Health Tip 5 - Contents of Soft Drinks and its effects on our body. There is a trend to serve or drink soft drinks as a refreshing one but lets see what it does to our body in long term. Soft drinks contains many pesticides, acids, high caffeine, artificial sweetners and coloring agents. PESTICIDES - 1.) Lindane - It is a neurotoxin, affects nervous system, liver and kidneys. 2.) Chloropyrifos - It affects the nervous system and has acute as well as chronic signs and symptoms like lethargy, fatigue, spasms, breathlessness, coma with respiratory paralysis. Other signs and symptoms include excessive secretion of tears, excessive sweating, salivation, diarrhea, vomiting, low BP, muscle stiffness etc. 3.) D.D.T - It has main bad effect on liver and reproduction. It affects semen in men and may cause breast cancer in women. ACIDS - Phosphorous acid, benzoic acid, carbonic acid etc. It causes - 1. Digestive tract ulcers 2. Chrons disease 3.Ulcerative Collitis 4.Tooth Decay etc. CAFFEINE - Premature/Early ageing, Insomnia, nervousness, restlessness, increased heart rate etc. ARTIFICIAL SWEETNERS - Fructose corn syp, Aspartame, saccharin etc. Inflammatory effect and liver damage are effects of sweetners on human body. Think twice before consuming soft drinks henceforth. What Ayurveda says about these drinks will be updated in the next post.