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| These soft drinks are not calorie-free. An average can of soda has carbonic or phosphoric acid and some have up to 50 mg of caffeine along with about 140 calories. Many soft drinks (including fizzy and sweetened soft drinks) contain a lot of sugar, approximately 40-50 grams. These drinks are said to have lots of ‘empty calories’ – they can result in putting on extra weight and don’t have much nutritional value. “A child’s odds of becoming obese increase by 60 percent with each additional daily serving of sugar-sweetened drinks”. (This was the conclusion of a recent study from the Department of Medicine at Children’s Hospital in Boston and the Harvard School of Public Health). Cola and Human teeth Nobody wants to lose their teeth and people spent hundreds of pounds each in country like UK for teeth related issues. What do you think can damage your teeth? You might be shocked by the answer once you read the following information. “Tooth decay happens when teeth are attacked by acid, and this can happen in two ways. Acid attacks can happen as a result of plaque bacteria acting on the sugars in our diet, or as a direct result of the acids in food dissolving away the enamel on the |