I stopped drinking sodas about six years ago. I would drink about 2 liters a day. One time I think I had a very mild heart attack. The sugar content and the citric acid are deadly, and the FDA should make soda companies alter the recipe so sodas won't be so bad for human health. For Americans it is so a part of our diet that many of us drink soda AS our water!!! I've seen it many times, and continue to. Like alcohol, if soda can dissolve rust off of metal, it is eating you up in the inside!
God made our bodies brilliantly, thus our bodies compensate to stay alive. Calcium is brought from our bones to stabilize the effects of sodas where our bones get weak and osteoporosis, arthritis, tooth decay, and other problems occur. I love our country with our free market system, but I came to realize that I must be a discriminating shopper b/c everything I can buy may not be good for my health.