With your skeleton …

With your skeleton …
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Older adults who regularly drank cola and diet cola had significantly less bone density in the hip area, versus those who had soft drinks infrequently, reveals a study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Experts haven’t yet determined whether the cause is phosphorous leaching calcium from bones or interfering with calcium metabolism (or something else entirely).

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With your fertility …

With your fertility …
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While many soft drink companies have pushed aside bottles made with bisphenol A (BPA), plenty of aluminium can liners still contain the chemical, which is linked to issues with reproductive health, metabolic disease and other health problems.

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Source: RD.com

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