₦airaland Forum

sonnie10:
You imagine eating bread with tea and sugar in morning
Afternoon, you ate rice and a bottle of soda
Dinner you added fufu and soup with a glass of of juice.
What you have not realized is that you have consumed the equivalent of one packet of sugar on that day. Sugar is converted to glucose during digestion and remains in the blood until acted upon.
Then the pancreatic cell start their process.
The unfortunate thing is that once your pancreas B cells are gone due to overwork of glucose regulation in your blood, you become insulin resistant. The B cellls are the cells that produce insulin.
What this means is sugar has no way of leaving your blood. Because it is insulin that helps the body cells to get glucose from the blood. Also, the blood is constantly too thick from too much glucose concentration and cannot flow well in your vessels. Remember also that the another function of the blood is to carry oxygen. The life of you organs depends on this oxygen.
As an analogy, imagine comparing water to honey flowing in pipe.
Thick blood is hard to flow and your heart will struggle to pump this thick blood. Remember, the function of the heart is to pump blood.
In the process of this struggle to pump, high blood pressure is developed. Remember that formula to calculate pressure in secondary school physics ( force / area). The more force the more pressure. Now you see why it is called high blood pressure. Not only that, the force exacted by the high pressure on tiny vessels will cause them to burst. Every material has an elastic limit , including the blood vessels. Those tiny vessels that burst first are often found in areas like eyes, heart, manhood, and intestines.
Eventually those organs will start to fall due to lack of blood supply. Deseases like blindness, neuropathy and heart failure set in. That is why diabetes causes amputation. And wound that is hard to heal. If there is no adequate blood supply, wound cannot heal. A very small cut on the extremity like toes will remain and become gangrene.
Another condition is tiredness. That insulin the body is now lacking, it plays a vital role in how the cells produce energy.
Without insulin the cells cannot get glucose to produce energy. So the person is always feeling tired because they lack energy.
Let me stop here. The story of what sugar does to the body is much . I have not even gone into how they contribute to fatty liver, high cholesterol, and obesity.
Story plenty!

Qwikkie:
In Nigeria, drinking soda is not just a habit, it's a culture. You go to a buka, there's cold soda on the table. You attend a party, the fridge is loaded with any cold soda. You're stressed at work, someone says "calm down, with something cold." We've normalised it so deeply that questioning it feels almost... rude.

Though nobody is telling that the sugar in those drinks is slowly and silently stacking up damage inside your body. And by the time you start to feel it, the harm has been building for years.
What Excess Sugar Actually Does to Your Body

The scary part is that sugar doesn't send you warning signs early. It quietly does its damage, and by the time your body raises an alarm, through fatigue, excess weight, or a doctor's result. the habit is already deeply rooted.

This is what's happening inside you with every excess sip:

Type 2 Diabetes: Nigeria has one of the highest diabetes rates in Africa. Excess sugar keeps your blood glucose spiking and crashing, wearing down your body's ability to manage insulin over time.

Obesity and weight gain: Sugary drinks add hundreds of empty calories that your body doesn't register as "full." You drink, you're still hungry, you eat and the cycle never breaks.

High blood pressure and heart disease: Sugar inflames your blood vessels and puts pressure on your heart. Hypertension is not just a "blood pressure thing" sugar is deeply connected. And in a country where hypertension is already rampant, this is not something to take lightly.

This Is Not About Suffering

Enjoyment is not the enemy. Ignorance is.

Many Nigerians are not drinking soda because they don't care about their health, they're drinking it because no one sat them down and explained what it does to the body over time, in plain language, without a lecture.

Your pancreas doesn't care that you were just trying to cool down in the afternoon heat. Your liver doesn't make exceptions because the party was fun. The body keeps an honest score even when we're not paying attention.

