Thread: Drinking Coca-Cola is bad, really bad. But you know that.

Now someone (Pharmacist Niraj from Truth Theory to be specific) has finally put together a nifty infographic of what happens when you drink the fizzy stuff, but unfortionately it isn’t great news.

Within 10 minutes of drinking one 75ml can, 10 teaspoons of sugar will hit your system. That’s your entire recommended daily amount there, in one can.

The sugar hit is so intense, he says, that you would normally vomit, except the phosphoric acid inside the coke ‘cuts the flavour’ so you can keep the liquid down. And enjoy it too, lets be honest. The first sip of a can is always the best… right?

In the next 40 minutes or so your pupils will dilate, your blood sugar will spike and you’ll get a huge caffeine hit.

After 60 minutes and the ‘rave’ inside of you is complete, you will crash, need to pee, and become irritable. You’ll probably want another coke. Maybe three.

The pharmacist said: ‘Coke is not just high in high fructose corn syrup, but it is also packed with refined salts and caffeine.

‘Regular consumption of these ingredients in the high quantities you find in Coke and other processed foods and drinks, can lead to higher blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes and obesity.’

Ella Allred, Technical Nutritionist, said: ‘These facts on Coke, may shock you, but it is a good indication as to why we shouldn’t be drinking it. The NHS has just changed the total added sugar allowance from 10 teaspoons per day to 7.5 teaspoons per day.’

Uh oh, *backs away from can of coke*

Anybody died because of coke ? I'm worried ! Especially because of Coke zero...

Originally Posted by thefactoryoutlet

Anybody died because of coke ?

Quite a few. Usually the idiots who guzzle this junk instead of water.

Man who drank three litres of coke died a day after drink made his lungs swell to four times the normal weight | Daily Mail Online

Woman died from drinking 10 liters of Coke a day, coroner says | Fox News

When you add the other significant problems this shit causes, a lot more die of it.
Roughly 180,000 deaths worldwide linked to sugary drink consumption | News | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Originally Posted by thefactoryoutlet

Anybody died because of coke ?

Whitney Huston?

I drown the sugar in coke with brandy. Is that cruel.

Notice this video has 5,800,000 views on Youtube, give it 10 minutes and you will be hooked for it's entire length.
It's about fructose, which unlike sucrose and much like alcohol can only be metabolized by the liver and is a leading cause of obesity and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Fructose is cheaper than sugar and introduced around 1977 when obestity exploded.

The is the University of California Television channel and Dr. Lustig is a UCSF Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology, not some hockster peddling a diet fad book.

coke zero is the way to go

^^ Sugar: the bitter truth is good.

There is a long and short version.

Good chart, Chitty.

Glad I sopped drinking sodas over 20 years ago.