What are the pros and cons for soda at school?

Answer 1

Pros:

--Tastiness. As much as THAT is worth in the terms of health.

--It helps to settle upset stomachs.

Cons:

--Sets a poor example to students as what is appropriate and what not.

-- Too many school aged young people have never even tasted unadulterated juice; they need exposure to the real thing.

--A poor substitute for real fruit juice because it has no nutrition.

--Linked to Diabetes and Heart disease

--Sugars in sodas are fattening. Chemicals in diet sodas can also cause weight gain

--Causes weak bones (especially in undeveloped bones, i.e. young people's bones)

--Acidic bases are in ALL sodas. reference 1 below...

--Bad for your teeth. Just talk to a dentist.

--Diet sodas = pending cancer in a can. "Aspartame produces methanol, which can produce cancer."