No parties are complete without having drinks; which usually are sugar-sweetened ones. These soft or aerated drinks contain high amounts of liquid sugar which is even more harmful than solid sugar consumption.
We often associate soft drinks with overweight or obesity but there are far more problems caused by cold drinks than just one. These are the ways cold drinks are damaging your body.
Cold drinks and Cardiometabolic health
The term cardiometabolic health refers to heart and metabolism-related problems. Regular consumption of sugary drinks led to rising levels of triglycerides which are fat molecules. This absurd amount of fat molecules in the bloodstream increases the risk of heart diseases.
A study in healthy adults resulted in showing that a high intake of sweetened beverages led to changes in LDL (bad cholesterol) in the blood.
How much is it affecting your weight?
Sweetened beverages have high amounts of fructose that add calories to your body and hence weight gain.
High fructose intake reduces energy expenditure that leads decreasing metabolism rate. This doesn’t burn fats.
A study found that people consuming one can of regular soda daily or alternative days for six months led to trigger in insulin resistance which falls prey to obesity.
Too much sugar leads to Inflammation
Well inflammation is a healing sign of body but not low-grade inflammation.
Consuming cold drinks result in releasing sugar in your bloodstream which causes low-grade inflammation which causes cancer and certain kinds of allergies.
Your oral health is in danger!
The pH levels of these cold drinks are 3.2 usually which is harmful to your teeth. It raises the acidic nature of liquid and dissolves enamels quickly.
With every sip of soda, you are damaging your enamel and starting a reaction that lasts for 20 mins.
Cold drinks and kidney & liver
No, it doesn’t directly result in kidney failure as to that what comes to our minds; the artificial sweeteners are the problem. The risk of forming stones in the kidney increases with a high intake of cold drinks.
It puts you at the risk of liver cirrhosis which is similar to the condition that chronic alcoholics have. The artificial sweeteners are paving their way to kidney and liver damage.
Harmful preservatives
The preservatives added to prolong the shelf life of cold drinks are sodium benzoate which is a kind of chemical that causes asthma, rashes, and allergies.
Sulfur dioxide is used in colored cold drinks to preserve its color; well, sulfur dioxide is a bleaching chemical and you know how dangerous that is. It may lead to skin eruptions, swelling, tightening of the chest, and even death.
Conclusion
Whether you consume less amount or larger amounts of cold drink, it is going to harm you in different ways and sometimes in a way that is not even curable. Making a decision about consumption is utmost of significance for your health. Do it wisely.
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