Say So Long To Soda: 20 Reasons To Ditch The Habit

#11: Sugar and other Sweeteners are Harmful.

While most of us love the taste of sugar or sweeteners, you may not consider the possible damage those sweeteners cause your body. Not all soft drinks use sugar as an ingredient. The diet soft drinks use other forms of sweeteners such as saccharine or aspartame. These substances have been linked to several serious medical conditions in research studies, including cancer, weakness, irritability, migraines, depression, convulsions, insomnia, mood changes and even mental retardation. And, many scientific studies have linked the high caloric content of soft drinks (due to sugar) to obesity.