We’re drinking over 100 litres of soft drinks a year (and less fresh juice)

Diet coke, lemonade, Irn Bru, Fanta or even elderflower presse (yummy) – Whatever your thoughts or preferences, the UK is most certainly addicted to soft drinks.

Drinks experts Canadean have reported that the United Kingdom drinks 104 litres of soft drinks per capita per year.

While this figure has changed little over the last five years – the consumption of fruit juice and nectar (non-carbonated fruit-based soft drinks) has steadily increased.

Now is this really a big issue? Health-wise, sadly the doctors are correct – those 330ml cans and two litre bottles can be truly damaging.

Cancer, heart disease, diabetes, liver damage and fattening – all medical issues laid at the door of soft drinks…not particularly positive.

Scientists from Tufts University in Boston asserted that 184,000 die each year globally as a result of drinking soft drinks, reports the Telegraph.

Even diet soft drinks have some rather unpleasant statistics attached to them.

Researchers from the University of Texas studied a group of the over-65s over the a 10-year-period. They found that people who drank diet-fizzy drinks saw their waistband increase nearly three times more than those drinking non-diet fizzy drinks.

Admittedly, the scientists do not yet know what the correlation between diet drinks and waistlines is.

So best stay away from all soft drinks and stick to water…cus that’s fun.

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