explained. “Obviously, high-calorie soft drinks and ingesting a lot of calories that people don’t realise they’re getting with the sugar-based soft drinks is a big no-no.”

Dr London isn’t the only online medic to issue a warning on the alleged threat of soft drinks.

During a recent appearance on the Zoe podcast, Dr William Li noted: “Soda is everyone’s favourite whipping boy. Rightfully so

“The preponderance of clinical evidence, public health evidence, shows that high consumption of soda is associated with everything from metabolic disease to cardiovascular disease to cancer