So you want to lose weight, tone up and change your shape but you’re just not ready to give up your beloved Coca Cola, Mountain Dew, etc.
It’s not that big of a deal, right?
Well let’s look at the effects these products have on your body then you can be the judge for yourself.
Let’s start by looking at the facts. Blood sugar levels will vary depending on the last time you ate or drank something containing carbohydrates (sugar). Your body regulates blood sugar levels through the hormones insulin and glucagon. When your blood sugar levels get too low or too high these hormones act to either store the excess or retrieve more of it for your body.
A teaspoonful of sugar holds 4 grams of sugar. Suppose you drink, on an empty stomach, a can of soda containing eight to ten teaspoons of sugar.
This means you take in approximately six to eight times as much sugar into your blood that normally exists at any time.
Such a large dose of sugar creates a tide of glucose that kicks in an immediate insulin response which, in turn, triggers an adrenal surge. A similar hormonal “rollercoaster ride” can be caused by drinking a 12-ounce glass of orange juice.
How is this hormonal rollercoaster ride initiated? With sugar overload. How is this cycle perpetuated? By withdrawal symptoms.
"Highs" in the blood sugar levels are followed by the "lows" that create strong biologic demands for yet more sugar. Sugar craving is simply another name for sugar addiction.
The average American child at the turn of the century consumed between 5-10 pounds of sugar per year. The average American child today ingests on average between 150-175 pounds! This is absolutely amazing!
How does the food industry respond to all this? They keep physicians on their payroll to publish absurd studies showing that our children are not hurt by sugar. Yeah right. It's poison, let's call it what it is.
The next time you think it's ok to give Johnnie a Coca Cola and some Little Debbie cupcakes why don't you just give him an injection of insulin and call it a day.
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.
Here's what happens when you drink a Coca Cola
• 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 after: Your blood sugar spikes, causing an insulin burst. Your liver responds by turning the sugar it can’t store as glycogen into triglycerides (fat). There’s only so much room to store glycogen in your liver, muscles, and the blood. When the tanks are full, you’re storing fat!
• 40 minutes after: Caffeine absorption is complete. Your pupils dilate, 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 after: 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 after: 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 after: The caffeine’s diuretic properties come into play. (It makes you have to go to the bathroom.) It is now assured that you’ll be removing the bonded calcium, magnesium and zinc that was headed to your bones as well as sodium, electrolyte and water.
• >60 minutes after: 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, pissed away most of the water that was in your Coke. But not before infusing it with valuable nutrients your body could have used.
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