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Coca-Cola, a dangerous and carcinogenic drink

Updated article : 07/11/2017

Coca-Cola in figures

The Coca-Cola multinationale vend 1,8 billion drinks per day in more than 200 countries of the world ! Every second, 12 600 people buy a Coke product.

Although turnover Coke group declined slightly in recent years, in 2016, it was a more turnover of 39,7 billion euros either, all the same, progression 50 % compared to 2010. This multinational is the first global company in the beverage industry, who proposes more than 500 beverage brands sparkling and !

This gigantic firm, known in the entire world, is very far from perfect. We will look primarily to the mythical trademark drink and the effects it has on the human body.

Consumption of Coca-Cola in the world :

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A French drinks on average 20,7 litres Coca-Cola per year while an American in average drinks 99,5 litres and a Mexican 105,9 litres (in 2014).

Ingredients of Coca-Cola :

Carbonated water ; sugar ; dye : Caramel E150d ; acidifier : phosphoric acid ; natural flavours (plant extracts), including caffeine.

A drink very (too much ?) sweet

A can of Coca-Cola (33 cl) contains 35 g sugar the equivalent of 7 sugar lumps !

Canette de Coca-Cola équivalent en morceaux de sucre

A bottle of 2 L of Coca-Cola contains 212 g sugar the equivalent of 42,5 sugar lumps !

Bouteille de Coca-Cola équivalent en morceaux de sucre

The classic Coca-Cola contains, as we see, a huge amount of sucrose. Too high-dose, sugar can have harmful effects on health and cause of Diabetes, ’obesity and tooth decays.

Diabetes

When it ingests a large amount of sucrose, the blood glucose level increases in the blood. The pancreas will secrete a hormone called “insulin”. Insulin is designed to store glucose mainly in muscles and liver that the organization still has a stable rate of glucose available (between 0.8 and 1 g/L for a man). When blood sugar is very high, the cells become accustomed to insulin making this last less effective. When sugar cannot be stored effectively is still too high (Hyperglycemia) in the blood, causing diseases such as diabetes.

Obesity

Excess sugar is one of the main causes of obesity. Talking to actual pandemic currently both the phenomenon increasingly momentum with our food too oily and too sweet. And after l’WHO (World Health Organization) in 2016, 39 % adults are overweight and 13 % are obese worldwide. In France, one in two adults is overweight according to a report from the health agency Public Health in France 2015.

A large study in the United States on 43 000 adults and 4 000 adolescents showed that drinking one or more soft drinks per day, increases 27 % the likelihood of becoming obese. In addition, 62 % adults who drink at least one soda per day are overweight or obese.

Caries

Sucrose is one of the elements the more cariogenic. Very sweet soft drinks consumption, like the Coca-Cola, increases in mouth bacterial activity, which releases the acid attacking the enamel of the teeth and eventually cause cavities. Because phosphoric acid, Coca-Cola is very acidic, It has a pH between 2,5 and 2,7. This acidity still decreases the pH of the mouth and particularly promotes the development of caries.

Phosphoric acid

Phosphoric acid which gives this sour taste to the Coca-Cola presents risks for health based studies.

Indeed, high levels of phosphoric acid promotes the kidney stones and the kidney function. U.S. researchers conducted a study on 500 people with kidney failure had be diagnosed. Comparing them with a control group and by collecting information on eating habits, more specifically the consumption of beverages, they saw qu’from two glasses of Coca-Cola daily risk to kidney failure were multiplied by two, the health reporter, Isabelle Eustache. She said that this was also the case with the Coca-Cola “Light” and that no association could be established for other carbonated drinks, who use to most citric acid.

Phosphoric acid is also known to slow digestion, promote bone diseases such as osteoporosis and reduce the absorption of calcium by the bones. If Coca-Cola consumption remains moderate and non-daily these problems should not appear.

Caffeine

Caffeine contained in a can (33 cl) varies between 33 mg (Classic Coca-Cola) and 42 mg (Coca-Cola Light). The dose which begins to feel the adverse effects of caffeine is located between 100 and 160 mg per day, knowing that the upper limit of daily caffeine consumption is 200 mg. There is thus a risk of absorbing a toxic dose of caffeine resulting in adverse side effects such as problems :

  • Cardiovascular (high blood pressure, tachycardia) in extreme cases can lead to sudden death.
  • urinary by flight minerals (magnesium, sodium, calcium) What can accentuate electrolyte disorders during effort, causing injury and decreasing recovery. The diuretic effect results meanwhile dehydration.
  • Respiratory (brochodilatation)
  • Digestive (stimulation of intestinal motor, Increased gastric acidity etc.)
  • Behavioural neuro (anxiety, irritability, earthquakes etc.)

