Saturday, January 12, 2008

What happens to your body within an hour of drinking Coke

Don’t drink cola if you want to be healthy. Consuming soft drinks is bad for so many reasons that science cannot even state all the consequences. But one thing we know for sure is that drinking Coke, as a representative of soft drinks, wreaks havoc on the human organism. What happens? Writer Wade Meredith has shown the quick progression of Coke’s assault.

The main problem is sugar. It’s an evil that the processed food industry and sugar growers don’t want people to know about. Even dietitians, financially supported by sugar growers and sugary product manufacturers, are loathe to tell us the truth.

When somebody drinks a Coke watch what happens…

* In The 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 is complete. Your pupils dilate, your blood pressure rises, as a response your livers dumps more sugar into your bloodstream. The adenosine receptors in your brain are now blocked preventing drowsiness.

* 45 minutes: Your body ups your dopamine production stimulating the pleasure centers of your brain. This is physically the same way heroin works, by the way.

* >60 minutes: The phosphoric acid binds calcium, magnesium and zinc in your lower intestine, providing a further boost in metabolism. This is compounded by high doses of sugar and artificial sweeteners also increasing the urinary excretion of calcium.

* >60 Minutes: The caffeine’s diuretic properties come into play. (It makes you have to pee.) It is now assured that you’ll evacuate the bonded calcium, magnesium and zinc that was headed to your bones as well as sodium, electrolyte and water.

* >60 minutes: As the rave inside of you dies down you’ll start to have a sugar crash. You may become irritable and/or sluggish. You’ve also now, literally, pissed away all the water that was in the Coke. But not before infusing it with valuable nutrients your body could have used for things like even having the ability to hydrate your system or build strong bones and teeth.

So there you have it, an avalanche of destruction in a single can. Imagine drinking this day after day, week after week. Stick to water, real juice from fresh squeezed fruit, and tea without sweetener.

Primary Source: by Wade Meredith


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Monday, January 7, 2008

Happy New Year!

The holiday season seemed to pass by very quickly this year! I've been enjoying the cold weather, but also enjoying the break from the ice that we seem to be getting right now.

I started a bit of a cleanse just after New Year's. Nothing aggressive yet, just making sure to get a lot of herbal infusions and teas in every morning, taking all my supplements, and eating mostly vegetables and whole grains. I'm thinking of using a juice fast and some strong herbal medicine to kick-start the weight loss I'm looking to accomplish in 2008. I'll keep you all posted on how it goes!

For right now, I'm brewing tons of herbal teas and remedies for clients, friends, and family. I really enjoy it, and everyone is reporting positive results. There's a noted difference in using high-quality and fresh plant materials to make herbal infusions (a very strong tea) as opposed to buying a box of tea bags that has been on a shelf of a store for who knows how long. Not to say that store-bought herbal teas aren't wonderful, some of them are, but since I started working as an herbalist, I really feel the differences. When I do want to just pop a tea bag in for a quick cup, I love Traditional Medicinals, formulated by an amazing herbalist named Rosemary Gladstar. I like the way they package the teabags individually to keep them fresher longer, and the blends are amazing.

The infusion I've been drinking this week is a blend I've made to prep my liver for detox and tonify my system: red clover, oatstraw, nettles (all my infusions have nettles -- they are just that good!), lemonbalm, holy basil, and peppermint. I brew the night before, pour it off, then store in the fridge to enjoy all the next day.

For more about herbal remedies, herbal teas, and massage therapy, please visit my website at jayamassage.com. As an herbalist, I can custom blend a variety of remedies for your specific symptoms or goals.

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