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:
First10 minutes: 10 teaspoons of sugar hit your system. (100% of yourrecommended daily intake.) You don’t immediately vomit from theoverwhelming sweetness because phosphoric acid cuts the flavor allowingyou to keep it down.
20 minutes: Your blood sugar spikes,causing an insulin burst. Your liver responds to this by turning anysugar it can get its hands on into fat. (There’s plenty of that at thisparticular moment)
40 minutes: Caffeine absorption is complete.Your pupils dilate, your blood pressure rises, as a response yourlivers dumps more sugar into your bloodstream. The adenosine receptorsin your brain are now blocked preventing drowsiness.
45minutes: Your body ups your dopamine production stimulating thepleasure centers of your brain. This is physically the same way heroinworks, by the way.
>60 minutes: The phosphoric acid bindscalcium, magnesium and zinc in your lower intestine, providing afurther boost in metabolism. This is compounded by high doses of sugarand artificial sweeteners also increasing the urinary excretion ofcalcium.
>60 Minutes: The caffeine’s diuretic propertiescome into play. (It makes you have to pee.) It is now assured thatyou’ll evacuate the bonded calcium, magnesium and zinc that was headedto your bones as well as sodium, electrolyte and water.
>60minutes: As the rave inside of you dies down you’ll start to have asugar crash. You may become irritable and/or sluggish. You’ve also now,literally, pissed away all the water that was in the Coke. But notbefore infusing it with valuable nutrients your body could have usedfor things like even having the ability to hydrate your system or buildstrong bones and teeth.
This will all be followed by a caffeine crash in the next few hours and you'll be grabbing for the next Coke.