Drinks like Coke are widely popular in the world. But as you are drinking a can of coke, does it come across your mind if coke is good for you?And why your parents or grandparents are right about the fact that coke is bad for you.


Why Coke are bad for you

1. A can of Coke contain 40g of sugar, equalling to 10 teaspoons of sugars. imagine this much sugars entering your body. And sugars are bad for health as they often cause a spike in blood sugars, causing more insulin production which instruct the liver to convert the sugars to fat. Over time, the insulin will not work properly,resulting in diabetes(type 2).

A 2007 study from the Harvard School of Public Health (reported in the the American Diabetes Association's 64th scientific sessions) found that Women in the study who drank at least one sugar-sweetened soda a day were 85% more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those who drank less. There are18.2 million Americans — 6.3% of the population — with diabetes in 2002, and it is the nation's fifth-deadliest disease, says the American Diabetes Association.

The same study found that the women most prone to gaining weight had increased their consumption of sugary soft drinks from less than one a week to more than one a day. On average, those women gained 9-10 pounds in a four-year period. But women who cut their intake of soft drinks gained an average of 3 pounds or less.

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2. Coke contains phosphoric acid, which can compete with the hydrochloric acid in the stomach, resulting in indigestion, bloatness, gas production that causes blurping. As it is acidic in nature, it upsets the acid-base balance in your body, leeching calcium out of your bones in order to main the desired pH of 7.3,leading to bone mass loss and osreoporosis ,meaning your bones can break easily. If you drink a can of coke, you need to drink up to 1L of fresh low-fat milk to replace the calcium that is lost.

3. Coke contains High-fructose-corn-syrup, which is associated with obesity, conary heart diseasese, Metabolic X sydrome and diabetes.


4. Coke contains empty calories. One can(330ml) is approx 160 kcal and can contribute to weight gain.

5. Coke offer a selection of three types of sweeteners, according to the customer's preference. The sweeteners are: Saccharin or Aspartame in the diet type, and sugar or corn syrup in coke. These substances enhance its appeal and come disguised as 'good' for everyone.However, tastes can be deceiving!
SACCHARIN is an artificial sweetener which has raised some concern about cancer in laboratory animals. There are warning labels on containers in which saccharin is an ingredient. ASPARTAME, the more common "diet" sweetener, has been linked to convulsions, depression, insomnia, irritability, weakness, dizziness, headaches, mood changes and mental retardation. SUGAR and CORN SYRUP can induce both HYPOGLYCEMIA (low blood sugar), and HYPERGLYCEMIA (high blood sugar), in susceptible individuals. Hypoglycemia has been linked to mental illness and hyperglycemia to diabetes. Sugar gives you a lift or burst of energy, then sends you crashing down to severe fatigue. To get another charge, more sugary drinks are consumed. This pattern exhausts the adrenal glands and leaves a person with a chronic tired feeling.

6. Many people will think, oh, if i consume diet coke, it will be much better. This is completely wrong.Why?Diet coke's high sodium content helps them retain water in their bodies, and they become edemic. The kidneys and bladder do not function properly after a long habit of soft drink intake. The sugar in it destroys the beneficial flora in the colon and constipation results. This locks the toxins in the body so they cannot be eliminated properly. The blood is not pure, as a result, and the cells are
affected. In order to lose weight, fat must be flushed from the cells. The enzymes responsible for aiding the process of fat release are paralyzed when they are poisoned, and so cannot do their job. People DEFEAT THEIR PURPOSE when they try to lose weight by drinking diet coke

7. Coke contain caffeine, which can cause 'addiction' to the drink and dehydration as caffeine flushs out the water in your body, along with potassium and calcium.

More info about COke and Other sodas
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