Once my son is thirsty, he will drink drinks such as Coke or Sprite. May I ask, sir, will long-term drinking of similar drinks have any impact on the child's growth?

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As we all know: Coke, Sprite and other drinks are carbonated drinks, which can be described as a double-edged sword for the body. Let’s not talk about the benefits, but let’s talk about the disadvantages:

1. It’s bad for your teeth.

A study published in Comprehensive Dentistry, a clinical journal of the American Dental Association, states: “Non-soda drinks and sports drinks are significantly more damaging to tooth enamel than cola, which is twice as harmful. 3 times and 11 times. Among them, high-energy drinks and bottled lemon tea are the most harmful to teeth. Compared with ordinary cola, sports drinks contain a variety of organic acids that can decompose calcium and erode tooth enamel.

Canned or bottled iced tea also has similar hazards, and is 30 times more harmful to enamel than ordinary tea or coffee.

Dentists recommend that if you must drink sports drinks, Just drink it as quickly as possible instead of sipping it in small sips, or use a straw, because this can reduce the time of contact between the drink and your teeth. Also remember, do not brush your teeth immediately after drinking. It is best to rinse your mouth with water first. Brush your teeth after an hour, otherwise it will cause more damage to the enamel.

2. It is not good for your stomach.

If you like to drink carbonated drinks, please be careful! Drinking carbonated drinks can cause stomach pain at night.

Carbonated drinks are soft drinks filled with carbon dioxide gas, which are often referred to as soda in our daily lives. Previous studies have shown that long-term consumption of carbonated drinks can easily cause obesity. and diabetes; the phosphoric acid in carbonated drinks can subtly affect human bones, leading to osteoporosis. This is an article published in the famous American medical journal "Chest"

Stomach pain while sleeping has always been unknown. We attach great importance to it. Poor sleep quality has become one of the important factors that prevents modern people from effectively carrying out their work life during the day. Experts in the study define that if you experience stomach pain two or more times a month while sleeping, then you have gastric cancer. Diseases of stomach pain during sleep. Through a related survey of 15,315 Americans, experts found that drinking too much carbonated drinks can cause stomach pain during sleep because carbonated drinks contain more acidic substances, which increases the acidity in the stomach. This will cause adverse irritation and even damage the gastric mucosa; the released carbon dioxide can easily cause abdominal distension and may cause gastrointestinal dysfunction.

3. Lead to obesity

US local time. On August 16, Coca-Cola Company and the American Beverage Association signed an agreement, according to which Coca-Cola Company's products will be sold within limits in primary and secondary schools in the United States. The agreement mainly includes restrictions in three aspects: automatic sales in primary and secondary school campuses. Vending machines only sell bottled water and 100% fruit juice; vending machines in junior high schools mainly sell bottled water, pure fruit juice, sports drinks, non-caloric drinks and low-calorie fruit drinks, while full-calorie drinks and fruit juice drinks Only sold after school hours; the proportion of soft drinks in vending machines on high school campuses does not exceed 50%.

This is the second time this year that the American Coca-Cola Company has encountered similar resistance in the US campus market 3. Months ago, the Connecticut State Assembly passed a bill to ban the sale of high-calorie carbonated drinks and junk food to primary and secondary school students in the state starting from May 26 this year. The reason is that Coca-Cola causes childhood obesity. In addition, PepsiCo and other soft drink manufacturers are also suffering from obesity.

Activities have been held in several European countries calling for a ban on the sale of soft drinks on campus. Coca-Cola (China) Co., Ltd. said it has not yet learned whether its plan to withdraw from the primary school market in the United States will be introduced to China. Judging from its TV advertisements and various promotional activities, the target audience of Two-Cola Company is tending to be people under the age of 20.

Obesity is caused by the body's energy intake being greater than its energy expenditure. Diet is an important factor causing obesity in humans.

In the United States, soft drinks are considered to be one of the main causes of the growing obesity problem. America's "Coca-Cola" or "McDonald's" diet and lifestyle habits determine nearly 30% of the obesity incidence in the United States. It is understood that a 375 ml can of Coke contains about 147 calories, which is equivalent to about one-eighth of the calories a normal person needs in a day. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 16% of children and adolescents in North America are overweight.

A research report this year in the British medical journal "The Lancet" showed that if each child drinks an average of one can of soft drinks a day, the risk of being overweight increases by 60%. A cartoon once said: Carbonated drinks and fast food are three times more harmful to Americans than cigarettes.

Obesity is a very real problem facing the entire society. Childhood obesity may make them more susceptible to psychological disorders, hypertension, atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, diabetes, fatty liver, and sleep apnea syndrome. And easily lead to reproductive system dysplasia, etc.

4. It affects the growth of children in the developmental period.

Carbonated drinks affect the body's absorption of calcium ions, so long-term consumption will definitely cause calcium deficiency. For children who are in the growth and development period, it is best not to drink carbonated drinks and drink some pure fruit juice drinks.