Coke, it's no joke ....drink juice instead!
By now most acquaintances of mine have heard me say, “There is nothing “good” about soda! The response I get is usually, “but it tastes good!”
Coca Cola has been in the news quite a bit recently. In August they got caught red handed for funding research to disprove soda/sugar as contributing to obesity, and create data to point the finger at lack of exercise instead. To those of us who are food activists the fact that Coca Cola is bad news is not a revelation.
Soda is just one product, but consider that every time you purchase a Coke you contribute to the spread of disease, the proliferation of oppression, the destruction of culture, and the bank account of a transnational corporation that doesn’t give a rats you know what about you! Sure they throw money at charitable causes, but the long-term damage done by the corporation and their products leaves a large deficit to all!
Over break holiday break I read these articles (links below). I’d like you to read them too.
“The country’s Alliance for Food Health says that indigenous people are “some of the most affected by Mexico’s soaring epidemic rate of obesity, which is fueled partly by high consumption of sugary soda drinks. ”Mexico currently has the highest per-capita consumption rate of Coca-Cola in the world. According to Vice News, Mexico surpassed the United States in 2013 as the most obese country on Earth.”
What I find most frightening about this article below is that in the last paragraph the Humanosphere writer actually throws in a disclaimer as to Coca Cola’s responsibility. The reach of corporate control has no limits.
AND Right here in San Antonio (where I currently live) Coca Cola is indirectly, if not directly responsible for the firing of the San Antonio Health Director
http://civileats.com/2015/10/12/was-this-soda-critic-fired-for-speaking-up/
Does soda still taste good? Does it really……. or are you just feeding a habit/addiction? Ask yourself is the short term gratification worth the long term consequences? Not just for yourself, but the world……what kind of “taste” does the behavior of Coca Cola Corporation leave you with?
Please consider discontinuing your personal consumption of Coca Cola products.
