Stop Drinking Soda

When a person is deciding what to eat and drink, they must always look at how it will affect them, regardless of how good it tastes. Every food is filled with things that are good and bad. Soft drinks are the most consumed beverage in the world today. Unfortunately, soft drinks are extremely toxic. Whether soft drinks satisfy thirst and taste good, this should not be a good enough reason to drink it. We should all do our bodies a favor and stop drinking soda. By replacing soft drinks with healthier beverages, many toxins will be eliminated. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recommends that people eating 1,600 calories a day not eat more than six teaspoons a day of refined sugar, 12 teaspoons for those eating 2,200 calories, and 18 teaspoons for those eating 2,800 calories. To put those numbers in perspective, consider that the average 12- to 19-year-old boy consumes about 2,750 calories and 1½ cans of soda with 15 teaspoons of sugar a day; the average girl consumes about 1,850 calories and one can with ten teaspoons of sugar. Thus, teens just about hit their recommended sugar limits from soft drinks alone. With candy, cookies, cake, ice cream, and other sugary foods, most exceed those recommendations by a large margin. If these teens were to give up soda, then they could eat many more foods with refined sugars and not worry about breaking their sugar intake limit. It
Goble 2 is true that these same teens could easily drink one soda per day and still not exceed their personal sugar limit. Though, it seems very obvious to me that besides drinking well, it is hard to eat well. It would be easier to give up the soda and keep the sugary food intake to a minimum, rather than giving up all sugar filled foods for one soda.
A lot of soda means lots of sugar, which means lots of calories. According to the USDA, "soft drinks are the fifth largest source of calories for adults. They provide 5.6% of all the calories that Americans consume. In 12- to