Start paying attention. Not with fear but with love for yourself and the people around you. Because the real enjoyment is being alive, healthy, and fully present for all the future parties, bukaterias, and cold evenings still ahead of you

Qwikkie:
In Nigeria, drinking soda is not just a habit, it's a culture. You go to a buka, there's cold soda on the table. You attend a party, the fridge is loaded with any cold soda. You're stressed at work, someone says "calm down, with something cold." We've normalised it so deeply that questioning it feels almost... rude.

Though nobody is telling that the sugar in those drinks is slowly and silently stacking up damage inside your body. And by the time you start to feel it, the harm has been building for years.
What Excess Sugar Actually Does to Your Body

The scary part is that sugar doesn't send you warning signs early. It quietly does its damage, and by the time your body raises an alarm, through fatigue, excess weight, or a doctor's result. the habit is already deeply rooted.

This is what's happening inside you with every excess sip:

Type 2 Diabetes: Nigeria has one of the highest diabetes rates in Africa. Excess sugar keeps your blood glucose spiking and crashing, wearing down your body's ability to manage insulin over time.

Obesity and weight gain: Sugary drinks add hundreds of empty calories that your body doesn't register as "full." You drink, you're still hungry, you eat and the cycle never breaks.

High blood pressure and heart disease: Sugar inflames your blood vessels and puts pressure on your heart. Hypertension is not just a "blood pressure thing" sugar is deeply connected. And in a country where hypertension is already rampant, this is not something to take lightly.

This Is Not About Suffering

Enjoyment is not the enemy. Ignorance is.

Many Nigerians are not drinking soda because they don't care about their health, they're drinking it because no one sat them down and explained what it does to the body over time, in plain language, without a lecture.

Your pancreas doesn't care that you were just trying to cool down in the afternoon heat. Your liver doesn't make exceptions because the party was fun. The body keeps an honest score even when we're not paying attention.

Start paying attention. Not with fear but with love for yourself and the people around you. Because the real enjoyment is being alive, healthy, and fully present for all the future parties, bukaterias, and cold evenings still ahead of you

Kobicove:
All the unnecessary fuss about food and drinks is not warranted as far as I am concerned cos none of us will leave this earth alive

Qwikkie:
In Nigeria, drinking soda is not just a habit, it's a culture. You go to a buka, there's cold soda on the table. You attend a party, the fridge is loaded with any cold soda. You're stressed at work, someone says "calm down, with something cold." We've normalised it so deeply that questioning it feels almost... rude.

Though nobody is telling that the sugar in those drinks is slowly and silently stacking up damage inside your body. And by the time you start to feel it, the harm has been building for years.
What Excess Sugar Actually Does to Your Body

The scary part is that sugar doesn't send you warning signs early. It quietly does its damage, and by the time your body raises an alarm, through fatigue, excess weight, or a doctor's result. the habit is already deeply rooted.

This is what's happening inside you with every excess sip:

Type 2 Diabetes: Nigeria has one of the highest diabetes rates in Africa. Excess sugar keeps your blood glucose spiking and crashing, wearing down your body's ability to manage insulin over time.

Obesity and weight gain: Sugary drinks add hundreds of empty calories that your body doesn't register as "full." You drink, you're still hungry, you eat and the cycle never breaks.

High blood pressure and heart disease: Sugar inflames your blood vessels and puts pressure on your heart. Hypertension is not just a "blood pressure thing" sugar is deeply connected. And in a country where hypertension is already rampant, this is not something to take lightly.

This Is Not About Suffering

Enjoyment is not the enemy. Ignorance is.

Many Nigerians are not drinking soda because they don't care about their health, they're drinking it because no one sat them down and explained what it does to the body over time, in plain language, without a lecture.

Your pancreas doesn't care that you were just trying to cool down in the afternoon heat. Your liver doesn't make exceptions because the party was fun. The body keeps an honest score even when we're not paying attention.

Start paying attention. Not with fear but with love for yourself and the people around you. Because the real enjoyment is being alive, healthy, and fully present for all the future parties, bukaterias, and cold evenings still ahead of you

Kobicove:
I wonder o!

