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What Happens to
Your Body Within
an Hour of Drinking
a Coke
Do you want to be
healthy?
Drinking soda is bad for your health in so many ways;
science can't even state all the consequences.
Here's what happens in
your body when you assault it with
a Coke:
Within the first 10 minutes, 10 teaspoons of sugar
hit your system. This is 100 percent of your recommended
daily intake, and the only reason you don't vomit as a
result of the overwhelming sweetness is because
phosphoric acid cuts the flavour.
Within 20 minutes, your blood sugar spikes, and
your liver responds to the resulting insulin burst by
turning massive amounts of sugar into fat.
Within 40 minutes, caffeine absorption is
complete; your pupils dilate, your blood pressure rises,
and your livers dumps more sugar into your bloodstream.
Around 45 minutes, your body increases dopamine
production, which stimulates the pleasure centres of
your brain a physically identical response to that of
heroin, by the way.
After 60 minutes, you'll start to have a sugar
crash.
Sources: Nutrition Research Center October 24,
2007
Dr Marcola's Comments:
How many sodas have you had today? How about your kids?
As of 2005, white bread was dethroned as the number one
source of calories in the American diet, being replaced
by soft drinks.
The average American drinks more than 60 gallons of soft
drinks each year, but before you grab that next can of
soda, consider this: one can of soda has about 10
teaspoons of sugar, 150 calories, 30 to 55 mg of
caffeine, and is loaded with artificial food colors and
sulphate. Not to mention the fact that it's also your
largest source of dangerous high-fructose modified corn
syrup.
Let's take a look at some of the other major components
of a can of soda:
Phosphoric Acid:
Which can interfere with the body's ability to use
calcium, leading to osteoporosis or softening of the
teeth and bones. It also neutralizes the hydrochloric
acid in your stomach, which can interfere with
digestion, making it difficult to utilize nutrients.
Sugar: It is a proven fact that sugar increases insulin
levels, which can lead to high blood pressure, high
cholesterol, heart disease, diabetes, weight gain,
premature aging and many more negative side effects.
Most sodas include over 100 percent of the RDA of sugar.
Sugar is so bad for your health in so many ways, I even
created an entire list outlining 100-Plus Ways in Which
Sugar Can Damage Your Health
Aspartame:
This chemical is used as a sugar substitute in diet
soda. There are over 92 different health side effects
associated with aspartame consumption including brain
tumors, birth defects, diabetes, emotional disorders and
epilispsy/seizures.
Caffeine: Caffeinated drinks cause jitters, insomnia,
high blood pressure, irregular heartbeat, elevated blood
cholesterol levels, vitamin and mineral depletion,
breast lumps, birth defects, and perhaps some forms of
cancer.
Tap Water: I recommend that everyone avoid drinking tap
water because it can carry any number of chemicals
including chlorine, trihalomethanes, lead, cadmium, and
various organic pollutants. Tap water is the main
ingredient in bottled soft drinks.
Clearly, the over-consumption of sodas and sweet drinks
is one of the leading causes fueling the world-wide
obesity epidemic.
http://www.mercola.com/
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"COCA-COLA'S MARKETING
PRACTICES RIVAL BIG TOBACCO"
 The
American Postal Workers Union has passed a resolution:
"that the United States Postal Service remove all
Coca-Cola products from all postal facilities."
The resolution was passed in
response to Coca-Cola's
heavy marketing to children, including schools, and the
company's recent denial of negative health effects
associated with consumption of sugar-laced sodas. In a
recent letter to educationnews.org, the Coca-Cola
company went so far as to claim that soft drinks have no
connection whatsoever to obesity or diabetes.
In the manner of Big Tobacco, John Alm, Coca-Cola's
chief operating officer, was quoted in the Atlanta
Journal as saying, "The school system is where you build
brand loyalty." Coca-Cola's 2003 Management Financial
Review document speaks out against "Laws that restrict
our ability to distribute products in schools."
Read More:
http://www.organicconsumers.org/school/tobacco122204.cf
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Prevention
Institute
"Schools have become a place where kids have
unlimited access to unhealthy products.
Soft drink companies have targeted schools
for exclusive marketing contracts which
prominently feature their products and
sometimes lead administrators to promote
sales in order to increase revenue for the
schools.
Fast food chains or their products have
become a regular part of the lunchtime
offerings in many California high schools.
School contracts with corporations like
Pepsi or Coca-Cola encourage students to
drink soda and are often part of a larger
campaign by corporations to establish brand
loyalty at a young age."
Read More:http://www.preventioninstitute.org/ |
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