What Happens To Your Body Within An Hour Of Drinking A Coke
In Foods that Hurt on October 24th, 2007 | 64,639 views
Don’t drink cola if you want to be healthy. Consuming soft drinks is bad for so many reasons that science cannot even state all the consequences. But one thing we know for sure is that drinking Coke, as a representative of soft drinks, wreaks havoc on the human organism. What happens? Writer Wade Meredith has shown the quick progression of Coke’s assault.
The main problem is sugar. It’s an evil that the processed food industry and sugar growers don’t want people to know about. Even dietitians, financially supported by sugar growers and sugary product manufacturers, are loathe to tell us the truth.
Don’t believe that dietitians are influenced by huge corporate concerns that feed people sugar, drugs and other health-defying ingredients? Go to their official website and check out the sponsors yourself. They are right there in plain sight: CLICK HERE.
When somebody drinks a Coke watch what happens…
- In The First 10 minutes: 10 teaspoons of sugar hit your system. (100% of your recommended daily intake.) You don’t immediately vomit from the overwhelming sweetness because phosphoric acid cuts the flavor allowing you to keep it down.
- 20 minutes: Your blood sugar spikes, causing an insulin burst. Your liver responds to this by turning any sugar it can get its hands on into fat. (There’s plenty of that at this particular moment)
- 40 minutes: Caffeine absorption is complete. Your pupils dilate, your blood pressure rises, as a response your livers dumps more sugar into your bloodstream. The adenosine receptors in your brain are now blocked preventing drowsiness.
- 45 minutes: Your body ups your dopamine production stimulating the pleasure centers of your brain. This is physically the same way heroin works, by the way.
- >60 minutes: The phosphoric acid binds calcium, magnesium and zinc in your lower intestine, providing a further boost in metabolism. This is compounded by high doses of sugar and artificial sweeteners also increasing the urinary excretion of calcium.
- >60 Minutes: The caffeine’s diuretic properties come into play. (It makes you have to pee.) It is now assured that you’ll evacuate the bonded calcium, magnesium and zinc that was headed to your bones as well as sodium, electrolyte and water.
- >60 minutes: As the rave inside of you dies down you’ll start to have a sugar crash. You may become irritable and/or sluggish. You’ve also now, literally, pissed away all the water that was in the Coke. But not before infusing it with valuable nutrients your body could have used for things like even having the ability to hydrate your system or build strong bones and teeth.
So there you have it, an avalanche of destruction in a single can. Imagine drinking this day after day, week after week. Stick to water, real juice from fresh squeezed fruit, and tea without sweetener.
Primary Source: by Wade Meredith
Joe Boylan
Says:April 9th, 2008 at 1:49 am
I read your information on Sugar and on the cure for the cold!
I would be very enthusiastic to hear some information about Honey as a replacement for sugar. Have you any research information on this topic yet?
I transferred to honey four years ago and replaced as much of my sugar intake as I could at that time. These are the things which happened to me: -
1. I found I no longer had a craving for sugar.
2. I have not had a cold for four years now and I used to get one every month or two during the winter before that. When I feel the tell-tale sign of a tickling throat my ‘medicine’ is a glass of warm milk with a teaspoonful of honey dissolved in it. Ideally the milk should be just warm enough to give that little pleasant ‘bite’ to your taste and the honey for a severe sore throat should be strong enough to feel that ‘honey bite’ also. (I don’t know how else to describe it.) The glass of warm milk needs to be taken at least three or four times per day until the tickling sore throat disappears. Don’t worry it will try it. It has worked for me every time in the last four years. If the cold develops fast as some colds do – within a couple of hours to a runny nose, step up this treatment. You will still clear it up within 48 hours.
So this is a report of a ‘clinical test’ on myself which I would like to suggest could be followed up by wider testing in some way. Unfortunately I do not have the resources to do this myself.
