Coca-Cola Energy Consumption

When Coca Cola was first created it was made to be an everyday medicine for people to use to cure their conditions. Coca Cola consumers would proudly admit that the drink is one of their most preferred beverages for the satisfying taste and the ongoing reputation to cure illnesses. However, researchers have found that drinking Coca Cola at a high rate is very unhealthy for the body because of the ingredients that the product consists of. That being said, many consumers of Coca Cola were unaware of these damages to the body. Most Coca Cola consumers would agree that Coke is a good source of drink to devour to cure illnesses because of the statements that was giving to the people, but studies shows that drinking Coca Cola is a very life threatening …show more content…
You may think that getting energy from this beverage is a positive element to have in the body, but an article by Vartanian, Schwartz, and Brownell that are in the department of Nutrition at University of Toronto had discovered that getting energy from the sweetened sugar beverage like Coca Cola is an overall unhealthy lifestyle because of the high energy intake that causes poor diet. The article states that the increase in energy intake associated with soft drink consumption was greater than what could be explained by consumption of the beverages alone, suggesting that such beverages might stimulate appetite and a rapid rise in blood sugar. But the extra energy consumed in the form of sugar sweetened beverages did not reduce the rest of their food energy intake, resulting in a greater total daily energy intake (Effects of Soft Drink Consumption). Because the tremendous amount of sugar entering the body produces excess energy that is provided in soft drinks, consuming extra energy that is not needed in the body gives the consumer side of effects by increasing the person 's appetite that leads to obesity, and high blood sugar that causes diabetes. Since that body does not know what to do with the extra energy that is presented in the body that is caused by sugar, the body then starts to absorb the sugar and begins to enter into the …show more content…
In conclusion, the caffeine that is used in Cola drinks caused people to drink more soda beverages then what an average person should. The addiction to the soda beverage was so strong that people began to build facilities for cola addicts the article “A case of cola dependency in a woman” states that “A large number of private practice rehab therapists are offering their services to cola addicts… a study by O’Farrell states that 90% of all hospitalised psychiatric patients show signs of addictive behaviour.” When researchers discovered that their patients were abusing the use of Coca Cola because of the high content of caffeine being produced in the beverages, patients unexpectedly became addicted to the cola drink so that they had to seek out for medical