I had a near death experience recently. After gulping two ice cold pet bottles of Coca-Cola at a hotel bar, I retired to a friend’s hotel room to catch some sleep in preparation for our planned night out. After about 30 minutes or so, I woke up with the first and only bout of psychosis that I have ever experienced in my entire life. It was nothing short of a nervous breakdown – mental confusion, rapid heartbeat, a stiffening of my joints and muscles, and a total systemic shutdown.

My first instinct was to blame my village witches and wizards. “They have finally got me” I lamented forlornly to my bewildered friends in the room. I dejectedly called my devoted fiancée to console her in advance for my imminent untimely death, and managed to call my cousin living in the same city in a desperate last-ditch attempt to avoid insanity and death. “Sis, I am losing my mind, I am dying, come and get me”, I pleaded.

My cousin eventually showed up and, along with my friends, shepherded me to her house amid my ceaseless maniacal rantings. It was only after a few hours of induced sleep that my condition improved, and by daybreak, I woke up to find my sanity and life intact. What could have happened? Did my village people send the proverbial evil arrow to strip me of my sanity and/or life as we see in Nollywood movies? Or do I have underlying and unresolved health issues that I didn’t know about? It only made sense to assume that there ought to be a medical explanation, failing which I would consider appeasing my village people.

So off to the hospital I went.

After narrating my experience, and having a few tests run, a serious spike was noticed in my blood pressure – likely caused by the volume of caffeinated Cola I consumed, which set off a series of chemical reactions that culminated in nervous system distortions....

http://www.impressions.ng/coke-and-pepsi-cola-cause-high-blood-pressure/

much intake of sugary liquids espc. Soft drinks causes lots of damage to the health mostly in men...
Symptoms:
1.low sperm count
2.pot belly
3.addiction to intake of more soft drinks
4.diabetes-increase your sugar level
5.sugar-> starch-> fat which accumulates in the abdomen region and buttocks