Other information I have learned about honey is as follows: Honey contains Propolis, which is the most powerful antibiotic to be found in nature. Recently a honey producer was cleaning out one hive, which had been neglected. He discovered a dead mouse in the hive. Apparently the hapless creature had found its way into the hive – no doubt for shelter; had been attacked and stung to death by the bees and then since they could not remove the carcase it had been injected with Propolis(!), which had the effect of mummifying the creature and thus rendering it harmless to the bees. Maybe the Propolis is contained in the sting? Where I live Propolis can be bought in its natural state and used very sparingly for certain medical purposes. A friend of mine hereabouts tried taking some Propolis neat for a cold cure and ended up badly blistering her mouth. So I have not had the courage to experiment with this very much. However I surmise that since Propolis is the same colour as honey (perhaps a little darker) then it is the Propolis which gives the honey its colour. Pale honey sold as Acacia Honey to unaware ‘connoisseurs’ to my mind is rather weak possibly useless as a health support. I have come across various preparations of Propolis for medical purposes including what I consider a pointless preparation called ‘Tincture of Propolis’. Of course a tincture is a solution of the substance in alcohol. Alcohol is often used as a disinfectant. But Propolis must be a very powerful disinfectant (c.f. the poor mouse above). Why place one disinfectant in another – of dubious value to administer as a medical aid?
We have a lot to learn about this topic and I would like to hear more. Not without significance is the saying “…the land of Milk and honey…”. Did the ancients know something we don’t know or have forgotten? Is the ‘land of milk and honey’ otherwise known as the mystical Shangrila? And don’t forget how grateful we should be for the bees. I believe it was Einstein who said that if the bees disappeared from the face of the earth then mankind would not be long in following. The bee is responsible for over 70% of the pollination process amongst plants. So the news of Monsanto’s disastrous experiments with genetically modified corn which appeared to have caused the death of large percentages of the bee population here should more than fill us with dismay.
Interesting?
Best, Joe Boylan
Marc
Says:June 30th, 2008 at 11:59 am
I see in your last sentence you recommend the use of tea. According to my brief research even un-sweetened tea naturally has caffeine in it and its quantity of caffeine per volume averages nearly double that of Coca-Cola. (If anyone trys to research this on their own keep in mind nearly all tea and coffee data is given in 6 oz. quantities while Coca-Cola is 12 oz.)
See…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffiene#Tolerance_and_withdrawal
Table on right side of page, which is backed up by references.
Kim
Says:July 30th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
I started drinking coffee about 4 years ago to the happiness of my husband. I cannot drink it black. I do not like to drink water unless it is ice cold. I crave Coca-Cola. I drank Cokes everyday from the time I was 15 until I was 30. Sometimes, I would drink up to 2 liters. My teeth are fine, I gained and lost a lot of weight over those same years (178 lbs both ways).
About a month ago, we ran out of coffee for a couple of days. I drank Coke to get the caffeine to keep the headaches away. Now a month later, I drink a cup of coffee in the morning (sweetened with sugar and creamer) and two 16 oz Cokes throughout the day, with another cup of coffee in the evening. Sometimes, a glass of tea instead of the coffee, but everyday for the past month – Coke.
I have started to loose weight. I feel full most of the time and do not have the hungry feeling to snack. I know all the things you can use a Coke for (cleaning up blood, taking rust off of a bumper, and removing corrosion from a battery). However, I do not eat breakfast, that makes me nauseated. I eat a decent lunch and dinner. Now, because I am full, I do not eat as much at dinner and no longer snack at night.
Is this my imagination or does this really happen? Can drinking Coke help a person to loose weight? That is the only real changes to my ‘environment’. I have an office job, hate diet drinks, and drive an hour to work. I do nothing, too tired at night to walk, too distracted to workout in the morning, and sometimes I get motivated on the weekends.
But if my calorie intake is between 1200 and 1500 even with the Cokes, and considering my lifestyle, is this possible?
