The media is full of bad news about  the repeated consumption of sodas. The First Lady, Mrs. Obama, is out fighting the obesity problem in children and young adults, and the experts have long focused on the soda pop as a big obesity causing culprit. Maybe kids shouldn't drink sodas like they shouldn't drink beer? Well?

Don't tell me. I know, already, the affects of drinking too many sodas. A soda too many is detrimental to the body of an adult too. Yeah,  sodas  have an immense amount of sugar in them. Yes, I like sodas. I like their sweet taste. I like the quick energy boast. Sodas are my body fuel.  Octane on the quick. Yeah, the fructose problem, I know. The fructose in sodas may be working against me -- telling the brain, I've eaten when my body is running on empty calories, and my stomach is growling, demanding to be fed. Yeah, one shouldn't have the body working against itself. I like the fizzle of the bicarbonate. Doesn't it help with digestion? Don't sodas go well with meals? Yes, I know the sugar intake from sodas has been linked to obesity and to diabetes, and recently, as I did a little research for this post, I learned that the sugar in sodas has a wide range of aging effects. Yeah, yeah, yeah, sodas have an immense amount of sugar in them. I'm going to have to cut back.

News Source: ABC News

Megan Gelber, a dually-certified health counselor with Integrative Nutrition and Columbia University, explains how the high fructose content of sodas affects the body.