People eat and drink unhealthy things all the time. Some people are aware of the consequences, while others are not.

Some know the consequences of these foods, but just don’t give a damn. This article isn’t about food, though. It is about a common drink that millions of people consume every day.

Roughly 25% of all drinks sold in America are soft drinks. Even though soda sales took a dive in recent years, about one-third of Americans drink soda or other sugary drinks. Since these drinks are typically marketed to people who are 18-24, it doesn’t set them up for a healthy future.

Drinking soda can increase a person’s risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease. Below, we showcase a few scary things that can happen to your body when drink soda.

EFFECTS OF SODA ON THE BODY

1. SOFT DRINKS + SOFT BONES + OSTEOPOROSIS

If you don’t want to have to depend on calcium supplements all your life, regulate your soda intake immediately. It greatly weakens the basic skeleton that our form depends on, leading to a lot of joint pain and other detrimental health damages.

2. EXTRA POUNDS

It makes us fat. This comes as no surprise. You do not have to abstain from it once and forever, but drinking in moderation is to be practiced. It may even lead to hormonal imbalances.

3. SODA DAMAGES YOUR LIVER

Cirrhosis of liver is a very dangerous disease. This is akin to what alcoh.olism leads to. The damage of a very integral organ of your system is surely not what you’re winning to risk over a 2-pence can of slow-ki.l.l beverage.

4. TOOTH DECAY

The tooth enamel is severely damaged by these sugared soft drinks. Tooth decay is multiplied several times if we consume too many of these canned products. The acid quantity has detrimental effects on our enamel.

5. KIDNEY STONES AND CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE

It manipulates our urinary tract and leads to accumulation of dirt in the kidney. This gives rise to the very painful and cumbersome, kidney-stone.