1. Soft drinks are a water thief. They are a diuretic that steals more water than they provide to the body. Processing high levels of sugar in soft drinks removes a very large amount of water from the body. To replace the water stolen from the body by soft drinks, you would need to drink 8 - 12 glasses of water for every ONE glass of soft drinks you consume.
2. Soft drinks never quench your thirst and certainly not your body's need for water. Constantly denying your body adequate amounts of water leads to chronic cellular dehydration, a condition which weakens your overall health. This, in turn, can lead to a weakened immune system and a host of many diseases. Honestly, if you want to help your body, the most important thing you can do every single day is to GIVE IT WATER!
3. The elevated levels of phosphates in soft drinks leach vital minerals from the body. Soft drinks are made with purified water that also leaches vital minerals from the body. Most vitamins cannot perform their function in the body without the presence of minerals. The severe lack of minerals can lead to heart disease (lack of magnesium), osteoporosis (lack of calcium), psychiatric disorders (lack of phosphorous) and many other diseases. Purified water is essentially water which has been physically processed to remove minerals, in turn making the water in consumable. In other words it becomes "dead water"! (Ever notice the vast difference in the energy you feel when standing by stagnant water as opposed to the rushing power of a waterfall this is because the water is alive and active and of course, filled with minerals!) When minerals have been removed from water, the water itself becomes hungry for what it is missing. All things in nature have a natural incline to balance themselves. When we consume any type of purified water, it immediately latches on to and absorbs the alkaline minerals within our bodies and carries them away with it as it leaves our body.
4. Soft drinks can remove rust from a car bumper or other metal surfaces. It's a known fact that pouring a can of Coke on a car battery will indeed eat the battery acid. YIKES! Can you even imagine what this stuff is doing to your digestive tract as well as the rest of your body?
5. The high amounts of sugar in soft drinks causes the pancreas to produce an abundance of insulin, which leads to a "sugar crash". Chronic elevation and depletion of sugar and insulin levels in the body can lead to diabetes and other hormonal imbalances. This is particularly harmful and disruptive to growing children and can lead to a host of lifelong health problems. Just take a look at the climbing obesity rate.
6. Soft drinks severely interfere with our digestion. Caffeine and high amounts of sugar virtually shut down the digestive process. This means that your body is essentially taking in NO nutrients from the food you consume. (Starting to ask yourself why you even order that diet Coke with your lunch?)
7. Many diet soft drinks contain Aspartame, which has been linked to depression, insomnia, neurological disease and a plethora of other illnesses. The FDA has received thousands of consumer complaints about this sugar substitute. These complaints account for approximately 80% of all complaints received regarding food additives.
8. Soft drinks are extremely acidic, so much so that they can eat through the liner of an aluminum can and leach aluminum ions from the can if left sitting on the shelf too long. Autopsies of Alzheimer patients have revealed high levels of aluminum and other heavy metals lodged within their brains. Heavy metals in the brain can lead to numerous neurological and psychiatric diseases. The human body is healthiest at a pH of about 7.0. Soft drinks have a pH of approximately 2.5, which means you are putting something into your body that is essentially 50,000 times more acidic than your body ought to be. All diseases, yes ALL, flourish in an acidic environment!
9. Soft drinks contain large amounts of benzene, eight times that which is allowed in drinking water. Benzene is a carcinogenic chemical that has been linked to leukemia. The benzene results from decarboxylation of the preservative benzoic acid in the presence of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) especially under heat and light.
10. Soft drinks are one of the worst substances you can possibly put in your body. Don't even think of taking a sip of a soft drink when you are sick with a cold, flu or something worse. It will only make it that much harder for your body to fight the illness. This is because of the huge amount of sugar, chemicals and acid liquids you are consuming. Disease loves it, but your body will not! Yep, remember when your mom told you to drink that stuff when you were sick? Not a good idea at all! Water is the very best element we can offer our body in times of illness.
(These references can be found in Bob McCauley's book "The Miraculous Properties of Ionized Water".)
Until next time... You HAVE been water blogged!
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