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Report: Soda May Seriously Harm Your Health
FOX ^ | 05.28.07

Posted on 05/28/2007 10:05:29 AM PDT by Coleus

You may want to put that soda can down.

A common preservative found in drinks such as Coca-Cola, Sprite, Dr. Pepper, Fanta and Diet Pepsi may cause serious cell damage, according to a report in Britain's The Independent.  Sodium benzoate has the ability to switch off vital parts of a person's DNA, according to research from a British university.  The problem is usually associated with aging and alcohol abuse, but new findings show that drinking soda with the preservative can eventually lead to of the liver and degenerative diseases such as .
 Click here to read the full story in The Independent.

Sodium benzoate, which derives from benzoic acid, has been used for years by the carbonated drinks industry to prevent mold from developing in soft drinks. The ingredient has been the subject of concern on cancer, because when mixed with Vitamin C, it turns into a carcinogenic substance called benzene, the Independent reported.  Last year, a Food Standards Agency survey of benzene in drinks found high levels in four brands that were removed from store shelves.    "These chemicals have the ability to cause severe damage to DNA in the mitochondria to the point that they totally inactivate it: they knock it out altogether," said Peter Piper, a professor of molecular biology and biotechnology.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: pop; soda; sodiumbenzoate
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To: Coleus

Can a “study” teaching us about the dangers of “secondhand” burps be in our future?


61 posted on 05/28/2007 11:22:45 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Mexico! The number one importer of poverty to the United States.)
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To: dominic flandry

Good point. According to the soft drink agency in Europe, they said it is in many fruits. Now, the levels....I don’t know.


62 posted on 05/28/2007 11:27:32 AM PDT by rwfromkansas (http://xanga.com/rwfromkansas)
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To: Popman

What about lemonade? It supposedly has less sugar than soda, but I guzzle two glasses or more a day.


63 posted on 05/28/2007 11:28:53 AM PDT by rwfromkansas (http://xanga.com/rwfromkansas)
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To: Popman

I used to drink a lot of soda, but I have really cut down. Now I drink tons of water.

My problem is I am addicted to Country Time lemonade and have 2-3 8 oz. glasses a day. Still, it supposedly has lots less sugar, so I think I am okay....hopefully.


64 posted on 05/28/2007 11:31:26 AM PDT by rwfromkansas (http://xanga.com/rwfromkansas)
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To: jwalsh07; All

This is from Wiki:

“The International Programme on Chemical Safety found no adverse effects in humans at doses of 647-825 mg/kg of body weight per day.”

Now, how much is in soda?


65 posted on 05/28/2007 11:37:04 AM PDT by rwfromkansas (http://xanga.com/rwfromkansas)
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To: Coleus

I know that diet coke kills mentos.


66 posted on 05/28/2007 11:40:28 AM PDT by badpacifist (I am holier than a CTU perimeter.)
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To: rwfromkansas
Country Time lemonade

If it is packaged in a can or bottle, it is produced basically the same as soda. It may have a little less refined sugar because it has a small juice content probably 5 to 10 % juice

If it is the powdered type, you determine the level of sugar you use.

67 posted on 05/28/2007 11:41:13 AM PDT by Popman (New American Dream: Move to Mexican, cross the border, become an illegal. free everything)
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To: Coleus

No problem here. I’ve got my coffee. Actually I had my first soda pop in a long time, just a few days ago. We had it in the house for our nieces and nephews, and it was a hot day.

I like to live dangerously once in a while.


68 posted on 05/28/2007 11:42:10 AM PDT by sneakers
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To: rwfromkansas; All

From another site:

“Sodium benzoate has been the subject of extensive experimentation: it has been tested in longitudinal and short-term feeding experiements in man, dogs, and rats. In one experiment in Germany, four generations of rats were continuously exposed to 0.05 or 1 percent sodium benzoate in their diet. Scientists did not observe any harmful effects on growth, life span, or internal organs. No tumors were detected. All evidence points to sodium benzoate as a safe preservative, except for rare instances of allergic reaction. “

So, I doubt that these sodas are using more than 1 percent, as that is the legally ok range it appears from the FDA.


69 posted on 05/28/2007 11:44:38 AM PDT by rwfromkansas (http://xanga.com/rwfromkansas)
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To: Popman

powdered


70 posted on 05/28/2007 11:44:59 AM PDT by rwfromkansas (http://xanga.com/rwfromkansas)
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To: rwfromkansas
powdered

Use powdered Splenda instead of sugar or use pure cane sugar, you need much less to sweeten and it is natural

Of course, if you google Splenda that might scare you also

71 posted on 05/28/2007 11:49:39 AM PDT by Popman (New American Dream: Move to Mexican, cross the border, become an illegal. free everything)
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To: rwfromkansas; All

My drug of choice, Diet Mountian Dew <1 ppb

http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/benzqa.html

Most sodas contain Calcium Disodium EDTA which inhibits the formation of benzine.

I am drink vitamin water which contain Sodium Bezoate , but also Calcium Disodium EDTA.

You can get vitamin water at wholefoods free of Sodium Bezoate.


72 posted on 05/28/2007 11:52:09 AM PDT by Perdogg
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To: radiohead

I’m a big time Diet Pepsi drinker, too (Diet Coke has no bite, too sweet). I worry more about the effect all the phophoric acid has on my body’s ability to absorb calcium. Still not all that much, though (he says as he prepares to get his 3rd can of the day from the machine).


73 posted on 05/28/2007 11:52:54 AM PDT by -YYZ-
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To: Popman

“Anybody who drinks that much refined sugar will be a Type II diabetic by the time they are 50”

I figured that out by the time I was 16. Actually, my high school cafeteria only offered diet sodas, and I discovered that diet Hires rootbeer (remember Hires? that was good rootbeer) tasted pretty good. Then I moved on to diet Coke and, finally, Diet Pepsi. The Aspartame or other chemicals may not be good for me, but at least I’m not making my blood sugar levels go all crazy with all that HFCS.


74 posted on 05/28/2007 11:59:18 AM PDT by -YYZ-
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To: Coleus

Damn it! I quit drinking Cokes and DP because of the phosphoric acid which, is bad for teeth and bones. (attention women)

http://www.newstarget.com/021774.html

Started drinking IPA Rootbeer which of course, has SB.

FYI; the new natural 7-UP has neither.


75 posted on 05/28/2007 12:06:15 PM PDT by wolfcreek (AMNESTY: See what BROWN can do for you..)
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To: sageb1
Oh yay. As I sit here with a can of ginger ale.

Ginger Ale. The ONLY pop I drink. :-)

76 posted on 05/28/2007 12:08:33 PM PDT by BlessedBeGod
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To: BlessedBeGod

I keep a large supply of nicotine in my body, that way cancer cells can’t grow. Nicotine is great poison of cancer cells.


77 posted on 05/28/2007 12:10:27 PM PDT by phil1750 (Love like you've never been hurt;Dance like nobody's watching;PRAY like it's your last prayer)
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To: M203M4

just one more way the commies are messing with the purity of our bodily fluids!


78 posted on 05/28/2007 12:11:26 PM PDT by mdmathis6
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To: Coleus

I drink less than 1 soda a week.

Now coffee, that’s my life blood!


79 posted on 05/28/2007 12:23:38 PM PDT by airborne (Duncan Hunter is the only real choice for honest to goodness conservatives!)
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To: Coleus
D R I N K  O V A L T I N E
80 posted on 05/28/2007 12:33:10 PM PDT by 6SJ7
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