Nutrition Researchers
Says:July 31st, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Losing weight is a complex issue. It has to do with a number of factors. It is possible to lose weight while drinking Coke. In fact, many models and supermodels eat sugar and keep their weight off. Sugar can give you the feeling of being full. However, is this healthful? Not in the least. What’s going on INSIDE your body is another story. Internally, sugar is very damaging. It’s corrosive, acid forming and poisonous. Cancer loves sugar and so does yeast. Sugar is highly addictive and wreaks havoc on the internal organs, including the pancreas, which is why it can cause diabetes.
Andrew
Says:August 5th, 2008 at 10:39 am
I’ve consumed coffee and coke in the past and I’ve found that
1. Both working together over a long period of time can reak havoc on your teeth.
2. I’m not healthy. Between the caffeine and sugar and whatever else, I generally feel less than good most of the time, other than when I’m drinking coffee, and I AM slim, but that is just because I am a slim build: there is actaully really noting too me, I just feel really weak.
I’ve gotten used to this state so it has become normal. It is tolerable, and I have to wonder if there even is anything better, but to be honest I would say there is. I have no motivation for exercise, it is as if the state my body is in is not changing at all. I’m stimulated but I never actually grow, I’m somewhat redundant. So the little exercise I do do has next to no effect because it is canceled out by the caffeine. Even eating well appears to have no substantial effect. It really is as if I’m not absorbing the things that can actually heal me and make me feel better, It is relaced with the caffeine and sugar and the artificial functions they initiate that cause happiness in me. It’s a fake happiness.
What Happens to Your Body Within an Hour of Drinking a Coke? at Urilife & True Optimal Health
Says:August 31st, 2008 at 8:28 pm
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Aromatherapy
Says:September 17th, 2008 at 5:52 am
Thanks for highlighting this issue
fredgiolli
Says:September 18th, 2008 at 8:17 am
my wife drinks tab as she is a diabetic but she is always
bloted can soda cause this? I am 53 yrs. old & my teeth have
almost rotted away is this from a lifetime of coke?
Nutrition Researchers
Says:September 18th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
If we are to be open and honest with ourselves, then we have to face the fact that soda is not a food, and it’s usually perceived by the body as a toxin. So the best drink is water.
Veronica
Says:September 28th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
My mom says cola is bad for your body and water is good for you
Veronca
Says:December 5th, 2008 at 10:33 am
Cola is so bad for you
Amy Flynn ~ allaboutenergy
Says:January 4th, 2009 at 2:57 am
Can we please put this on a billboard?
Also VERY surprised that Wade did not mention the acid forming disaster Coke causes in your body. Coke lowers your pH do low it takes close to a gallon of water to nuetralize it. It’s SUGAR + ACID pH that kills. Cancer & yeast need acidic environments to thrive. Acid is more dangerous than sugar.
I wish we the citizen consumers could bring a class action law suit against the soft drink manufacters and the Monsanto’s who pump out Aspartame, Sorbitol and the others.
Thank you for posting this article!
Simon Salt
Says:January 4th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
You mention a lot about sugar here, is the study true for the “diet” cola’s with their artificial sweetners?
Michael Wilde
Says:January 4th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
Since i don’t drink Coke… can you hit me with the shocking facts of what happens when you drink diet cola?
Nathan Ketsdever
Says:January 4th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
I’m curious the impact coffee has as well as what alternatives, including water and healthy energy drinks might be readily available.
Interesting read…
Timothy Carter
Says:January 4th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
I felt that this post was so important I retweeted it a couple of times to my follwers on Twitter! Fantastic information!
With warm regards,
Timothy Carter
http://twitter.com/TimothyCarter
Tom Sherlock
Says:January 6th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Should it also be noted that US Coke is made with high fructose corn syrup, whereas Mexican Coke is made with sugar cane? Does the type of sugar or the source of sugar make a difference? For example, i have been led to believe that brown sugar is processed more easily by the body than white sugar.
BTW, i would consider increasing dopamine production as a good thing. Associating it with heroine gives the reader the impression that it is a bad thing.
slightlyoffendedRD
Says:January 8th, 2009 at 8:43 am
As a registered dietitian (RD), I do not, in any shape or form, have any connection to the sugar growers or manufacturers. I agree that coke is not a food and is not needed by the body and recommend to consume water over pop. Insinuating that all RD’s have been bought by the evil food corporation futher contributes to the confusion surrounding food,nutrition and health, and who the public can trust for the answers.
