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What a can of coke does to you in an hour


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  1. Sweet sugar bombs
  2. Within the first ten minutes
  3. After 20 minutes
  4. After 40 minutes
  5. After 45 minutes
  6. After 60 minutes
  7. After more than 60 minutes

Sweet sugar bombs

Temptations are there to follow them. Also, such a small can of coke has not hurt anyone yet. Or does it? British health blogger Niraj Naik has summarized on his blog "The Renegade Pharmacist" what happens in our bodies when we treat ourselves to a single can of coke.

Within the first ten minutes

The happiness is followed by the sugar shock. With a single can of coke (0.33 liters) we take seven teaspoons of sugar to us. By comparison, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a maximum daily ration of six teaspoons of sugar. In English: With only one can of Coke we have already exceeded our daily sugar ration - plus a piece of chocolate here, a handful of gummy bears there.

After 20 minutes

The blood sugar level reaches its peak, the body releases insulin. The result: the liver turns all the sugar in our body into fat. Speckwampe guaranteed.

After 40 minutes

The body has stopped taking caffeine. The pupils dilate, the blood pressure rises. The liver pumps more sugar into our blood stream - we feel tired and tired.

After 45 minutes

You feel happy and satisfied? This is because our body is now increasingly producing the happiness hormone dopamine. But beware: the happiness does not last long.

After 60 minutes

Our metabolism gets going. The reason: The phosphoric acid binds the nutrients contained in cola calcium, magnesium and zinc. Added to this are lots of sugar and artificial sweeteners.

After more than 60 minutes

You need to go to the toilet? No wonder! Because - Caffeine drives the urinary urgency. The stupid thing is that they not only excrete nutrients (calcium, magnesium, zinc), but also other electrolytes and lots of water. And that is dangerous! Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health have found that "girls who frequently drank drinks such as cola or lemonade and also exercised a lot have suffered fractures three times more frequently than girls who drank something else" - writes welt.de.

The body is now experiencing a sugar crash. We feel tired, nervous and easily irritable. Even the caffeine crash will not be long in coming. The feeling of happiness is followed by tiredness. Once is not a time? Apparently!

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