"What Soft Drinks are Doing to Your Body" -- Not only shows you how bad soft drinks can be, but tells you what you should be drinking. Seriously, soft drinks are just as bad for the body as a cigarette. It's amazing we still sell this stuff to kids."Soft drinks contain little to no vitamins or other essential nutrients. However, it is what they do contain that is the problem: caffeine, carbonation, simple sugars — or worse, sugar substitutes — and often food additives such as artificial coloring, flavoring, and preservatives."