What's Going On Inside? The Biology of Soft Drinks

For a play-by-play on how colas interact with your body chemistry, read here.

Here is a fun project kids can do at home to see how soda can impact biological growth.

A university in the UK studied the common preservative, sodium benzoate, found in colas. The results on how cola can damage cells at the genetic level is worth knowing before you take another sip of soda.