http://healthbolt.net/2006/12/08/wha...oke-right-now/

Have you ever wondered why Coke comes with a smile? It’s because it gets you high. They took the cocaine out almost a hundred years ago. You know why? It was redundant.

In The First 10 minutes: 10 teaspoons of sugar hit your system. (100% of your recommended daily intake.) You don’t immediately vomit from the overwhelming sweetness because phosphoric acid cuts the flavor allowing you to keep it down.
20 minutes: Your blood sugar spikes, causing an insulin burst. Your liver responds to this by turning any sugar it can get it’s hands on into fat. (There’s plenty of that at this particular moment)
40 minutes: Caffeine absorption is complete. Your pupils dialate, your blood pressure rises, as a response your livers dumps more sugar into your bloodstream. The adenosine receptors in your brain are now blocked preventing drowsiness.
45 minutes: Your body ups your dopamine production stimulating the pleasure centers of your brain. This is physically the same way heroin works, by the way.
>60 minutes: The phosphoric acid binds calcium, magnesium and zinc in your lower intestine, providing a further boost in metabolism. This is compounded by high doses of sugar and artificial sweeteners also increasing the urinary excretion of calcium.
>60 Minutes: The caffeine’s diuretic properties come into play. (It makes you have to pee.) It is now assured that you’ll evacuate the bonded calcium, magnesium and zinc that was headed to your bones as well as sodium, electrolyte and water.
>60 minutes: As the rave inside of you dies down you’ll start to have a sugar crash. You may become irritable and/or sluggish. You’ve also now, literally, ****ed away all the water that was in the Coke. But not before infusing it with valuable nutrients your body could have used for things like even having the ability to hydrate your system or build strong bones and teeth.
This will all be followed by a caffeine crash in the next few hours. (As little as two if you’re a smoker.) But, hey, have another Coke, it’ll make you feel better.

What about coffee?

What about Diet Coke? I don't like Coke, However I do like Diet Coke. It's less, sweet, and the taste is better.

I gave up sodas I just like my morning coffee too much to give it up.

I do drink a lot of water during the day - line 5+ bottles worth...

-LAFF

Tech Mec, I think you're being a little dramatic

those weren't my words. just posting someone else's. might be dramatic, but there's certainly a kernel of truth in there.

yea me too...isnt diet coke a freebee???? Doesnt hurt??

Think I'll go have a coke Then my 2-3 quarts of water to flush it out...

Years ago I heard a story about a 135 pilot who drank lots of Diet Coke everyday experiencing an unexplained loss of consciousness, (then a loss of career). Don't know if there was any truth to it, I still drink the stuff.

Can we get an in depth medical analysis of what happens with alcohol? I thought the above was pretty interesting.


I've always wondered what would happen to someone if they were to drink as many soft drinks as they do beer in a night.