Main side effects of caffeine (Click to enlarge)

Main symptoms of a caffeine overdose (Click to enlarge)

 

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life
life
12 years earlier

To jog a risk mix Coca Cola with whiskey and lime Excelent !!!

Zarfa
Zarfa
12 years earlier

For the detrimental effect on the kidneys, kidney stones and decalcification, it is quite true that the coca cola favors (and especially if you eat a lot of side products rich in phosphorus and acidifying as dairy products and meat).
Sodas in general of course also have an impact on weight gain, especially as satiety is not at all the same when the calories come from foods and sugary liquids.
So better not to drink too often !

Milouone
Milouone
12 years earlier

Everyone is free to read it and everyone is free to poison themselves ! It's all business .
Too much alcohol , too much smoke …
You must avoid excesses and eat a balanced diet..

Milouone
Milouone
12 years earlier
DrPandemic
DrPandemic
12 years earlier

It made me want to drink a glass. !

LNO
LNO
12 years earlier

He has just caused a victim among my loved ones to be hospitalized urgently this evening !

Arthurbg
Arthurbg
12 years earlier

Let the brand addicts bury their heads in the sand: OK
OK for almost everything except the murders which seem to me to be disinformation, the Israel-Palestine conflict being there a little too much
REAL evidence is needed…

http://cubasilorraine.over-blog.org/article-coca-cola-assassine-les-syndicalistes-colombiens-47713731.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0fA6XgnPIU

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcgnf0_l-affaire-coca-cola-et-les-meurtres_news

HOAX or not ???

http://mry.blogs.com/les_instants_emery/2010/02/killer-coke-coca-cola-case-tuer-syndicalistes.html

When COCA serves as a scapegoat :

http://rachidou2.skynetblogs.be/archive/2012/09/01/coca-cola-satanisme-alcool-crime-et-message-code.html

Drink water with chemical products and ditto for nectar sold more expensive than real fruit juice = the capitalist world triumph in horror…sirop de glucose, Palm oil; trans fatty acid, nanoparticles, benzene, particles diesel..

Jean Mark
Jean Mark
12 years earlier

I drank between one and 4 Coke cans a day since 2 years I have no problem kidney, caries or obesitée instead I lean assé Obese are often obese before their first drink cans Those with kidney problems it is especially not drink it asse Cavities ? nothing to say about it the only people I have seen who have it are those who brushed their teeth the most I think that the toothpaste brands should question this quickly and when I see things on this file… Read more "

duke
duke
11 years earlier
Reply to Jean Mark

drink 2 cans of coke per day is 20 years less of your life expectancy, coke contains cocaine leaf substance, 1 can of coke is 38g of sugar, or approximately 10 teaspoons of sugar, caramel coloring proven carcinogenic ( the state of California forced the firm to significantly reduce its rate, it was only made in this state 25ml for a can in California, in France your can contains 78ml, and a light of Coke contains more than 120ml), 1 person 50 000 á dies because coca… Read more "

Duke
Duke
11 years earlier
Reply to Jean Mark

drink 2 cans of coke per day is 20 years less of your life expectancy, 1 of coke c Sugar 35g is one equivalent of 10 teaspoons of sugar, caramel coloring E150 recently proven carcinogen ( The caramel color is obtained by using the dye E150d, which also contains 4-methylimidazole. In March 2012, Coca-Cola announced that it will withdraw from the formula of the drink this ingredient because the State of California has revealed the carcinogenic nature to regular drinkers, and lowered the permissible threshold. This formula is… Read more "

đê
đê
11 years earlier
Reply to Duke

Why wait 20 or 30 years while Coca-Cola has been 1886 ? Unlike GM, I think there asses back there from, non ?

monstre pepsi
monstre pepsi
10 years earlier
Reply to Duke

It make 25 I've been drinking pepsi for years and I'm in excellent health, very athletic, non smoker…

and I started from a young age at 5 years old I have now 27 years….

monstre pepsi
monstre pepsi
10 years earlier

of course I exaggerate the number 25 years… but at least 20 years without stopping drinking… know that i am in canada quebec… and the pepsi is created here… so it must be healthy for our country and bad for others… maybe 🙂

otherwise no sign of discomfort since 20 years, never been sick…

Alexis
Alexis
11 years earlier
Reply to Jean Mark

It's good keep drinking it if it's so good, we talk again in 10 years…

metylene
metylene
11 years earlier
Reply to Alexis

His comment is a bit dated.… He must be dead, Since!

