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Hey, Blisstree Reader! We recently updated this Coke post, and also just posted two brand-new ones: What Happens to Your Body After You Drink a Coke Every Day, For a Long Time and Drink Diet Coke For Good Health? Not So Much., which many of you commented on wanting to know more about. Read on, and check out these other new posts, below.
Have you ever wondered why Coke comes with a smile? Because it gets you high. They removed the cocaine almost 100 years ago. Why? It was redundant.
- 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. (And 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 liver 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, electrolytes, and water.
- > 60 minutes: As the rave inside 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 hydrating your system, or building strong bones and teeth.
This will all be followed by a caffeine crash in the next few hours. (As little as two if you’re a smoker.) Want to know what happens after that? Check out what happens to your body after you drink a coke, every day for a long time.
Coke itself isn’t the enemy here. It’s the dynamic combo of massive sugar doses combined with caffeine and phosphoric acid, which are found in almost all sodas. Moderation, people!
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This post was originally written by Wade Meredith.
Man im 16, Im skinny like 8 stone but near 6ft tall, coke dont put weight on if it does i aint gained nothing ive been drinking coke for years and 2011 probley drinking 3-5cans aday but now i drink about 5-6 because its easier to drink instead of going to get some juice to refill, i know its bad for you but christ it aint that bad i would be dead surely by now, it dont give u diaheur ive never got it the only thing its causes for me is burping lol and if u drink it on an empty stomache dont matter just gives ya bubbles in ya belly causing it to rubble alot i find.
Man im 16, Im skinny like 8 stone but near 6ft tall, coke dont put weight on if it does i aint gained nothing ive been drinking coke for years and 2011 probley drinking 3-5cans aday but now i drink about 5-6 because its easier to drink instead of going to get some juice to refill, i know its bad for you but christ it aint that bad i would be dead surely by now, it dont give u diaheur ive never got it the only thing its causes for me is burping lol and if u drink it on an empty stomache dont matter just gives ya bubbles in ya belly causing it to rubble alot i find
i know coke is not the best thing to drink,but it is the only thing I drink..
( well I do drink milk & apple juice now & then)
I have been drinking coke all my life ( I’m 35 going on 36 soon) & I’m not fat (only 130 pounds) & I’m a mother of 3 boys. I do home cooked meals ( some times I do eat out but not alot) & I do very little excersise. The only thing that is wrong with me is my teeth but that is it.. I do not do drugs or smoke & I drink very little only if I go clubing with friends ( I have not been out for 2 years now.. I Need to go out & drink)
So I’m good drinking only coke everyday ( I have 2 to 3 cans a day)
Although this may not be affecting you now, you could develop Diabetes as well as other diseases. Just because you haven’t gained weight does not mean you are healthy. I would watch out if I were you and drink a lot more water than anything else. Good Luck.
Now tell us what happens when your body eats a carrot. That way there can be comparison.
Great post and a lot of valid points. I like the methodical way you discussed what happens to the body after consuming Coke. Do you have primary sources on this? I didn’t see any listed in your blog. That would be very helpful. All the best, Lauri
I find coke to fill a huge void when I drink it. I am not hungry because i drink it and it fills that void along with thirst. I also feel more alive and content. thats the sugar and caffeine I suppose. I ALSO notice it lubricates my skin unlike drinking lemonlime or menonade which dry it out. It lubricates my mouth as well. I used to drink diet coke or any diet for years. i quit a few years ago and tried plain water. I need the soda to keep my metabolism going. Water slows it up and PLUGS me up. I get very blah zay as well, meaning life is a bore when you cant have something to satisfy yourself to keep you going. just keep going!
Seems to be a lot of debate over this drink. But the truth is simple: It doesn’t matter how anyone anywhere justifies this drink. You CANNOT put excess sugers, salts and fats into your body if you wish to live a healthy lifestyle. End of story.
If you want to live right, don’t consume packaged goods, and reserve dining out to once a month or less.
Who says it’s excess sugars? Sugar is carbohydrates, and depending on your diet, they might be fine. There’s also low sodium and salts in soda and no fats. So basically, you said nothing of any value here.
too much to drink coke, will reduce the calcium in your body .. trust me!
The author wisely questions phosphoric acid and additives, but as its core soda is nothing more than carbonated water,flavoring,sugar, in other words no different than ice tea or lemonade, the caffeine is a red heering, should we tell folks not to drink green tea and coffee, is caffeine bad?his
Your insulin can spike from eating white rice,pasta,bread,flour,etc Even fruit juices that have more sugar when you have enough vitamin,shakes
Given that soda has been around for 100 years and we have only had an obesity problem for 20-30 years, I question whether this is specific to an agenda or directed at the beverage of cola itself, obviously there is a difference between acid,coloring,additives in cola
What happens… i am hungry when i drink cola
blah, blah, yadda, yadda, ………….. what is that quote, “you can fool all the people some of the time, you can fool some of the people all the time, but you can’t fool all the people, all of the time”? or something to that effect. Caffeine is bad for you, 5-10 years later, caffeine is good for you, 6 mos. later, some caffeine is good for you. Baby food is bad for babies, 3-5 years later, baby food is good for babies. Would somebody please make up my mind?
bottom line – living isn’t good for you – you’re going to die. would you rather die healthy or unhealthy? let me know when you’re 60-80 years old, or right before the truck runs over you, ok?
