Want to have smart and beautiful kids in the future? Well you sure should read this piece of news that says drinking some soft drinks can damage your DNA. If you want to pass on good genes to your offspring and also to the next generation you had better hearken to this news. You have to read the ingredients of the soft drink you love to drink and if you see the additive called sodium benzoate included in it, pass it up for your next favorite drink that does not contain it. Soft drinks that were reported to contain it are Sunkist, Diet Coke, Sprite and Pepsi Max just to name some.

The effects of this sodium benzoate additive is not a joke because it can deactivate some of the vital parts of the DNA which in turn can cause diseases including Parkinson’s disease as well as cirrhosis of the liver. The Dan contains the part called the mitochondria that consumes the oxygen to give energy needed and once it becomes damaged the whole cell will start to malfunction seriously.