From a health perspective, drinking Coca Cola or other juices or sodas is a disaster for the body. Remember that just one can per day means a weight gain of 6 kilos per year. And increases your risk of diabetes by 85 percent.
Doctors say there is absolutely no reason for you or your children to drink soda. There is no excuse.
Of course, Coca Cola isn’t the only soda or juice brand. And it is simply extremely rare to find a transnational corporation that acts according to the ethical or moral standards necessary to ensure the well-being of consumers (however, this is no excuse for Coca Cola’s cruel behavior). ” So next time you go to the supermarket to spend your money, it would be of great benefit to you not to buy from or support a huge corporation.” says Dr. Mercola. “…maybe you should think twice and put your money into a company that is more in line with your values.”
Switching to Pepsi would be a small step toward eliminating the Coca-Cola monster, although the right path for you and your family is to completely eliminate all sodas from your diet.
All sodas are loaded with sugar and fructose. This increases the risk of obesity, diabetes, heart problems and other chronic diseases.
So when we say that drinking soda is worse (and worse) than smoking cigarettes, we’re not exaggerating.
Drinking soda is in many ways worse than smoking and is a direct result of the industry’s massive marketing campaigns that falsely suggest that these sugary drinks are acceptable to the most vulnerable members of society: our children.
Today, in the 21st century, it would be a real scandal if tobacco companies started targeting their advertising campaigns at children. But soda companies do it every day.
It’s time to wake up and face the facts: our children are being ravaged by the soda industry, and the message they are sending is just as harmful (and manipulative) as that of Big Tobacco.
Important similarities between the soda industry and big tobacco
If you were asked to quickly recall a commercial, slogan or logo from the largest soft drink companies such as Coca Cola or Pepsi, could you do it?
You’ll probably have no trouble remembering some cute ads with polar bears or Britney Spears in a Roman circus, and especially the simplest parts like logos or packaging. And if you ask your children the same thing, it is very likely that they have a better memory and even remember more than you.
This is just the tip of the iceberg of how soft drink giants have made their products a part of the culture that is ingrained in the homes of millions of people around the world.
As mentioned above, Coca Cola spends $3 billion on advertising annually. The one you see and the one you don’t see. Reports like this are ignored by the mainstream media, for example.
Coca Cola and other major corporations often enter into strategic alliances with health organizations that hide studies important to human health. Once again, successful companies are attracting attention and making people “look the other way.”
In advertising we sometimes see statuesque girls on the beach drinking Coca Cola, and propaganda posters appear at football matches or sponsors of many other sports activities. And we don’t realize that this would be so incoherent if a major tobacco company sponsored a marathon. And like Big Tobacco, soda companies influence governments and scientific institutions, for example by fighting for bicarbonate legislation.
Time Magazine reported the following:
- The American Beverage Association (ABA), which represents Coca Cola, Pepsi and other beverage makers, condemned the baking soda tax proposals as “discriminatory.” This organization advertises itself as a “neutral forum,” but in reality all it does is discredit any negative press article against Lemonade. For example, those who associate soft drinks with obesity. ABA says: “All the drinks we produce can be enjoyed as part of a balanced lifestyle.”
- The soda industry formed a group of “ Americans Against Food Taxes“ (Americans Against Food Taxes), which campaigns against tax burdens on food companies. As Kelly Brownell described it in the Times:
“The group’s name was intended to suggest a patriotic movement, when in reality it is a heavily funded entity initiated and organized by industry.”
- Another screen created by this industry is the Foundation for a Healthy America (Foundation for a Healthy America), which recently donated 10 million dollars to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, intended for research and prevention of childhood obesity! Diet Coca-Cola also worked with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to promote heart health programs for women, and this soft drink was also named the “Drink of Choice” at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
- Soda industry funds are constantly used to discredit research linking soda consumption to health problems. Brownwell writes:
“The tobacco industry bribed scientists who were studying links between smoking and lung cancer, the addictive nature of nicotine, and the dangers of indoor smoking. The soda industry bribed scientists not to report the connection between SSB (sugar in sweetened drinks) and health problems.” The tobacco industry bought government organizations and donated money to communities. Ironically, Coca Cola and PepsiCo are corporate sponsors of the American Diabetes Association.”
