Carbonated drinks have preservatives added to them. Logically speaking, when we look at soft drink expiration date on the bottle cap, we see that the drink can be consumed approximately for about an year. This shows that preservatives are added to the drink that allows it to be preserved for about an year. Any artificial ingredient is hazardous to health. A common ingrdient of soft drink is sodium benzoate. It has been identified that sodium benzoate is a carcinogen (cause of cancer). Next when we look at food consumption and digestion process, the food items are digested and absorbed by blood. It is transported to different parts of bady with blood as the medium. So supply of minerals,vitamins,energy and every ingredient to many different parts of body is fast after digestion process. Considering above facts, it is advisable to be safe
