I did not have the time to write it from a scratch. SO I just brought a lot reliable excerpts of books and doctors togethere and did a great copy paste:-) But it deliver enough information and from com reliable sources. Because I dont want anybody saying that these are my prejudices. Just to add my friend who works in Poona Hospital was telling me that they had a patient who was admitted for paralysis. He was 26 years old. They couldnt find any reason for him getting paralysed. They found out that his Spine had ’’dissolved’’ and lost its ability to support him and crushed his spinal cord paralysing him. They checked his history and no cancer or anything. The only thing which was very ’’oustanding’’ in his daily routine was that he never drank water. he used to drink upto 4 litres of pepsi everyday. So two doctors then decided that it is due to the phosphoric content(it is mentioned below) in pepsi that has caused this. This news was never propagated or released to the media. He is still paralysed.(I am just so caught up in my life and surviving that I am not able to take the time to find the patient and just inform the media. I think they would jump on the story just for the hype atleast) This is not some email passed on the net or some urban legend from the internet. This is a trued case and I was just telling my friend( I keep eating everybodies brains) that soft drinks can dissolve your bones and my friend suddenly remembered this case in the hospital. Well my friend doesnt touch a soft drink anymore. But surprisingly never stopped after seeing the case first hand. That is what ppl do. They dont react. It is too longs ’’The allergenicity of penicillin in the general population is thought to be at least ten percent. Nearly 25 percent of these individuals will display hives, angioedema, or anaphylaxis upon ingestion of penicillinS. hives and anaphylactic symptoms have been traced to penicillin in milk, soft drinks, and frozen dinners.’’ ’’Many general dietary factors have been suggested as a cause of osteoporosis, including: low calcium-high phosphorus intake, high-protein diet, high-acid-ash diet, high salt intake, and trace mineral deficiencies. It appears that increased soft drink consumption is a major factor that contributes to osteoporosis. A deficiency of vitamin K leads to impaired mineralization of bone. Boron deficiency may contribute greatly to osteoporosis as well as to menopausal symptoms.’’ ’’Soft drinks have long been suspected of leading to lower calcium levels and higher phosphate levels in the blood. When phosphate levels are high and calcium levels are low, calcium is pulled out of the bones. The phosphate content of soft drinks like Coca -Cola and Pepsi is very high, and they contain virtually no calcium.’’ ’’The United States ranks first among countries in soft drink consumption. The per-capita consumption of soft drinks is in excess of 150 quarts per year, or about three quarts per week.’’ ’’Soft drink consumption in children poses a significant risk factor for impaired calcification of growing bones.’’ ’’Of the fifty-seven children who had low blood calcium levels, thirty-eight(66.7 percent) drank more than four bottles(12 to 16 ounces per bottle) of soft drinks per week, but only forty-eight(28 percent) of the 171 children with normal serum calcium levels consumed as much soft drink S These results more than support the contention that soft drink consumption leads to lower calcium levels in children. This situation that ultimately leads to poor bone mineralization, which explains the greater risk of broken bones in children who consume soft drinks.’’ ’’Soft drink consumption may be a major factor for osteoporosis as they are high in phosphates but contain virtually no calcium. This leads to lower calcium levels and higher phosphate levels in the blood. The United States ranks first among countries for soft drink consumption with a per capita consumption of approximately 15 ounces a day.’’ ’’In an interesting experiment the sugar from one soft drink was able to damage the white blood cells’ ability to ingest and kill gonococcal bacteria for seven hours.’’ ’’Soft drinks also contain large quantities of phosphorus, which when excreted pulls calcium out of the bones. Heavy users of soft drinks will have osteoporosis along with their damaged arteries.’’ ’’And watch out for cola soft drinks, which are very high in bone-dissolving phosphorus.’’ ’’Soft drinks are the single greatest source of caffeine in children’s diets; a 12-ounce can of cola contains about 45 milligrams but the amounts in more potent soft drinks can exceed 100 milligrams< a level approaching that found in coffee.’’ ’’Soft drinks have replaced milk in the diets of many American children as well as adults. School purchases reflect such trends. From 1985 to 1997, school districts decreased the amounts of milk they bought by nearly 30% and increased their purchases of carbonated sodas.’’ ’’The relationship between soft drink consumption and body weight is so strong that researchers calculate that for each additional soda consumed, the risk of obesity increases 1.6 times.’’ ’’Adolescents who consume soft drinks display a risk of bone fractures three to four-fold higher than those who do not.’’ ’’Sugar and acid in soft drinks so easily dissolve tooth enamel.’’ ’’Americans drink 13.15 billion gallons of carbonated drinks every year.’’ William Duffy The doctor speaking in these dialogs is, Dr. McCay, the nutritionist at the Naval Medical Research Institute. ’’I was amazed to learn, ’’ he testified, ’’that the beverage contained substantial amounts of phosphoric acid. . . . At the Naval Medical Research Institute, we put human teeth in a cola beverage and found they softened and started to dissolve within a short periodS The acidity of cola beverages . is about the same as vinegar. The sugar content masks the acidity, and children little realize they are drinking this strange mixture of phosphoric acid, sugar, caffeine, coloring, and flavoring matter.’’ Carol Simontacchi The Crazy Makers: How the Food Industry Is Destroying Our Brains and Harming Our Children ’’One liter of an aspartame-sweetened beverage can produce about fifty-six milligrams of methanol. When several of these beverages are consumed in a short period of time(one day, perhaps), as much as two hundred fifty milligrams of methanol are dumped into the bloodstream, or thirty-two times the EPA limit.’’ ’’What may happen, in the face of day-to-day, continuously high levels of sodium in the diet and the bloodstream, is that we experience a type of acute hypernatremia its integrity, but enough to keep our sodium potassium pump slightly dysregulated and throw off the electrical system of the brainS. Americans drink soft drinks that are often loaded with more sodium and which further unbalance the mineral stores.’’ Greg Critser Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World ’’A joint study by Harvard University and Boston Children’s Hospital researchers in February 2001 concluded that such excess liquid calories inhibited the ability of older children to compensate at mealtime, leading to caloric imbalance and, in time, obesity.’’ ’’One extra soft drink a day gave a child a 60 percent greater chance of becoming obese. One could even link specific amounts of soda to specific amounts of weight gain. Each daily drink added .18 points to a child’s body mass index(BMI).