Soda Be Gone
...mpanies grossed over 57 billion dollars last year (just in U.S). They spent over 5 billion dollars advertising their products. They spent 5 billion dollars trying to hook people on this high calorie sugar water. Their continuousgoal to hook people on this beverage is working. The average person now consumes 600 twelve ounce servings per year. An average young male will drink up to 160 gallons of the liquid annually. With the amount of calories in this drink the boy will be attributing 10% of his calorie intake to soda. Soda not only damages your wallet, but it hurts you physically. Dr. Brundtland the director general of World Health Organization has done several experiments proving the harshness of over drinking the beverage we all seem to love. Soda contains phosphoric acid. This is an acid that has an acidity of 2.8. This means it is highly corrosive. When Dr. Brundtland placed a nail in the acid, it took only four days for the acid to dissolve it completely. He found out that excess consumption of soda can lead to the calcium in your teeth and bones being depleted. This is why the disease osteoporosis is becoming such a problem these days. The disease could be ended if ...