The company’s own “Beverage Institute for Health and Wellness” Cokein Spanish, ” Institute of Beverages for Health and Wellness“(Isn’t the name an oxymoron?) He even offers continuing education courses for professional nutritionists!
Coca Cola: Health Dangers
High fructose corn syrup (HFCS), used by major soft drink brands such as Coca Cola and Pepsi, is extremely harmful. About 100 years ago, the average person consumed only 15 grams of fructose per day, mostly from fruits. Currently, people who consume soda and juice consume more than 135 grams per day, mostly in the form of baking soda. 15 grams of fructose per day is safe (unless you suffer from high uric acid levels).
However, in a proportion almost ten times higher, this element becomes one of the main causes of obesity and all chronic degenerative diseases. Instead of a combination of 55 percent fructose and 45 percent glucose, many brands such as Coca Cola, Pepsi or Sprite contain up to 65 percent fructose, almost 20 percent more than originally assumed.
According to one study, the average fructose content in the 23 soft drinks tested was 59 percent – a higher value than reported by the industry. Considering that people drink an average of 53 to 57 liters of soft drink per year (depending on the statistical source), this difference in fructose content can have a serious impact on health.
Do sodas cause violence?
First of all, it is a well-known fact in the medical community that a poor diet, especially one high in sugar, has an impact on emotional health.
For example, a recent study published in the journal Psychology Today shows: found a strong connection between high sugar consumption, depression and schizophrenia. This is also a known fact Chronic inflammation plays an important role in heart disease, diabetes, arthritis and cancer.
Having established this point, we can point out that consuming excessive amounts of sugary drinks can and does cause an avalanche of negative health effects – both physical and mental.
A diet high in sugar, fructose, and sweetened sodas also leads to excessive insulin secretion, which can lead to low blood sugar levels or hypoglycemia. Hypoglycemia, in turn, causes the brain to release glutamate at levels that can cause agitation, depression, anger, anxiety and panic attacks.
Meanwhile, a 1985 study published in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology showed that l Reducing sugar consumption has a positive effect on emotions. And one more: “Los Angeles Parole Board Nutritional Behavior Program:
“An Empirical Analysis of Six Institutional Settings,” published in 1983, documented the results of a study of juvenile offenders. With a low-sugar diet a 44 percent reduction in the frequency of antisocial behaviorduring the 3 months after implementing the diet.
So can soda affect your child’s behavior? If you can.
A new study supports this point, showing that frequent soda consumption is associated with a 15.9% higher likelihood of assault. The analysis was conducted on a broad spectrum, taking into account gender, age, race, body mass index, smoking habits, alcohol consumption, and family relationships.
The researchers concluded:
“There is a significant connection between soft drinks and violence. There may be a direct cause-and-effect relationship, perhaps due to the sugar or caffeine content of soft drinks, or there may be other factors that we did not find in our report analysis, but high soda consumption and aggressiveness are related.”
However, this effect is not a new finding; In 1979, he was used in a murder trial for the first time in history.
As Discovery News reported:
“In an infamous San Francisco murder trial in 1979, the defense attorney attributed the killer’s actions to a recent change in diet. The murderer had swapped healthy foods for Coca Cola and junk food.
His argument worked, and the criminal was convicted not of murder, but of the lesser crime of intentional homicide. This legal strategy is known as the “Twinkie defense,” and the precedent raises a number of questions that persist despite years.”
Dangerous companies related to Coca Cola:
Coca Cola shares interests: ConAgra, Otis Spunkmeyer, Kellog’s, Dr. Pepper, 7-Up, FritoLay, Tyson, Nestle, Cargill Meat Solutions, Campbell’s Foodservice. How? Together they are establishing diets such as lunch, breakfast and snacks in schools across the United States, to give one example. These brands have a direct commercial connection. And they usually run strategic campaigns together.
Propaganda is evident in Hollywood when we see teenagers gathering in front of a television preparing to watch a movie while offering products from these brands on a coffee table as if it were the obligatory menu for these types of “events”. when they order a meal at the school restaurant or at a fast food restaurant. Proof: All of these brands together fund Chatwells.
Coca Cola and the brands mentioned above are jointly developing diets for children who can eat healthy foods as teenagers or adolescents. However, the initial habit will stay with them throughout their lives.
By Dixia Garay. QPH