Infographic
reveals the effects Coca Cola drink has in just an hour...from a
20-minute blood sugar spike to the 'crash'. The report is really an eye
opener.
Have you ever wondered what happens to your body after you drink a
can of your favourite Coca cola drink? A new infographic has revealed
the reaction you go through for an hour after consuming, from the first
sip, right through to 60 minutes after finishing.
The graphic was compiled by
The Renegade Pharmacist, a blog run by former UK pharmacist Niraj Naik and includes a seven-stop breakdown.
He reveals:
In The First 10 minutes: 10 teaspoons of sugar hit your
system. (100 per cent 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: 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 centres 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, urinated 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.
Ella Allred, Technical Nutritionist at NutriCentre.com told FEMAIL:
'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. This makes just one can more than your total free sugar allowance
for the entire day.
Such a high surge of sugar causes your pancreas to over work to produce
insulin, increasing your chances of developing Diabetes Type 2 and
causing you to lay down fat around the middle, which increases your
chances of developing heart disease.
The caffeine hit from the coke silences certain receptors in the brain
making you feel alert and awake. We don't feel tired in the first place
due to caffeine deficiency, so it just masks the symptoms of another
problem. Ignoring this problem isn't going to get you anywhere!
The huge sugar hit that your body now needs to deal with uses up
valuables nutrient stores such as magnesium and calcium, our biggest
stores being in our bones - just think about that for a second.
It also causes you to become dehydrated, making you feel drowsy and tired, again needing another energy hit.
The sugar and caffeine stimulate the same pleasure centres in our brain
as drugs such as cocaine and heroin, leaving you craving more, which
further worsens the effect on your body,'
