Comments on: What happens if you drink a Coke?

By: namastelove

namastelove — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:46:09 +0000

Hey SL, I’m glad you appreciated my post, although I can’t take total credit since it was written by Wade Meredith of the Healthbolt blog. We always find ways to justify satisfying our cravings, even if we know it may hurt us, and it definitely won’t help us. But it helps to know what effects something is really having on your body, and makes it much less appealing. I wish something like this existed for every bit of junk food or beverage that I crave. Good luck getting the soda out of your life. Seriously, it’s so not worth it. I don’t even miss the stuff. My favorite non-water beverage is tea now, both decaf and leaded. Good stuff. And I don’t like it w/ sugar either. Drinks with sugar don’t quench your thirst! That’s why you keep wanting Coke. It makes you thirstier and since it also ramps you up on caffeine and sugar, you feel like another! And another! And…another…and so on.

By: SL

SL — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:34:11 +0000

Thanks for this. I’m addicted (seriously) to pepsi and coka cola. I’m trying to quit cold turkey, which is hard…but reading this makes it easier because it keeps it in my mind exactly what that crap is doing to my body.

By: namastelove

namastelove — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:41:43 +0000

Thanks, Tricia! Very good point. I think Wade from Healthbolt will be interested to know that (or he might already know that, just didn’t bring it up in this little blurb). Phosphoric acid is bad, mmmkay?

By: Tricia

Tricia — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:26:20 +0000

That’s not all it does. The calcium and other minerals you mentioned that combine with the phosphoric acid are leeched from the bones to counteract the acidity, putting the consumer on the fast-track to arthritis.