Nutrition Researchers
Says:January 8th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
Yes, you may use it. We’d appreciate a link. Thanks!
Nutrition Researchers
Says:January 8th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
In an answer to “slightlyoffendedRD:” Well, we’re sorry you are offended, but before you deny the corporate influences over your professional association, note that anyone can just go to the Dietitians’ official website and see some pretty nefarious sponsors right there out in the open, including Coke!! You will also find the National Dairy Council (not organic, but big corporate cattle full of drugs and antibiotics and steroids), Glaxo Smith Kline, a huge pharmaceutical firm, Pepsico, Mars candy and a host of other companies responsible for making health-impairing products. Since the dietitians’ association to be backed by these corporations, they are limited in their ability to condemn their activities. The facts are here for everyone to see.
Here is the website. Check it out and then explain why you consider our article an “insinuation.” How else can this be explained?
http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/home_10575_ENU_HTML.htm
slightlyoffendedRD
Says:January 8th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
Yes they are sponsors for the eatright program, but that doesnt mean that RD’s support their products. RDs can be objective even if these companies are providing funding. I am not saying it is ethical to accept funding from them, but where else will the money come from? Surely not from the government. It is also important to know that not all RDs have to be affiliated with the ADA in order to practice. For example I live in Canada and while we have our own governing body, we do not have to be a member to practice. Meaning that there are a lot of RD’s who are NOT in any way connected to these companies. RDs undergo extensive training to gain the knowledge that they know and it is generalizations like you have made that make the general public less trusting of the profession and more willing to turn to other less qualified sources for their nutrition information.
Shelly M.
Says:January 9th, 2009 at 6:12 pm
In reference to the person called “slightlyoffendedRD” up above… For shame! I went to the dietitian’s website and was completely flabberghasted at what I saw in the way of sponsors. How can I trust any dietitian anywhere? I am so confused. The tail wags the dog. I went to this website http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/home_10575_ENU_HTML.htm and saw that there’s Coke, Pepsi, drug companies and other big corporations that are responsible for making products that make people sick. And dietitians are in charge of hospital meals? That explains alot to me!! This article is an eye-opener.
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Says:January 12th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
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Margaret
Says:January 14th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
What about diet coke?
Thanks.
Sarama
Says:January 18th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
amazing think))
Kirby
Says:February 15th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
I never liked coffee and have drank Coke since I was a child. I’m a 51 year old sales manager who is addicted to the stuff. I know I need to stop and have at times. Are there any hints/suggestions/alternatives. I often times need a “pick me up” in the middle of the day but must confess I often times will have a coke at 10 am. Help!
Sharky
Says:March 3rd, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Thanks for this info guys, you would not believe the amount of trash they put in our food now days and expect us to pay overinflated prices for it while crying inflation
Johnthepaelocon
Says:May 8th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
“The main problem is sugar. It’s an evil that the processed food industry and sugar growers don’t want people to know about. Even dietitians, financially supported by sugar growers and sugary product manufacturers, are loathe to tell us the truth.”
This is a confusing statement – most sodas (Coke included) use high fructose corn syrup, which is much worse for you than cane sugar. Unless the author is referring obliquely to the sugar cane quotas in America that have caused the substitution of high fructose syrup for cane sugar (the former is cheaper here), then I really can’t see dragging the sugar industry into this.
Nutrition Researchers
Says:May 11th, 2009 at 10:06 am
You’d really have to take a little time to research the politics of sugar. It’s an ugly one that has been run for decades as a corrupt, exclusive industry.
Jamie
Says:May 20th, 2009 at 11:20 am
As a chemist this is interesting reading, even more interesting given your standing on the matter with phrases such as ‘this is how heroin works by the way’. The point here i feel i need to make is regardless of health benefits/effects humanity will continue to enjoy the things that are bad for them.
serena
Says:June 4th, 2009 at 5:15 pm
what is happening on the INSIDE of your body to make you hyper active,etc.
