How the Body processes a can of Coke

November 4, 2007 by deborah | 0 comments

So why does a can of Coke make you feel so gooood?

They took the cocaine out almost a hundred years ago.

You know why? It was redundant:

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. (There’s plenty of that at this particular moment)

40 minutes: Caffeine absorption…