What popular drink is very harmful: you should give it up

Between homemade dried fruit compote and carbonated store-bought drinks, most people will definitely choose the latter. Sweet, carbonated, with a pleasant aftertaste - how can you say no? But it's not always good for your body.

Nutrition expert Karina Mishanina (karinamishanina) told us which popular drink is the most harmful on her Instagram page. The amount of chemicals will surprise you.

The expert notes that such a drink is the worst thing that humanity could have invented. We are talking about the popular Coca-Cola, as well as a variety of similar drinks in different colors.

The ingredients of classic Coca-Cola include the following:

• sugar
• carbon dioxide (E290)

• colorants such as carmazine and sugar colorant
• orthophosphoric acid
• caffeine
• flavors of natural origin

Vanillin, clove oil, lemon and citrus oil give the drink a pleasant flavor. This is a high-calorie product, as 100 grams contains 42 kilocalories. Particular attention should be paid to orthophosphoric acid. It is a dangerous food additive. Coca-Cola contains a large amount of this component.

Once in the body, it removes calcium salts from the bones. Then they enter the bloodstream and settle in the kidneys, which is doubly harmful.