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What Your Body Experiences when you have soda or diet soda
This has come up in our group a few times. I thought I might share it in a dedicated thread. Ideal Protein does not encourage people to drink soda, of any kind, because it robs our body of essential elements (calcium, magnesium, potassium) and makes us more acidic than normal which interferes with the ability to lose weight. I recently learned, "in an attempt to keep your blood pH from becoming too acidic, the body uses its stored supplies of iodine to neutralize that acid. This iodine is no longer able to be used by your thyroid which could slow down your metabolism and make you put on extra weight."
Many diet plans are now discouraging the use of soda. One "diet guru" that comes to mind is Jillian Michaels. In her book Master Your Metabolism she details the ways that soda/diet soda interfere with your bodies natural processes and hormones.
Having soda (regular or diet) really puts your body to work and not in a good way! Below is an article that breaks down what happens to our bodies
Have you ever wondered why Coke comes with a smile? Because it gets you high. They removed the cocaine almost 100 years ago. 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 its hands on into fat. (And there’s plenty of that at this particular moment.)
• 40 minutes: Caffeine absorption is complete. Your pupils dilate; your blood pressure rises; as a response, your liver 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, electrolytes, and water.
• > 60 minutes: As the rave inside 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 hydrating your system, or building 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.)
Coke itself isn’t the enemy here. It’s the dynamic combo of massive sugar doses combined with caffeine and phosphoric acid, which are found in almost all sodas. Moderation, people!
If you think people are hooked on Coke, it seems like Diet Coke has added a new meaning to the word addicted. It’s not hard to find someone who drinks several cans a day. Everyone seems to think that it’s totally fine for your body, since it doesn’t have any calories. In fact, the communications director of Coca-Cola North America is quoted as saying, “Great taste. No calories. Wholesome ingredients. How could you drink too much?”
We’re not sure exactly which wholesome ingredients he’s talking about. If you check out our post about the effects of Coke on your body, you’ll see that several of the negative health aspects of Coke don’t have anything to do with the high-fructose corn syrup it contains. So we broke down the ingredients of Diet Coke, and what they do to your system.
Carbonated water: This can irritate your digestive system, triggering Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
Caramel color: According to the Journal of American Medical Association, there’s some evidence that caramel coloring could increase insulin resistance, which can lead to diabetes.
Aspartame: This chemical sweetener replaces the “bad” high-fructose corn syrup found in regular Coke, but could be bad for you in its own way. There have been studies for years linking aspartame to cancer, and while the FDA has claimed that there’s been thorough testing on the chemical, not everyone is convinced. In 1995, the Department of Health and Human Services submitted a list of aspartame side effects to the FDA, which included headaches, seizures, neurological problems, and abdominal pain, and nausea. Also, when aspartame is ingested, it breaks down into a variety of chemicals, including formaldehyde. Formaldehyde is a known carcinogen, and can also cause abdominal pain, vomiting, nausea, and damage to internal organs and the central nervous system.
Phosphoric acid: This ingredient gives Diet Coke a tangy taste. Oh, and it can also be used to remove rust on surfaces. Phosphoric acid has been linked to low bone density in several studies, as well as kidney stones. The phosphoric acid binds with zinc, calcium, and magnesium in your lower intestine, which would be good for your bones, but the caffeine in Diet Coke makes you pee it all out before that happens.
Potassium Benzoate: This preservative keeps your Diet Coke fresh. Coincidentally, it also gives fireworks that annoying whistle.
Citric acid: You know that slightly citrus-y taste you love so much in your Diet Coke? That’s thanks to citric acid. It can ruin your tooth enamel and lead to decay.
Caffeine: Your body absorbs caffeine within 40 minutes, causing your pupils to dilate and your blood pressure to rise. It can also lead to ulcers, since it increases the production of stomach acid.
This article's author is Caroline Sloan, at blisstree.com
Just some after thoughts to keep in mind, soda or diet soda can be used to clean corrosion of battery cables, remove mineral deposits from windows/tube/showers, will remove grease from a restaurant grill, remove oil stains from cement, clean hulls of ships, descale a tea kettle, clean a toilet, start a compost pile, remove the smell of halibut or grease, tar, or creoste residue from clothes, clean tar/asphalt off of a car, remove rust spots from chrome, and that is just for starters!
Just to add some thoughts here, it isn't just the phosphoric acid that is an issue, it is also the carbonic acid. BOTH have an impact on the body. To some extent we are also effected by the citric acid in the products.
As for the comment above about increasing the dopamine, MANY things that we do, drink or, eat can and do increase dopamine. Yes, it is like a heroine reaction and NO, it is not the same thing.
The important thing to take away is that it is one of the multiple reactions that this product triggers. A reaction that impact many other parts of our body. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that impacts several other of our neurotransmitters, hormones, and our endocrine system. If your don't have to unnecessarily increase it, do you really want to?
Last edited by showgirlaz; 11-29-2010 at 06:47 PM.
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, I read that club soda and seltzer are different. No phosphoric acid, sugar and other bad stuff. Thank goodness. I drink club soda with lemon and lime when I go to the bar with friends.
