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We all know Coca Cola is laden with sugar and that,
at a push, you could use it to clean your toilet. But it's a bit of a
mystery as to what it does to your body. Now, thanks to Niraj Naik, we
have the answer to that question. The brains behind website The Renegade
Pharmacist has revealed exactly what a refreshing can of Coke does to
your system within the first hour of drinking it. And it's not pretty.
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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 flavour, allowing you to keep it down.
20 minutes in
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)
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40 minutes in
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 in
Your body ups your dopamine production stimulating the pleasure centres
of your brain. This is physically the same way heroin works, by the way.
60 minutes in
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.
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After 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.
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
having the ability to hydrate your system or build strong bones and
teeth.
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