Caution: Some soft drinks may seriously harm your health
Expert links additive to cell damage
By Martin Hickman, Consumer Affairs Correspondent
Published: 27 May 2007
A new health scare erupted over soft drinks last night amid evidence they may cause serious cell damage. Research from a British university suggests a common preservative found in drinks such as Fanta and Pepsi Max has the ability to switch off vital parts of DNA.
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http://news.independent.co.uk/health/article2586652.ece
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5 Comments:
For years my mother has been trying to get me to stop my diet soda pop habits....sending me articles and claims about its negative side effects. However, she is not a scientist and many of the articles she would side me were fluff and had little impact.
This article is NOT fluff and its message hit home! I got my degree in molecular genetics and having a respected researcher in my field come out and claim that additives in pop can degrade mitochondria activity is very frightening indeed. This might just be the article that puts me over the edge and has me drinking more plain water (as long as it comes from the tap and not the bottle....I read that article as well).
stareater at 7:18AM on 08/02/07
I gave up soda in the early 90's unless I have indigestion then I usually drink 1/2 a root beer.or a sprite. Soda sits in our house forever. I got hooked on sweet tea and now I need a 12 step program. Anyone else want to step up? Hi my name is Jerzee.... (loud voices saying, "Hi Jerzee")
JerzeeTomato at 7:23AM on 08/02/07
Soda definitely scares me - there is something not right about putting all of those chemicals in your body three times a day!
foodette at 1:28PM on 08/02/07
Yup! This article is very REAL and very SCARY. :\ I think I'll stick to beer. lol
cheffy at 1:09AM on 08/03/07
This really sucks. I have gone 3 days with no soda and it's killing me. I'm ready to choke anyone who bothers me and my boyfriend may not make it through my withdrawal phase.
Kiana at 7:27PM on 08/03/07