Stop Drink Soda

Taste soda is delicious and quite refreshing. But do you know addiction of soft drinks make a bad effect on health.
Many people are starting to not care about the impact of these beverages. There are some people who drink soda almost every day, even several times a day.
International Journal of Clinical Practice mention the harmful effects to the body that was addicted to soda:
1. Soda has no nutritional value other than calories and high sugar levels.
Not surprisingly, most soda enthusiasts prone to gaining weight and tend to be obese. Most of the soft drink contains 250 calories per 600 ml. No content or mineral nutrients in it, but it’s just sugar and caffeine.
2. Soda is a diuretic that increases urine production.
Diuretic properties make a lot of fluid in the body in the urine. If not offset by drinking water, conditions that cause fluid loss or dehydration.
3. The content of phosphoric acid in soda causes the sensation of freshness it can reduce bone density.
If soft drinks are consumed continuously, the bones will become more vulnerable and forming holes like pores. Decreased bone density will lead to the risk of arthritis and osteoporosis.
4. Acid content of the soda can damage the teeth.
Soft drinks can damage teeth because they contain high sugar levels. Acid component of soda have deleterious effects on tooth enamel and makes teeth more susceptible to damage.
5. Drink soft drinks in the long run can cause erosion of the lining of the stomach that can lead to digestive problems such as stomach pains, bloating and other gases.
6. The content of sodium in the soda is not good for heart health.Evidence from this study showed that drinking too much soda can cause damage to the kidneys and heart as well.
7. Continue to drink soda can also cause other health risks such as type 2 diabetes because of high sugar content giving the effect of caffeine they contain, such as insomnia, high blood pressure and irregular heartbeat.

So, how to stop drinking soda? Stop drinking soda is not easy because of the high content of caffeine is addictive. But there are several ways you can do to stop the habit, such as:
1. Gradually reduce the consumption of soda
Begin to gradually reduce your intake of soda, if you usually drink soda every day, began to be reduced by taking just 5 days a week and then reduced to 4 days next week. Do it for 6 weeks until you do not need to drink soda at all in a week.
2. Mix with water
When it decided to stop drinking soda, you usually will crave to drink soda. Try to mix a lot of ice cubes in drinks soda until soda composition less. That way the consumption of more water than soda.
3. Replace with other healthy drinks
Every time there is a desire to drink soda, you should drink fresh cold water or other healthy beverages such as soy milk, low fat milk, juice and other fruit.

4. Drinking green tea
When you begin to stop drinking soda then the effects of caffeine discontinuation symptoms such as headaches will happen quite often. Drinking a cup of green tea in the morning can reduce symptoms of dizziness