Soft drink is one of the popular beverage here in the Philippines in restaurants, fast foods, house hold and everywhere. Most people nowadays resort to soft drinks to satisfy their thirst, for all we know our country is a tropical sunny and rainy seasons only but mostly sunny. When you stand in a sari-sari store most kids would prefer to ask soft drinks to their parents than juices or other drinks, also you would notice how attracting the packaging, posters and commercials of this companies producing the drink.

What is soft drink anyway? Over nearly 300 hundred years ago early societies believed that there is this mineral water that whenever you bath and/or drink from diseases would be cured, this is one trace of history of soft drinks many scientists have studied this mineral water that comes from natural springs. Another is Sherberts made from crushed fruit, herbs, or flowers developed by Arabic Chemists. In 1770s carbonated water found by Joseph Priestly who impregnated distilled water with carbon dioxide. And in the 1806s soda fountains were sold in parts of the US then another and after another then the world.
The Composition of a normal Cola are carbonated water, caramel color, natural flavors, caffeine, phosphoric acid and high fructose corn syrup (HFC). Carbonated water is water creates the bubbles in colas. The caramel color is responsible for the familiar coloring expected by the consumer to see, additive that is natural that tints food products. The said ingredients are said to be harmless. Caffeine which is known to be addictive a diuretic and stimulant also found is coffee and some chocolate drinks.
The last ingredient is Sugar this is reasons for all negatives issues for Soft Drinks. Phosphoric acid creates the Soft Drinks sweeter is also found that it creates are bones denser, this chemical displaces calcium which is very important to our bones thus making our bones very weak with much intake of this chemical also a possible cause for osteoporosis. The HCF which is the partner of phosphoric acid for sweetening Soft Drinks is found by to be one of the leading causes of obesity in the U.S. We cannot escape HCF this chemical is also used for foods found in the supermarket. There is still a lot to say about soft drinks if you are interested just seeking and you will find.
With just a little discipline we could lessen the intake of these chemicals, with exercise and proper diet we could still enjoy this kind of foods.

Life is here not just to face all suffering and crossing all the obstacles also enjoying it not too much but just enough. I did not post this to bombard or bad mouth the Soft Drinks, it just a reminder that too much is not good to our body.