Another reason I don't drink soda

[Mr. Lennon]

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 flavor.

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 centers 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

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 sulphites. Not to mention the fact that it?s also your largest source of dangerous high-fructose modified corn syrup.

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[imported_Imp]

I drink two a day. Too damn good to give up, I'd rather die earlier (ask me again in 5 years) with it than live longer living off water...

 

[compuwiz1]

I drink 2 cans of diet Pepsi per day...one on my drive to work and the other during lunch.

 

[olds]

I drink a 12 pack.
A Year

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

If I stop drinking soda, then I might as well become catholic.

 

[Tiamat]

I generally drink 1L every other day. Never had problems with it health-wise.

 

[Gothgar]

I don't drink much soda... I used to drink probably 3-4 cans a day of DR Pepper.

 

[iamme]

my work gives us unlimited soda and drinks.....i drink an obscene amount per day.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: iamme
my work gives us unlimited soda and drinks.....i drink an obscene amount per day.

I'd stock up on beer.

 

[EGGO]

I've cut down to zero soda now. It used to be diet for a few years, now not even that. Water, mango juice, milk, and whatever is what I drink. Organic, of course because the high fructose syrup and other sugars in juices are pretty much on par with soda.

 

[BudAshes]

People are so stupid about what they give their kids. Some parents might as well just let their kids smoke cigarettes, can't be much worse than letting them drink soda and eat bleached flour and corn syrup all day.

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: Zeppelin2282
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 flavor.

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 centers 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.

Damn, you say those things like you think they're BAD or something!
If Coca-Cola does all the things you say, maybe I need to start drinking it again!

 

[ja1484]

You'd be surprised how your body reacts when you eat a lot of things.

You'd also be surprised how resilient it is. Soda doesn't worry me in moderation. If you're drinking several per day, you're well on your way to diabetes, but let's not pretend Soda is any worse than, say, a steak.

More to the point, the problems pointed out in the article are all due to OVERCONSUMPTION, not just because soft drinks are the Devil's beverage. There's nothing wrong with a soft drink every now and again, you just have to realize what it is - a dessert dish. Getting 100% of your RDA of sugar is not inherently bad. Neither is a a blood sugar increase. The problem comes from this occurring 5 times in a 24 hour period.

The heroin scare tactic is especially cute. You know your body releases dopamine after you eat anything and everything, as a pleasure response is a natural physiological response to the fed state? Enjoying eating stuff keeps you from starving to death in the wild.

God I hate people with a cause. Stop campaigning. I can make my own life decisions, thanks.

If there's anything that truly worries me about any and all soft drinks, it's the carbonic acid and tooth decay. I hate having dentistry done.

 

[panipoori]

I only drink the non-caffeinated soft drinks, mainly the orange kind. Crush, minute maid, sunkist etc.

I guess they are just as bad though, but I dont like being addicted to caffeine.

 

[Mr. Lennon]

Originally posted by: iamme
my work gives us unlimited soda and drinks.....i drink an obscene amount per day.

I feel bad for your body lol.

 

[Q]

it's pop

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: Quintox
it's pop

no, it's soda...but if you want to get picky...it's soda pop... and at least in the example above, it IS Coke...(but of course not all soda is Coke...only Coca-Cola.

 

[Wheezer]

Not to mention that some of the ingredients are flammable....lotsa fun on a boring night

<----ex-Pepsi employee.

and yes...it's pop....at least in the civilized states

 

[pyonir]

I drink one or two cans of diet or coke zero a day. *shrug* we're all going to die someday.

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

I quit drinking sodas. I lapsed for the holidays, but have started quitting again. Quitting smoking was far easier... They don't have cigarette machines everywhere in the US.

 

[adairusmc]

Originally posted by: pyonir
I drink one or two cans of diet or coke zero a day. *shrug* we're all going to die someday.

Exactly. I would rather die young drinking soda and eating lots of red meat then living a long time and living off of water and rabbit food.

2-3 cans of Dr. Pepper a day here.

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: Wheezer
Not to mention that some of the ingredients are flammable....lotsa fun on a boring night

<----ex-Pepsi employee.

and yes...it's pop....at least in the civilized states

Well, since your profile shows you in Ohio...I guess you wouldn't really know about civilized states now would ya? After all, isn't Ohio one of those "fly-over states?

 

[Pepsi90919]

ATOT is not your personal chain letter spam-dump

 

[iamwiz82]

And then you smoke an oz of weed a week to get by :roll:

 

[thescreensavers]

Originally posted by: Zeppelin2282
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 flavor.

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 centers 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

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 sulphites. Not to mention the fact that it?s also your largest source of dangerous high-fructose modified corn syrup.

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how about diet soda?