Health professionals have warned people over consumption of soft drinks during 'Iftar' and 'Sehr' saying these are harmful for health and may cause diseases like diarrhoea, gastroenteritis, dehydration, renal problems. These experts, however, advised people to use home-made juices instead of soft drinks in Iftar as it is easily absorbed during digestion process.
"Home-made drinks like lemonade, milk soda and others are more efficient in combating thirst as compared to soft drinks," they said, adding: Use of fizzy drinks lead to several diseases including, diarrhoea, gastroenteritis, dehydration, renal problems and even cancer.
They said that soft drinks should be avoided at Iftar as it is causes kidney problems. They also asked people for increasing water intake to avoid heat affects and maintain required level of minerals in the body especially during Ramazan. Due to hot summer season and humid weather, the chances of dehydration will increase in human body and especially in fasting duration for more than 15 hours, they said.
Health professionals advised general public to take at least 8 to 10 glass of water or liquids in form of juices, beverages, etc with intervals from Iftar to Sehar for proper functioning of body organs. Taking lot of water and drinks at Iftar time to quench thrust is not a healthy practice and not beneficial for human body, they said, adding: "Keeping the body healthy, it is imperative that some solid diet should be taken first and then take water gradually as taking water with empty stomach is not good for intestine." They further said level of salt and sugar in the body also reduces in Ramazan so `Lemonade' is the best drink not only to quench thrust but also to keep the level of minerals at the required level. "At least eight glasses should be taken daily and maximum as much anyone can take because there is no harm of excessive water intake on human body rather it washes kidneys", they said.