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The bad news is:
that many soft drinks contain a combination of preservative sodium benzoate and ascorbic acid (vitamin c). Together in soft drinks they create benzene, a well-known extremely harmful substance which causes serious damage to the DNA of mitochondria in cells. Such mitochondrial damage leads to cirrhosis of the liver, Parkinson disease symptoms, and aging.
UK research studies detail the adverse effects of sodium benzoate plus ascorbic acid in soft drinks. Coca-cola is taking this harmful combination of ingredients out of its soft drinks in the United Kingdom -- but not, as far as I can tell, in the USA.
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Additional bad news:
Sheffield University research links sodium benzoate and a group of artificial food colorings to hyperactivity in children:
Besides the preservative sodium benzoate (E211), the artificial colours tested in the study were tartrazine (E102), ponceau 4R (E124), sunset yellow (E110), carmoisine (E122), quinoline yellow (E104) and allura red AC (E129)
The preservative sodium benzoate, and three of the European food colors listed above are approved for use by food product manufacturers in the USA. They are:
tartrazine (FD&C yellow no. 5), sunset yellow (FD&C yellow no. 6), and allura red (FD&C red no. 40).
A word to the wise is sufficient, I am sure . . .
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We will be avoiding soft drinks indefinitely.
1 comment:
its scary that soft drinks are potent enough to have as adverse effects on the body as something like cigarettes...and yet even tots are drinking coke!
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