Assassin from store shelf
Billions of people drink Coke while you are reading this text, despite the fact that a vast number of research studies and position papers confirm the damage of each of its components. Influence of Coke on human health is perhaps one of the most popular controversial topic at heated dispute in the scientific world. Among real effects of drinking Coca-Cola on human's health I would mark obesity, destruction of bone tissue and kidney stone disease.
Recent researches have shown that the main culprit of the modern obesity epidemic is sweet soda, as well as any product with a high sugar quantity, not burgers and French fries as we use to think. Of course, obesity is caused not only by Coca-Cola, but we must consider the fact that globally, the number of obese people increases in proportion to the consumption of Coke. This influence of Coca-Cola on the human health could be forgiven unless obesity is aesthetically unattractive. Nevertheless, obese person gets at best predisposition to terrible diseases such as type II diabetes, cancer, stroke, myocardial infarction, etc. increased tenfold. If you think these problems can be avoided by drinking low-calorie coke without sugar, you are sadly mistaken. In 2013, researchers found that people who consume low-calorie sodas are experiencing the same problems with weight gain, and that people prefer soda with sugar. In addition, people who regularly use diet soda, add as high as 70% of their weight within 2 years.
Apart from obesity, drinking Coke leads to the immediate removal of calcium from the body. Japanese scientists from Hirosaki University showed that in two hours after drinking a can of Coke, the amount of calcium in urine increased. This is due to the fact that the Coca-Cola, as in some other drinks, contains many orthophosphoric acid (used, for example, for etching dental teeth) - it masks a great amount of sugar and promotes the excretion of calcium. As a result, drinking large amounts of such beverages leads to the fact that bones and teeth also lose their strength and hardness due to leaching of calcium. It is not worth mentioning that the locomotor system is an integral part of human performance and life-sustaining activity. At first, it will not be so noticeable, but over time, it will be impossible to escape appointments with the dentist or traumatologist on the condition of periodic drinking Coca-Cola. A simple experiment allows us to see this on our own- a human tooth rust, and then completely dissolved in a glass of Coca-Cola.
As indicated above, Coke promotes leaching of calcium from bones. However, this is not the last link in the chain. On top of everything else leaching of the salts of calcium from bones increases their concentration in the blood, whereby crystals form in the kidney, and subsequently kidney stones appear. In fairness, it should be noted that influence of other soft drinks were also tested, but only Coke has a similar effect on the human kidney. Kidney stone disease is a very dangerous illness that can lead to the loss of one or both kidneys, as you must have guessed, a person can live even with one, but healthy kidney, to live with diseased kidney is physically impossible.
Taking everything into consideration, it needs to be said that the danger of Coke is absolutely clear. Coca-Cola affects the vital organs of the body such as the heart, kidneys and musculoskeletal system. So, before you let the assassin from store shelves kill your health, remember that health is the most expensive thing that money can not buy
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