They make it sound like drinking 1 coke is as bad as eating a whole cake
I know coke isn’t good for you,but it’s not that bad!!!
I’m 100% sure that 95% of what this post said is bogus and extremly exaggerated. Believe me, that Wade Meredith do not have a science background, I do.
I have been drinking a can of Coke everyday for the last 3 years. I never experienced anything that was described in this article. None of this so called Caffeine rush and sugar crash that kind of thing.
I think this article is another one of those Internet trash being forwarded from one to another without checking the fact.
I know someone that drinks diet coke by the case every week, and has a belly …..a big fat belly….and gets fatter by the week….awful to look at.
I’m 46, 5’9″, 155 and drink nothing but coke for…. ever since I can remember, If I drink OJ or citris, on a good day I won’t get stomach cramps and loose bowel movements from it, water=boring and seems to do nothing for me so only if I’m really drenched and there’s absolutely no other choices and milk, a sip of milk will almost kill me from the pain I experience after drinking it, then there’s coffee, every morning I have 2 – 3 cups, so basically, coffee and soda is my liquid intake and when I go in for a physical doctors tell me I’m am very very healthy and have nothing to worry about even when I tell them about my cramps from drinking citris or milk so, I don’t know, I feel fine except for how these stupid articles try and tell me how I’m suppose to feel.
nimdibbly,
you know your body best. i think that most of the people experiencing bad effects from drinking cola, they have health issues aside.
there are so many variables. you sound healthy, good metabolism, and not an ounce of fat ariound your nelly. so coke isnt a problem. but many people have body fat, sensitive stomachs, different blood types and reactions to sugar and corn sweeteners, caffiene and on and on.
i drank coke for breakfast, lunch and dinner for the past 30 years.
but, i ate way too much, and ate right before bed every night. i am 52. i watched my stomach fat grow and grow over the years, but didnt know how to change. 6 weeks ago, i finally ended up in the hospital, and very ill, severly ill. i wont blame it on the coke. i blame it on my eating habits. no alcohol, no smoking,…simply ate myself to sickness.
i sure miss coke. maybe one day i will have some again. ive lost 35 pounds since april 11th, another 25 pounds or so to go.
be well,
mike
always knew soda was bad for ya; puts a lot of weight around the middle; however so does all that greasy 5 guys meals or other fast food. but i don,t think 1 a day is gonna kill us. i,m a pepsi fan myself, but coke or pepsi dosen,t taste as good as it used to way back in the 60,s when it was in glass bottles.everything in moderation is the key. no matter what we eat or drink. but i drink mostly water these days only an occasional soda.
I drink like 5-8 sodas a day, and I’m 6’2, 170 lbs, skinnier than a rail, and have been for years now….. Soda making you fat I have heard of before, but depending on your metabolism, I find that fact or study to be untrue… Soda causing diabetes and high blood pressure I’m sure of, but life is way too short to worry about that, drink what you want, live how you want, and just enjoy life the way you want to….. You only live once, you never know when your last day will be, and you never know when you go to bed at night if your going to wake up the next day, nobody does, so all you people out there taking life way too seriously, lighten up a little
Mike, if you’re going to use yourself as an example, can you tell us approximately how old you are?
mike, it sounds like you are still young and healthy. i was just like you in attitude.
but unfortunately, it does catch up to you as you get older, i never thought it would catch up to me…….but it does, to everyone.
and when you are ill, and in a hospital bed, you ask yourself, what could i have done different, and it comes down to what we ate and drank throughout our life.
eat and drink and be happy, thats for the moment….its not long term unfortunately. and when you tell people to not take life serious,……
i hope you are never laying in a hospital bed, and medicine stuffed down your throat……….you wont be thinking “be happy”. and life is very serious when one is not feeling well.
Hello Mike,
I know a friend that has been taking soda drinks regularly. Though is still slim; but she had pile, diabetes and hypertension before age 40. Sincerely life is too short to be a misery
Smile
Whether anyone believes me or not, I am 64 years old, 170 pounds, and I have NEVER, in my life, finished drinking an entire soda!!!
As a child I tasted one, hated the carbonation. Water or milk or Bireley’s orange drink was IT !!!!!
Oh….I AM a CHOCOLATE FREAK.
I DON’T THINK I’LL HAVE A COKE, OR PEPSI, AT ALL, THANK YOU !!!!
Glad to hear i am not alone!!! you just described me!! people think im crazy, im only 25 now but have never drank a soda since the first disgusting time i tasted it!
My son use to drink lots of soda and ever since he stopped drinking he lost alot of belly fat. If he eats Mcdonald’s he will get his meal with a bottle of water. Water is always a good choice. I drink up to 10 glasses of water per day. It keeps me hydrated so when I go to the gym I don’t get tired .