The Pros And Cons Of NYC Soda Ban

NYC soda ban is getting out of hand, its outrageous. People just don't respect it. Instead they get 2 cups instead of just one big one and just keep getting refills. I support and agree with the NYC soda ban, in fact many people should agree with it because all we're doing is making ourselves better and healthier. To commence, soda should be banned cause it focuses on damaging our health, without health we won't be alive for any much longer. Our health has to be strong like steel. Too many people consume soda and consume lots of it it. Soda is one of the most consumed beverages in the United States, second only to water. Here in the States, Americans guzzle 57 gallons of soda per person every year, as if it wasn’t full of sugary

Here are the ingredients and things that the soda carries. A can of Coke is a bizarre mixture of extremely high levels of sugar (or the even worse high fructose corn syrup), corrosive phosphoric acid, 'natural' caramel coloring, and a well known drug that has a powerful effect on your brain chemistry - caffeine. A standard can of Coke has around 10 teaspoons or 39 grams of sugar or high fructose corn syrup in it. And that's just the smaller cans. A 20 oz bottle has 17 teaspoons or 65 grams of sugar or high fructose corn syrup, strongly associated with diabetes and many other diseases. The soda is so addictive and its really good. People should do what they want and not be controlled by the ban and let the problems be on themselves. Yes it can be addictive but you have to know where you stand with an addiction. Caffeine is the world's most popular psychoactive drug and it's reported that more than 80% of Americans have it in some form every day. Soon after you drink something like Coke with high levels of caffeine in it, it is absorbed through your small intestine and into your bloodstream. Caffeine is both water and fat soluble and is easily able to cross the blood-brain barrier to affect your brain cells directly. The caffeine molecule is actually quite similar to another molecule that is present naturally in your brain called adenosine. It's adenosine's job to slow down nerve cell activity along