Whether you drink soda or not you will still die

naturalflow:
Warren Buffet is almost 100,he takes 2 cans of coke everyday!

tunjijones:
And what happens after death? All the pains gone.

Either someone dies at 20 or dies at 120 yrs, everyone will still go.

ebohstep1:
so what do we do ? stop taking it all together?

Hungrychicken:
No forget the fake ones wey still full market

nairalanda1:
Yeah, but the financial burdens of taking care of chronic illnesses can affect families.badly

Like now,.I was.present when a man died from chronic issues brought about by diabetes. He spent nearly.six.months in hospital and his family spent millions of naira ..And he was in pain and discomfort throughout.

He wasn't the first and he won't be the last.

And his family spent millions.

tunjijones:
And it's still same soda that cause cancer, shey it's soda that causes hbp

Kobicove:
All the unnecessary fuss about food and drinks is not warranted as far as I am concerned cos none of us will leave this earth alive

Kobicove:
All the unnecessary fuss about food and drinks is not warranted as far as I am concerned cos none of us will leave this earth alive

Sunshine34:
I created a post yesterday, but the mode did not deemed it fit of front page about Dubic malt which have just two cube of sugar.
Mynd44, post my Dubic malt now.

Kobicove:
All the unnecessary fuss about food and drinks is not warranted as far as I am concerned cos none of us will leave this earth alive

sonnie10:
You imagine eating bread with tea and sugar in morning
Afternoon, you ate rice and a bottle of soda
Dinner you added fufu and soup with a glass of of juice.
What you have not realized is that you have consumed the equivalent of one packet of sugar on that day. Sugar is converted to glucose during digestion and remains in the blood until acted upon.
Then the pancreatic cell start their process.
The unfortunate thing is that once your pancreas B cells are gone due to overwork of glucose regulation in your blood, you become insulin resistant. The B cellls are the cells that produce insulin.
What this means is sugar has no way of leaving your blood. Because it is insulin that helps the body cells to get glucose from the blood. Also, the blood is constantly too thick from too much glucose concentration and cannot flow well in your vessels. Remember also that the another function of the blood is to carry oxygen. The life of you organs depends on this oxygen.
As an analogy, imagine comparing water to honey flowing in pipe.
Thick blood is hard to flow and your heart will struggle to pump this thick blood. Remember, the function of the heart is to pump blood.
In the process of this struggle to pump, high blood pressure is developed. Remember that formula to calculate pressure in secondary school physics ( force / area). The more force the more pressure. Now you see why it is called high blood pressure. Not only that, the force exacted by the high pressure on tiny vessels will cause them to burst. Every material has an elastic limit , including the blood vessels. Those tiny vessels that burst first are often found in areas like eyes, heart, manhood, and intestines.
Eventually those organs will start to fall due to lack of blood supply. Deseases like blindness, neuropathy and heart failure set in. That is why diabetes causes amputation. And wound that is hard to heal. If there is no adequate blood supply, wound cannot heal. A very small cut on the extremity like toes will remain and become gangrene.
Another condition is tiredness. That insulin the body is now lacking, it plays a vital role in how the cells produce energy.
Without insulin the cells cannot get glucose to produce energy. So the person is always feeling tired because they lack energy.
Let me stop here. The story of what sugar does to the body is much . I have not even gone into how they contribute to fatty liver, high cholesterol, and obesity.
Story plenty!

meobizy:
Nigerians do not drink enough of these to cause alarm. I laugh every time I read these types of articles. You drink one or two of these a day and fear for your health. Some oyibos claim water is bland and drink only soda to quench their thirst. They keep at it for decades without noticeable effects. Ogbeni, we will all die one day. Enjoy yourself.

Kobicove:
All the unnecessary fuss about food and drinks is not warranted as far as I am concerned cos none of us will leave this earth alive