Jody
Says:July 25th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
I just think we should be more health conscience when it comes to what we put in our bodies, honey, sugar, caffeine or what have you over indulging in any of those is bad for you. So learn to moderate yourself, follow the food pyramid and live life to its fullest. You may not be here tomorrow so live as if today is the last.
matt3046
Says:August 18th, 2009 at 7:38 pm
This is why I only drink mountain dew.
Nutrition Researchers
Says:September 14th, 2009 at 11:59 am
Read mercola.com in which Dr Mercola says Mountain Dew is possibly the worst drink you could ever put in your body!
Tanya
Says:September 28th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
This is crazy; I never knew coke had such a negative affect on your body. Good information to know. I’m definitely cutting back on soda.
Steve
Says:November 24th, 2009 at 1:30 am
Thanks for sharing this article, everyone should follow this.
I stopped drinking all sodas several years ago. I was diagnosed with diabetes and decided to take it one with a very healthy regimen. When diagnosed my A1c was 11.7 and now is 4.7. Eating right can change your life for the better.
I know drink water with added powder nutrient supplements. I feel healthier today with diabetes than I ever did in the past.
Giving up soda was the best thing I ever did for my health.
sigma83
Says:December 28th, 2009 at 6:29 am
My issue with the article (I do not possess enough knowledge to dispute it factually either way) is that it seems to come prepackaged with an agenda. As an article on scientific facts, I feel that it is inappropriate to insert the agenda into the facts.
Having an opinion is one thing, but statements like ‘This is how heroin works, by the way’ undermines the validity of your facts by presenting them in a manner that can be perceived as bias.
admin
Says:January 4th, 2010 at 4:29 pm
In the spirit of the late great Joseph Campbell, instead of supplying all the footnotes, I hope this leads you on your own exploration to discover more.
Dietitian in Illinois
Says:January 14th, 2010 at 7:05 pm
o.k., I am an RD in the U.S. and I too am offended by some of the remarks made here that you cannot trust RD’s. It is true that various sponsors may support some of the programs by the ADA but don’t confuse that with an RD’s ethical responsibility to promote and educate healthful dietary practices and good nutrition. Remember that the ADA is simply a professional organization. All RD’s do not belong to it or have anything to do with the ADA. Regardless if they do or not, the funding is not a representation of our professional duties. Most RD’s I know and have seen on morning news shows and such do condemn fast foods, sodas and sugars. Don’t get caught up in misleading information from someone who doesn’t have all eth facts. Do you think Dr. Oz gives less then adequate medical advice because the network that his show is on has McDonald’s commercials which McDonalds advertising dollars pay apart of his salary? I don’t think so. Neither would a dietitian. Before you condemn professionals maybe try to visit and talk with one first.
Dietitian in Illinois
Says:January 14th, 2010 at 7:22 pm
Remember that many of the ADA sponsors that you may see as not credible to be an sponsor of the ADA such as the coca-cola, Pepsi and Mars companies….unfortunately these are the companies with the deepest pockets and most extensive resources. But keep in mind that it’s the partnership with organizations such as the ADA that have lead to these companies developing healthier alternatives to their traditional products. Change takes time. Inch by inch we can influence people and companies in a healthier way. We can only do that by working together.
Alan Messegee
Says:January 27th, 2010 at 2:04 am
Great article… I wholeheartedly agree except for the advice to drink tea. The link to the sponsors of the American Dietetic Association has changed to:
http://www.eatright.org/corporatesponsors/
Vincent
Says:January 27th, 2010 at 5:08 am
Very interesting information, I dont Drink Caffeine due to my health condition when it comes to drinking coke, I never will drink it. As for Tea and Coffee concerned I don’t drink either of these. I intend to drink the same stuff that the Mormons Drink as they cant have tea of coffee either. As for Sugar I rarely use sugar unless I am having something that requires it.
Also I wont drink anything that contains aspartame in too due to neurological conditions.