A 31-year-old member asked:
can you please lay out the health problems that drinking too much soda can cause?
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Dr. Randy Baker answered
40 years experience Holistic Medicine
Many severe ones: Even one soda a day is associated with many serious health consequences-it increases diabetes risk by 22%.Sodas are associated with increased risk of heart attacks, kidney stones, osteoporosis, obesity, tooth decay, heartburn & high blood pressure.Diet soda is just as bad! see http://texasfarmersmarket.Org/the-hazards-of-drinking-soda/
try kombucha as a healthy alternative- i like trilogy by synergy.
Answered on Sep 28, 2016
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