The Renegade Pharmacist, a blog run by pharmacist Niraj Naik includes a seven-step breakdown1 of the drink's supposed effects.
药剂师Niraj Naik 的个人微博——“叛逆的药剂师”最近曝出了可乐可能对人体产生影响的七个阶段。
In The First 10 minutes: 10
teaspoons2 of sugar hit your system. (100% of your recommended daily
intake3.) You don’t immediately
vomit4 from the overwhelming sweetness because phosphoric acid cuts the flavor allowing you to keep it down.
20 minutes: Your blood sugar
spikes5, 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
dilate6, your blood pressure rises, as a response your livers dumps more sugar into your bloodstream. The adenosinereceptors in your brain are now blocked preventing
drowsiness7.
45 minutes: Your body ups your dopamine production
stimulating8 the pleasure centers of your brain. This is
physically9 the same way
heroin10 works, by the way.
>60 minutes: The phosphoric acid
binds11 calcium12,
magnesium13 and
zinc14 in your lower
intestine15, providing a further boost in
metabolism16. This is compounded by high doses of sugar and artificial sweeteners also increasing the urinary excretion of calcium.The caffeine’s diuretic properties come into play. (It makes you have to pee.) It is now assured that you’ll
evacuate17 the
bonded18 calcium, magnesium and zinc that was headed to your bones as well as
sodium19, electrolyte and water.