Phosphates or phosphorus is one of the things I am avoiding because it was the root cause of my bone demineralization that had let my Parathyroid go haywire that lead to me developing a condition that is called "Leontiasis Ossea" and joint pain issues all over my body.
I was not educated about my condition as a dialysis patient I have to learn the things that are good and bad all by myself but sadly it was a bit too little too late. But still I kept on fighting to make the wrong things in my body right again with the help of my friends worldwide via our steem community and of course with the blessings and the will of God.
Now I just suspected that one of the soft drinks that I am consuming must have some phosphorus in it. And so I just took a photo of the ingredients at the back of the label of the bottle. I couldn't possibly read it by my poor eyesight and thankfully my smartphone helped me in that regard thank sto our current technology.
And here below I saw an ingredient which must be the phosphorus and true enough it was the culprit of the matter. A sequestrant that is called in abbreviated letter "SHMP" which is in a long form called "Sodium hexametaphosphate" a food additive in various foods and drinks.
Phosphorus! so now I will just avoid this kind of drink because it has a phosphorus that really is bad for me because of my bone condition. Anyway that is not so much damaging because I am taking a phosphate binder per meal so that My body won't absorb much of the phosphorus in the foods that I eat and the drinks that I consume.
I am by the way drinking softdrinks like a phosphorus-free sprite sometimes because it helps me swallow my food as I have a severe appetiteloss plus it adds calories that my body needs. For now I am tired of drinking pineapple juice already and is finding another way of helping myself eat my meals everyday. It is just hard to manage my diet, lots of complications even in the drinks that I consume is sometimes hurting me.