Do you know what happens after you down that cola? (Not just that famous brand, but any cola.) Within 10 minutes, the phosphoric acid inhibits the sugar that is in that cola. Your insulin levels will start rising after 20 minutes. The caffeine level in your blood reaches its peak after 40 minutes. The caffeine raises your blood pressure and blocks the receptors of adenosine, which will stop you from feeling sleepy. After 45 minutes, the pleasure center in your brain is stimulated by dopamine, which is the same effect that heroin has on the brain. Within 1 hour, the gastrointestinal tract can start having problems. The metabolism slows, and the phosphoric acid binds to the calcium, zinc, and magnesium in your body and releases these minerals through your urine.
There are plenty of other reasons to stop drinking sodas, and not all of them are health related. Keep reading you will probably be shocked by some of the awful facts that surround something as seemingly harmless as a can of soda.1. Sodas have High Fructose Corn Syrup
When you think HFCS, think GMO, because that is where this sweetener comes from. HGCS has been linked to a wide variety of health problems but even if you want to dismiss those because “it’s just one little soda,” you can’t deny the dangers of GMO corn where this sweetener begins its life.
2. It Takes a Tremendous Amount of Water
From start to finish, when you talk about growing the cacao leaves and the corn, it takes about 132 gallons of water to produce 2 liters of soda. Cola makers say that it takes about 1 gallon of water actually to produce 2 liters of water. Either way, that’s a whole lot of water for a product that has no nutritional value. And for those of you living in water-starved California? Yeah, there’s a huge cola plant in Downey. Nice to know that you can’t water your lawn, but they can still make plenty of soda.
3. Where Do Those Ingredients Go?
One report out of Germany states that those artificial colors, flavors, etc., are never fully removed from wastewater treatment plants. Eventually, those chemicals have to go somewhere, don‘t they? Where? Probably either into the ocean or into the ground water, which is where we get our drinking water. Nice, huh?
4. It’s Expensive
When you consider that an average person in the US drinks about 216 liters of soda every year or 365 20 ounce bottles. If you purchased that bottle of soda from a vending machine every day, that’s about $550 each year. Doesn’t sound like much, until you consider that if you put that same amount of money into a retirement account, at the end of 30 years (assuming a modest 7 percent return compounded annually) you would have $60,000! Even if you are a penny pincher and only bought your soda at the bulk discount store for about 40 cents a can, that would still be about $26,000 in that same 30-year period.
5. Health Problems
Drinking that one simple cola each day can cause serious health problems including:
- The acid ruins your teeth
- Causes high blood pressure, which can lead to heart disease and stroke
- Causes weight gain
- Can lead to osteoporosis
- Can lead to diabetes
- Increases your risk of kidney stones
- Can cause liver problems
- Causes heartburn
- Causes digestive problems
Continue reading the complete list of shocking reasons why you should never ever drink colas here
Consider healthier alternatives. The healthiest being filtered water, followed by fresh vegetable or fruit juices.
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