What Does a Glass of Cola Do to Your Health? All the Right Reasons to Avoid It

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It's been frequently discussed about the link between consuming cola and other caffeinated carbonated drinks and health issues such as osteoporosis, diabetes, heart diseases, high blood pressure and more.

Recently, researchers from Tufts University have discovered a connection between drinking cola and issues with bone density and bone mass among people aged 60 and older, as well as children. Drinking cola reduces the body's calcium levels because the phosphoric acid it contains causes calcium to leach from the bones into the bloodstream instead of moving from the blood into the bones. What happens when the body is deficient in calcium? It starts to draw its needs from the bones' reserves, consequently causing osteoporosis, or in other words, bone thinning.

Osteoporosis is a terrible disease where there is a constant decrease in bone minerals and a higher risk of fractures.

The phosphoric acid in cola also causes chronic headaches, according to a study by neurologist Dr. Rachel Hering-Hanit from the 'Meir' Medical Center. She states that there is a direct link between chronic headaches in children and excessive, consistent cola consumption.

Moreover, researchers from the International Health Research Center (Institutes of National Health) found that phosphoric acid may also lead to kidney stones. Researchers who studied over 450 people consuming a glass of cola or more a day found no difference between regular and diet cola, and that this bad habit 'helped' these people fall into the category with a higher risk of developing various kidney diseases.