Aps
Aps
12 years earlier

If we listen to everything everyone says, we shouldn't eat or drink anything anymore.… Coke not good, other sodas too, neither does the water (original, taps etc.…), soft cheeses, and those with hard paste also… No, but must stop. I agree with those who argue that this article is not objective and it is clear that many toxic or nothing that bad around us, but in this case the necessary all the following stop living! And for… Read more "

duke
duke
11 years earlier
Reply to Aps

You're saying nonsense, what is required is information that consumers know what they drink or what they eat, nothing prevents you to live…. and asks you something, why you feel better by drinking Coke for gastro, is that particulesles acids that are in Coke will destroy microbes, except that they will simultaneously destroy the cells that are in your body and sui are beneficial for you, attack the walls of your stomach, your liver and everything else…

Hermes
Hermes
11 years earlier
Reply to duke

And it will also also liquefy your brain, rot your lungs and your veins burst, you're gonna die in agony because you dared to drink Coca ! in, serious, stop demonizing all, even fruits and vegetables you eat can contain toxic products because of pesticides or fertilizers.

Fred
Fred
9 years earlier
Reply to Hermes

in, serious, stop demonizing all, even fruits and vegetables you eat can contain toxic products because of pesticides or fertilizers. Yes and so ?? the topic is not ! to read for certain, coke does not only have benefits but is not harmful either because “phew I only drink it 2 or 3 per week” Okay, GMOs, pesticides, etc. are as toxic as the dyes in Coke, etc. What should be noted with this article is that Coke contains carcinogenic substances, it has now been proven… Read more "

THIEBAUT
THIEBAUT
11 years earlier

Good evening, I agree with this article on the one hand. : of course Coke contains ingredients that are harmful to the body but as some of the posts say, it should not be abused. An occasional Coke consumer will not get cancer, he will not gain 15kg in the space of a few days by drinking one, two or three cans per month. Non. It's all well and good to say replace soda with water, tea or healthier drinks but most of our fluid intake is not soda…at least I hope so. Of… Read more "

Yves Delafont
Yves Delafont
11 years earlier

I am Director of information system I work enormously is the only drink that allows me to stick it out, with my colleagues working h22 + penalties we sleep very little. as my colleagues often say “it or cocaine”. In the end it kills health to manage it project unmanageable and 9999. I have a family to feed the coffee do have more effect. I'm doomed I did that 33 years I think that I would fall ill before retirement. Moreover I deliver at work and I throw my Quill.

kevin95
kevin95
9 years earlier

love you much nike of the life . c tn kiff !!!!!! I voi tn delirium

Bob
Bob
9 years earlier

ya modafinil for stayed awake without too much side effects

Naughty Rosette
Naughty Rosette
11 years earlier

It's amazing how you can sell as dirt, the health of people and animals are really not!!!

ccfactory
ccfactory
11 years earlier

It does not dye (4-methylimidazole ) who is concerigene and much more present in version alleviated poison!
The recipe has even changed in California to be accepted by the health committees of the State, but this is not the case in France, Despite the commercial success of the version “Light” and Version “Zero”.

Too many questions remain about this drink. To apply a precautionary principle to the views of consumption that is made.

Matthew
Matthew
11 years earlier
Reply to ccfactory

Not your face?.

didimitrizomic
didimitrizomic
10 years earlier
Reply to ccfactory

I would like you to love ! you want to ?

Roland Devillers
Roland Devillers
9 years earlier

A. Didimitrizomic. Or when and how you pay ???????

Mahamat ahmat adef
Mahamat ahmat adef
9 years earlier

I do not like the coca cola in my life

Manu
Manu
11 years earlier

It n’ There was no correlation between the’ ingestion of sugar and development d’ a diabetes. No study shows link.

Domi
Domi
9 years earlier
Reply to Manu

Manu, What incredible naivety…. just like that of smokers…..

kevin95
kevin95
9 years earlier
Reply to Domi

the smoker you di .
What is na pa all the same life…
ALR does vien pa do the clean guy here.
c like you you drink for drink bottles by t naif .je reedit your logic

antmout
antmout
11 years earlier

No matter what ! I understand why it still leaves this drink in circulation ! It is good that there is a bit of maso, or while it is subject to these American lobbies who prefer money to the health of their consumers !
Short live this society where every day it is poisoning a little more ! … :end of the debate:

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