Today, which was a nice but shitty day at the same time, I read the article “Coke Zero, the Deadliest Beverage…or So They Say” from Commonplace by Ted Elliot. The author says that although coke zero has no calories, fat, or sugar it is still much worse for your body then coke is if you actually read the ingredient list. Also in the drink is phosphoric acid which is a rather dangerous acid if there is a high molarity. I wonder why phosphoric acid is added to the drink, I wonder why coke decided to keep/put it in the drink. The next ingredient is aspartame which is common in a lot of diet drink and according to the author’s source has been shown to cancer in rats. What I want to know is if there has been a link between this ingredient and cancer then why has the FDA approved it and allowed it in soft drinks that people may drink multiple daily. Of course though the author is preaching that moderation is the key to healthy life style, and if you are downing more than four coke zeroes a day then your obviously not practicing a healthy life style and probably have body problems that may take your life faster than cancer caused from the five parts per billion benzene and aspartame. Basically we all should know exactly what we are placing in our bodies and how much of it. It is our bodies there for it is our responsibility.
I think a lot of products may have questionable chemicals in them- in a lot of cases, though, it may not be enough to be harmful. It doesn't hurt to be careful, though.
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