An ice-cold cola sure hits the spot sometimes, but that blast of sugar does a number on your body. Downing a can of soda sends your body into a frenzy—here’s why you might want to stick with water or seltzer next time you need to rehydrate.

Read more here:
https://roxiespur.com/lifestyle/what-happens-to-your-body-after-drinking-soda-heres-what-the-doctor-says/

Crack, fizz, gulp: Within the first ten to 15 minutes of that cola, your intestines mainline that sugar to your blood, spiking levels of glucose—blood sugar. That’s a lot of quick energy, and to manage the onslaught, multiple organs in your body kick into overdrive so you can process that sugar.

Your pancreas releases insulin to help transport the sugar (which is a carbohydrate) to your muscles for energy. But that soda contains much more sugar than your muscles need. “When an individual drinks a 20-ounce soda, they are getting an entire meal’s worth of carbohydrates through liquid,” explains Meltem Zeytinoglu, MD, MBA, an endocrinologist and assistant professor of medicine at the University of Chicago Medicine. “In most cases, this soda is consumed in addition to a meal, so the additional carbohydrates will need to be processed. This extra sugar, instead of being stored in muscle tissue, gets converted to fat in the liver.”

Please nairaland mods please, do something about this bet guy. Seriously he is on every single post greeting people gdmorning. It's annoying. The guy is toiling with u guys.

Amazingman:
Please nairaland mods please, do something about this bet guy. Seriously he is on every single post greeting people gdmorning. It's annoying. The guy is toiling with u guys.

They're away of it.