This house would ban the sale of large-sized soft drinks

My first argument is that large-size soft drink consumption may lead to serious diseases. Soft-drinks can seem extremely appealing and taste great. However, these soft-drinks can lead to various diseases. One example of a disease that can develop due to over consuming soft-drinks is diabetes. A study from Diabetes Care found that people who drank one to two sugary beverages per day have more than 25% more likely to develop type 2 diabetes. Currently, the overall rate of diabetes is roughly one in 10. However, 25% increase would raise your chances to about 1 in 8. Diabetes may seem not much of a deal but it is actually a serious matter. Diabetes can result in other life-threatening diseases. According to U.S. News, even one soda per day can strengthen a risk of diseases. People who drank one sugar-sweetened drink per day had 20% higher rate of metabolic syndrome. Also, the sugar most soda companies use increases insulin levels and causes high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, diabetes, obesity, premature aging and many other side effects. My second argument is that harmful ingredients may affect you negatively. The soft-drink, itself, will lead to life-threatening diseases. However, the ingredients in soft-drinks can make things worse. An ingredient in some sodas called brominated vegetable oil, or commonly known as BVO, is an industrial chemical used as a flame retardant in plastics. This chemical had been known to cause memory loss and nerve disorders when consumed in large quantities. BVO builds up in body fat, causing behavioral problems, infertility, and lesions on heart muscles over time. Another harmful ingredient named 4-Mel (4-methylimidazole) is in most sodas such as Pepsi. This chemical is known to cause infertility, thyroid dysfunction and liver and lung cancer. Another ingredient called the Phosphoric acids affect the body"s ability to absorb calcium and can soften bones, teeth, and cause osteoporosis. These ingredients are only few of many. These ingredients can already put you in harmful health issues. And most soft-drinks contain much more harmful ingredients. Imagine what will happen to you. The result will be unpleasant and nasty. My third argument is that soft drinks are bad for the environment some people might say that whether or not drinking large-sized soft-drinks is individual"s choice. However, drinking large-size soft-drinks can actually harm the environment as well. Harming the environment means affecting everyone who lives on planet Earth. Aside from the fact that the plastic and aluminum used to create bottles of Coca-Cola are bad, the aspartame contaminates drinking water. The aspartame cannot be removed by current sewage treatment plants. Lots of energy is also spent on refrigerating and creating soft drinks. If there were no large-sized soft drinks, less money and fuel would be spent on soft drinks. Plastic cans, aluminum cans, and glass bottles all use energy that could be directed elsewhere. Yes. The glass containers are infinitely recyclable. However, unfortunately, US consumers only recycle about a quarter of them. So where do other 75% go? They become decomposed and harm our environment. Diet Coca-Cola"s recycled PET plastic cans use 75% fossil-fuel based plastic. Drinking large-size soft-drinks will eventually harm everyone, including your love ones, if you look at it long term. My fourth argument is that banning the large-size soft-drinks will help obesity rates shrink. In modern day USA, obesity is skyrocketing. USA is known for high rates of obesity. Currently, 2 out of 3 adults, and 1 out of 3 children are obese in the U.S. We can't boost this rate up by selling large-sized soft-drinks. A typical 20-ounce soda contains more than 15 teaspoons of sugar and more than 240 calories . A 64-ounce fountain cola drink could have more than 700 calories. As you can see, soft-drinks deal with abundant amount of sugar and calories. If we don't ban large-size soft-drinks, it will motivate US citizens to consume more soft-drinks, adding jetpack to the skyrocketing obesity rate. People who drink this often don"t compensate with exercise for all of the calories that they have consumed. A study found that for each additional 12-ounce soda children consumed every day, the odds of becoming obese increased by 60% during 1.5 years. By banning the large-size soft-drinks, we will be able to at least inform the consumers how unhealthy and life-risking drinking large-size soft-drinks can be. Thank you. Please vote for proposition.