A DISGUSTING danger to drinking soda
When you drink soda, you might as well guzzle a glass of pure sugar.
And the “healthy” diet soda? Well, those are laced with chemicals and additives that are the opposite of healthy.
But people are still lining up to fill their cups with soda—despite these numerous warnings.
So if you’re having trouble dropping your soda kick, today I’ve some concerning news that may finally convince you to kick it to the curb!
Beware the next time you line up for a fountain soda…
Because researchers from Loma Linda University have discovered contaminated water in the machines at popular fast-food restaurants!
In fact, they found a whopping 41% of the water samples from these soda fountains tested positive for total coliforms—a sign of water CONTAMINATION!
We’re talking contaminates like:
- Salmonella,
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Escherichia coli (E. coli)
YUCK!
So not only could you be guzzling body-wrecking sugar… but you could be topping it off with harmful bacteria!
This news has prompted experts to advise soda fountain operators to regularly maintain and sanitize their dispensers to avoid contamination (which isn’t that common sense to begin with?).
Ditching a soda drinking habit altogether is your best bet, including diet soda.
But it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have anything tasty—or bubbly.
If you want the fizz of soda with none of the sugar (or potential bacteria), try a bottle of sparking water (or club soda) and squeeze fresh fruit into it (lemons and limes are my personal favorite).
To ditching soda,
Cory Templeman
Senior Editor, eAlert
PS – The pitfalls of drinking soda are well documented and well researched. Check out why soda is one of the worse things you can put into your body.
Sources:
Study Finds. “Fountain of germs! Water contaminated with harmful bacteria discovered in fast food soda machines.” https://studyfinds.org/contaminated-water-soda-fountains/
