Don’t miss this infographic explaining what happens to your body after drinking Coca-Cola!

ScienceAlert has come up with an exhaustive infographic telling you what will happen to you if you consume Coca-Cola. You will not forget these chilling pointers once you read them.

Haven’t you ever wondered what happens to all that sugar that goes in with Coca-Cola and why you’re left with an urge to drink it again and again and again?

These and more questions are answered with this precise infogrpahic by Pharmacist Niraj Naik, showing you why it might not be the worst thing to skip the drink.

Aerated drinks not only cause diabetes and increase your blood pressure, but also weaken your overall metabolism. Water and Lemon juice are your friends, said the pharmacist in an interview.

In any case, this infographic should help you keep your distance from this harmful drink.

The chart says:

First 10 minutes

10 teaspoons of sugar hit your system. (100 percent of your recommended daily intake.) You don’t immediately vomit from the overwhelming sweetness because phosphoric acid cuts the flavour, allowing you to keep it down.

20 minutes in

Your blood sugar spikes, causing an insulin burst. Your liver responds to this by turning any sugar it can get its hands on into fat. (There’s plenty of that at this particular moment.)

40 minutes in

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 in

Your body ups your dopamine production stimulating the pleasure centres of your brain. This is physically the same way heroin works, by the way.

60 minutes in

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.

After 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.

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 all the water that was in the Coke. But not before infusing it with valuable nutrients your body could have used for things like having the ability to hydrate your system or build strong bones and teeth.

Well, there can’t be a more detailed warning anywhere. The least we can do is follow it for our own goodness!

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