people who rarely drink these sugary drinks.

Based on statistics, a can of classic coke contains 39 grams of sugar per serving. It is a huge amount of sugar that has been adapted into the system. Scientists started studies on the soft drink consumption and linked that amount of sugar in the soft drink which caused dental erosion, increase energy intake and related to obesity.