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It probably won\u2019t come as a great surprise, but the answer to the question in the title of this piece is, of course, yes. What may surprise you, however, is just how bad soda really is for you.<\/p>\nIt probably won\u2019t come as a great surprise, but the answer to the question in the title of this piece is, of course, yes. What may surprise you, however, is just how bad soda really is for you.<\/p>\n
Not all soft drinks are created equally, but if we use one of the world\u2019s most popular as a baseline, you\u2019ll get a pretty clear picture of what they do. So, let\u2019s take a closer look at Coca-Cola, the most widely consumed soda in the world.<\/p>\n
First and foremost, you should know that the drink is actually much sweeter than it seems to your taste buds, containing a staggering ten teaspoons of sugar in every can. That\u2019s\u2019 nearly twice as much as the WHO (World Health Organization) recommends for an entire day\u2019s sugar consumption.<\/p>\n
In fact, your body\u2019s first natural reaction to that much sugar is to vomit it back up and purge it from your system, so why doesn\u2019t that happen?<\/p>\n
The answer lies in the phosphoric acid included in the drink. This helps mask the sickening sweetness and tricks your brain into letting you keep it down. Once it\u2019s in your system, things go from bad to worse in a hurry.<\/p>\n
In less than half an hour after consumption, your blood sugar levels spike, your body releases insulin, and all those calories are turned into fat. Within the hour, your body has fully absorbed the caffeine, which raises your blood pressure as dopamine begins to flood through you.<\/p>\n
Dopamine is the \u201cfeel good\u201d chemical in the brain, and is the reason Coke is so addictive. It is even more addictive than heroine, according to recent studies, which explains why we can\u2019t seem to stop drinking the stuff, and none of Coke\u2019s competitors are any better.<\/p>\n
All of this shows that however bad you thought soft drinks were, it\u2019s worse than you imagined. Kick the soda habit and drink more water if you want to be healthy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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