| Most mothers would not allow their kids to take | | | | are highly acidic that they are able to dissolve |
| carbonated drinks. This includes sodas and other drinks. | | | | substances. You can just imagine how it damages the |
| While there are some findings that say that | | | | digestive system which is only a network of different |
| carbonated drinks are not good for your health, there | | | | organs. |
| are also those that say that as long as you take in | | | | In fact, there are several studies that show how |
| those drinks moderately, they are not bad for your | | | | carbonated drinks adversely affect the health of an |
| health. | | | | individual especially kids. One notable effect of drinking |
| When it comes to kids, the standards are stricter | | | | too much carbonated drinks is the weakening of the |
| considering that their digestive systems are still soft | | | | bones. This happens because the carbonation causes |
| compared to adults. However, it is sometimes very | | | | an irritation to the stomach. Automatically, the stomach |
| hard when you have two little kids trying to grab hold | | | | apprehends this irritation by adding the available antacid |
| of the soda that is in your hands. | | | | in the body which is calcium. The stomach gets |
| The taste of a soda is real nice that you cannot simply | | | | calcium from the blood, and when the blood is already |
| judge its content. | | | | low in calcium, it will replenish its calcium content from |
| There was once a study, or an experiment altogether, | | | | the bones, thus lowering the bone's calcium. |
| which had two similar quantities of liquid of blackish | | | | Another health damaging effect of carbonated drinks |
| color. Two certain tooth like objects were placed | | | | is diabetes. It is a well-known fact that carbonated |
| simultaneously on both containers, and were left there | | | | drinks contain a lot of sugar which is being taken in by |
| for about a week. After a week, the containers were | | | | the body. And excessive amounts of sugar in the |
| checked again and one container no longer had the | | | | body would eventually lead to diabetes which could |
| tooth like object, while the other container still has the | | | | lead to more health ailments in due course. |
| tooth like object. The one which completely dissolved | | | | With all these facts stated, it is not recommended for |
| the object was a soda, and the other one was just | | | | kids to be drinking carbonated drinks. Sodas must be |
| water with a dark food color. | | | | avoided and should be replaced with healthier |
| From the experiment, it proved that drinks like sodas | | | | beverages such as fruit juices or water. |