Cold Drinks vs. Your Health: Unveiling the Bitter Truth

Excess weight is not the cause of any problem, but due to this, pressure starts to come on the heart and immune system. Children who drink more cold drinks are at a higher risk of becoming obese. A study found that obese children and teenagers who consumed less cold drinks and soft drinks daily lost weight rapidly.

These beverages do not contain any kind of nutrients and should not be included in the diet of children. The caffeine present in cold drinks replaces milk and other nutritious nutrients and reduces the appetite of the child.

Many people think that by doing more exercise after drinking cold drinks regularly, they will be saved from its side effects. But this is not so. Drinking cold drinks for a long time increases the calorie level in your body rapidly and you start becoming obese.

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The high amount of sugar present in cold drinks works to increase the level of glucose in the blood without filling your stomach. As a result, your body starts feeling tired. This vicious cycle of cold drinks has negative effects, which increases your chances of type 2 diabetes.

Drinking one or more cold drinks daily increases the risk of weight gain and type 2 diabetes in women. Along with this, regular consumption of cold drinks in men increases the risk of type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome.

Heart diseases are also included in the side effects of cold drinks. The calories and cholesterol present in cold drinks block the arteries of the heart. Drinking cold drinks for a long time gradually causes the arteries of the heart to close completely, due to which pressure starts building up on the heart. In this situation, many heart diseases start occurring.

Not only this, cold drinks increase the risk of obesity, metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes and all these problems point towards heart diseases. When you consume more sugar from unhealthy sources, it reduces the chances of you eating nutritious, fiber-rich fruits and vegetables. Due to this, the lipid level in your body becomes abnormal and it causes heart problems. Studies have shown that men who regularly drink cold drinks have a 20 percent higher risk of having a heart attack than others.

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Cold drinks contain phosphoric acid and caffeine. Both these substances have diuretic effects, that is why after about an hour of drinking cold drinks, these elements start removing nutrients and vitamins from your body. If you drink cold drinks daily, then it has a very adverse effect on your health, and gradually you start having vitamin deficiency.

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High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is commonly used in cold drinks. High fructose corn syrup is made from corn starch. The liver does the work of digesting or breaking down fructose. If you consume high amounts of fructose, it can cause non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. This condition is related to high cholesterol and high BP. High fructose corn syrup is cheaper than other sugars and is mostly used in cold drinks.

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Drinking cold drinks daily has side effects on the skin just like smoking. Due to the high sugar present in cold drinks, redness and swelling starts appearing on the skin. Also, due to this, there is a lack of water in the body and wrinkles start appearing. Due to this, the skin starts aging prematurely and becomes lifeless. Apart from this, drinking cold drinks increases the problem of eczema, dry skin, itching, acne and redness.

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Many chemicals (preservatives) and artificial flavors are added to cold drinks to keep them safe for a long time. These chemicals damage the process of cell formation and increase infection in the organs. Due to this, cancer occurs in many organs.

Along with this, the element added to many cold drinks for brown color is very harmful from a health point of view. A 4-methylimidazole chemical is added to it for brown color. In research, this element has been found to be the main cause of lung, liver and thyroid cancer in some rats.

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