Imagine If You Only Drank Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola can do some
pretty strange things. And the ingredients inside of it might be even more
bizarre. Just imagine what it's doing inside your body after you drink it. Now
take that one step further, and imagine only drinking Coca-Cola for the rest of
your life. Believe it or not, someone has done something like this before. A
woman in Monaco stopped drinking water and only drank Coca-Cola for 16 years
straight. Did she survive doing this to her body? And what would happen if you
did the same? Doctors recommend that people should drink anywhere from 3-4
liters (1 gallon) of water a day. So instead, we're going to replace that with
Coca-Cola.
A single can of Coke
has 39 g (1.38 oz) of sugar. To get your daily fluid intake, you'd need to
drink over eight cans of Coke each day. That's 312 g (11 oz) of sugar. It would
be like eating six chocolate bars. For reference, it's recommended that people
consume less than 40 grams of sugar every day. So, yeah, this would be a lot of
extra sugar, not to mention the extra calories. Your Coke intake alone would be
nearly an extra 8,000 calories a week. But that wouldn't be all the extra
calories you'd consume. This sugary drink could also cause you to eat more as
well. And with all these extra calories, it would lead to some serious weight
gain.
As you drank more Coke,
tooth decay would also be a severe issue. Each sip of Coke would coat your
teeth, tongue, and gums for hours after you finished your soda. Unless you
stuck to an incredibly strict tooth brushing schedule, the sugars would slowly
break down your enamel. This could eventually lead to your teeth completely
rotting. And once you're done drinking your sodas for the day, expect to be
going to the washroom a lot. The caffeine in Coca-Cola is a natural diuretic, meaning
that you're going to be peeing a lot more. But the caffeine would be the least
of your worries.
One of the main
ingredients you'd need to worry about is the high fructose corn syrup. That's
because our bodies don't metabolize it. And this could lead to a fatty liver. Symptoms
of a fatty liver include fatigue and pain in the upper right abdomen. As you
continue to drink Coca-Cola, you would experience even more health issues. You
might have frequent fainting spells and have a potassium deficiency. Due to all
the sugar, caffeine, and other chemicals, you'd also experience problems with
your heart rate. But the issues won't stop there. As time goes on, you'd also
have a massive risk of getting Type 2 diabetes, and loads of vitamin
deficiencies. And if all these issues continued, and you decided to ignore
them, you could develop proteinuria, which could then lead to kidney problems.
And after years of only
drinking Coke, you'd eventually be 600 pounds (272 kgs), with a huge list of
health issues. You'd take your final sips of Coca-Cola and then die due to a
heart attack, kidney failure, or other health-related issue.
But it doesn't have to
be like that. Remember the woman who drank Coca-Cola for 16 years? She had a
lot of the same issues you had with fainting and weight gain. But after 16
years of only drinking Coke, she decided to stop, and her body bounced back to
a relatively healthy state in a short period of time. So you might be able to
do this for over a decade without experiencing any severe repercussions. But
although drinking only Coke for a week, month, or even a year wouldn't kill
you, it doesn't mean you should do it.
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