The Usual Warnings about Soda Pop

1. Labels on Pepsi bottles are 45% lead. They have agreed to remove it from 95% of the bottles in 7 years and 100% in ten years. In the mean time, the bottles should be kept out of reach of small children.
2. Astonishingly high levels of reactive carbonyls were found in eleven brands of non-diet sodas, similar to the dangerous levels found in the blood of diabetics. Mixing the drinks with green tea is the recommended way of neutralizing the toxins.
3. Diet sodas often contain aspartame an excitotoxin that causes inappropriate insulin release, possible death of brain cells and breaks down into other toxins. Consuming them with a high carbohydrate, low protein meal is dangerous. Protein, theanine (green tea), and lithium have been suggested as providing some protection.
4. Polar beverages, Zone brands and others have vitamin C which reacts with preservatives to form Benzene, a known carcinogen.
5. 12 oz. bottles often contain between 5 and 72 milligrams of caffeine, a diuretic and stimulant. The toxicity levels are based on body weight. So, it is most dangerous for children with small body weight.
6. Soda pop is often sold in aluminum cans. One should not drink water with more than 200 micrograms of aluminum per liter according to the World health organization. Aluminum inhibits important enzymes in the brain (Na-K-ATPase and hexokinase)
7. The aluminum cans are often lined with #7 plastics which the FDA has issued a warning about. It leeches out Bisphenol-A which can have epigenetic effects. Extra folic acid should be consumed following exposure.
8. Sweetener levels are so high, that users regularly exceed the recommended daily maximum for calories. They do not provide the minerals such as chromium needed to process the sugars.