Some soft drinks may seriously harm your health: Expert links additive to cell damage

A new health scare erupted over soft drinks last night amid evidence they may cause serious cell damage. Research from a British university suggests a common preservative found in drinks such as Fanta and Pepsi Max has the ability to switch off vital parts of DNA.

The problem - more usually associated with ageing and alcohol abuse - can eventually lead to cirrhosis of the liver and degenerative diseases such as Parkinson's.

Concerns centre on the safety of E211, known as sodium benzoate, a preservative used for decades by the £74bn global carbonated drinks industry. Sodium benzoate derives from benzoic acid. It occurs naturally in berries, but is used in large quantities to prevent mould in soft drinks such as Sprite, Oasis and Dr Pepper. It is also added to pickles and sauces.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/health-news/caution-some-soft-drinks-may-seriously-harm-your-health-450593.html

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all fizzy drinks are bad. its over 2 yrs i had any.

OMO IBO:

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all fizzy drinks are bad. its over 2 years i had any.

excellent. . .now i got someone to compete with. . . .

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OMO IBO is right. . . all soft drinks either have too much caffine in it or too much artificial chemicals they add in it that can harm one's health. . .water with ice is good for me anyother day. . .too much of something good is bad!!

morenike09:

excellent. . .now i got someone to compete with. . . .

@post
OMO IBO is right. . . all soft drinks either have too much caffine in it or too much artificial chemicals they add in it that can harm one's health. . .water with ice is good for me anyother day. . .too much of something good is bad!!

r u playing with me woman? i only drink water too. my friends don yab me tire

OMO IBO:

r u playing with me woman? i only drink water too. my friends don yab me tire

play with you ke? rara o(no) i no want you to get heart attack,grandpa. i won't play with you. .

all fizzy drinks are bad. its over 2 years i had any.

Not all. . . but too much intake of it could be a menace!. . .especially for them guys. . . savvy?

Abeg what of KUNU and ZOBO ?

fortune05,

hope you know that Kunu and Zobo contain sugar as well. It is only that the quantity of sugar used varies from 'manufacturer to manufacturer'.