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| jenbove |
Posted - Jan 26 2008 : 5:06:57 PM
WHAT HAPPENS WITHIN THE FIRST HOUR OF DRINKING A COLA?
-10 minutes: 10 teaspoons of sugar hit your system, which is 100 percent of your recommended daily intake. You'd normally vomit from such an intake, but the phosphoric acid cuts the flavor.
-20 minutes: Your blood sugar skyrockets. Your liver attempts to maximize insulin production in order to turn high levels of sugar into fat.
-40 minutes: As your body finishes absorbing the caffeine, your pupils dilate, your blood pressure rises, and your liver pumps more sugar into the bloodstream.
-45 minutes: Your body increases dopamine production, tricking you into feeling pleasure and adding to the addictiveness of the beverage.
-60 minutes: The sugar crash begins.
Source- Dr. Mercola: http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_9665.cfm
Jen
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| Hideaway Farmgirl |
Posted - Feb 04 2008 : 10:45:06 AM
Yuk, I am glad I have given up all but the occasional soda, as a treat.
Did anyone else notice the name of the doctor who wrote the article; Dr. Mercola = more cola ... what irony!
Jo
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| Lainey |
Posted - Feb 04 2008 : 08:01:04 AM
Starting this Wednesday I'm going to try cut out pop, either with sugar or diet, for the next 40+ days. I'm going to see if I can do without it. Also I'm going to try to cut out candy, either with sugar or sugarless. At Easter I might eat a little bit but since Christmas time I've kind of went overboard with the candy and pop. Please wish me luck.
Farmgirl Sister #25
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| sleepless reader |
Posted - Feb 04 2008 : 03:40:51 AM
Thanks for bursting my bubble of carbonated happiness! LOL I am trying (it seems to be on-going) to kick the sodas. Iknow I can becuse I've done it before. You really bring home what I'm doing to my body. Thanks for the info. I know it will help me and really make me think before opening the next one!
Sharon
Farmgirl Sister #74
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| hollyhock81 |
Posted - Feb 01 2008 : 5:08:15 PM
Ohmy! As I read that I actually wanted some water.OMG we all know it has tons of sugar too and we keep drinking the stuff.On the biggest loser last week they showed a giant bin filled with the sugar amt that the contestants drank in 1 year.It was SICK!
I'm going to try this,use seltzer water and add to your favorite juice its like gourmet pop.You can play with the flavors too. |
| farmgirl1 |
Posted - Jan 28 2008 : 07:49:29 AM
And the phosphorus pulls calcium from your bones and stops absorption of calcium. Women especially should not drink soda's
Farm Girl Sister #28
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| greyghost |
Posted - Jan 27 2008 : 7:38:42 PM
Don't forget all the other ingredients in soda that makes it terrible for you:
High Fructose Corn Syrup (ugh), Aspertame/Sucralose (in the sugar-free ones). Aspertame has been linked with memory loss and common symptoms of Splenda side effects include rashes & other skin conditions. |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jan 26 2008 : 7:10:37 PM
I try to tell my Dr. Pepper drinking husband about this but he won't listen. Man!!! I am so releived that the kids and I don't drink the stuff..ugh!
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
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