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Medical Forum / General / Nutrition / December 2006I wake up to a can of Coke and a bunch of vitamins and Herbs-healthy or not?
I've been doing this for the last four years. I almost always skip breakfast for a can of coke and a handful of vitamins and herbs every single morning. This probaby seems unhealthy but I've been doing this for more than four years and haven't felt any negative effects from it. I usually drink the coke as a filler for the vitamins and herbs as I've heard it's not good to take supplements on an empty stomach. I think at this point I'm addicted to Coke. I don't know what's in the drink but if I go more than two days without having one, I'll get depressed. It sounds odd but I swear it's the true. Coke is not a healthy drink because of its high sugar content. It also contains caffeine, which acts as a stimulant, and keeps you addicted. The sugar and caffeine act to perk you up in the morning, which is why when you go off Coke, you get depressed (low in energy most likely). You do not see the negative effect now because you maybe young and in good shape, but such things will exacerbate as we age. Have you tried substituting the artificial sugars in drinks like Coke with natural sugars from fruits? If your body is so used to having lots of sugars in your system, it can be very difficult to go off sugar. But avoiding sugars completely is nearly impossible because our brain needs sugar, and will ask for it. Try turning to natural sugars - for example healthy smoothie drinks in the morning. The sugars come from natural sources like strawberries, bananas, apples, cranberries etc. All you need is a blender to make these drinks yourself in the morning. Click on the link below, you will see a download link for a book at the end of the article on "Health Benefits of Strawberries". http://www.powertolife.com/blog.html I hope this helps! ----------------------------------------------------------------- Enhance Your Life | Give Power to Life http://www.powertolife.com/blog.html ---------------------------------------------------------------- > I've been doing this for the last four years. I almost always skip > breakfast for a can of coke and a handful of vitamins and herbs every [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > drink but if I go more than two days without having one, I'll get > depressed. It sounds odd but I swear it's the true. > I've been doing this for the last four years. I almost always skip > breakfast for a can of coke and a handful of vitamins and herbs every [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > drink but if I go more than two days without having one, I'll get > depressed. It sounds odd but I swear it's the true. Ever hear of the coke diet? Coke addicts don't eat and starve to death. First of all you have been wasting money on vitamins. If you wash down vitamins on empty stomach even with plain water, most of the vitamins are passed through in the urine. People drink coffee or tea in the morning. Coke is no worse or better as far as caffiene is concerned. If you drink coffee latte or Garam chai, the suar is no worse either. I am not making excuse for you to drink coke everymorning. Just trying to explain that one can of coke in the morning is no more harmful than coffee or tea in some cases. If you want to get on healthy kick, replace cock with sugar free gingerale. The bite in ginger may be the stuff that will break ur habit. I wouldnt switch to diet coke. It has no less caffiene than regular cock. Its diet because of sugar is replaced with aspartame.. The jury is out on the effects of articial sweetneres again. It seems that every time we come up with one, we find out later it does do u more harm than figured at the time. Splenda seems to cut the mustard, but soft drink industry is not moveing to Splenda yet because of cost. Yogi www.IndiaCurry.com > First of all you have been wasting money on vitamins. If you wash down > vitamins on empty stomach even with plain water, most of the vitamins > are passed through in the urine. If all his meals are as crappy as his breakfast he's not completely wasting his money on vitamins. ;-) > People drink coffee or tea in the morning. Coke is no worse or better > as far as caffiene is concerned. If you drink coffee latte or Garam > chai, the sugar is no worse either. I am not making excuse for you to > drink coke everymorning. Just trying to explain that one can of coke in > the morning is no more harmful than coffee or tea in some cases. Emphasizing "some cases". Plain hot tea has many health benefits and even a cup of plain black coffee has some benefits and is a much better choice than soda. > If you > want to get on healthy kick, replace coke with sugar free gingerale. > The bite in ginger may be the stuff that will break ur habit. > I wouldnt switch to diet coke. It has no less caffiene than regular > coke. Its diet because of sugar is replaced with aspartame.. The jury > is out on the effects of articial sweetneres again. It seems that every > time we come up with one, we find out later it does do u more harm than > figured at the time. Splenda seems to cut the mustard, but soft drink > industry is not moveing to Splenda yet because of cost. Personally, I wouldn't touch any artifical sweenters. For me it's blackstrap molases, honey, pure maple syrup or an unrefined sugar like Rapadura. Patrick > First of all you have been wasting money on vitamins. If you wash down > vitamins on empty stomach even with plain water, most of the vitamins > are passed through in the urine. Alot of vitamins are fat soluble, which means you need to eat something with a bit of fat in it to absorb them. Read up on digestion and google vitamin absorbtion. Obviously a can of Coke doesnt have any fat in it. You have been wasting your money and pissing it out. Time to start eating something for breakfast. joanne > Alot of vitamins are fat soluble, Due to the anatomy of the human brain, everything above three is "alot". So, yes, 4 is alot. > which means you need to eat something with a bit of fat in it to > absorb them. Which also means that you don't have to take them first thing in the morning. > Read up on digestion and google vitamin absorbtion. Obviously a can > of Coke doesnt have any fat in it. You have been wasting your money > and pissing it out. But water-soluble vitamins are better absorbed without food. In fact, it's been shown that some of the B vitamins absorbed only in the upper part of the digestive tract. What's passed down with food is not absorbed at all. > Time to start eating something for breakfast. This conclusion simply doesn't follow. > Ever hear of the coke diet? > > Coke addicts don't eat and starve to death. i think you're thinking of the cocaine diet not coca-cola Sugar is a slow poison. High fructose corn syrup is a bit faster acting sweet poison. You figure it out. Is it healthy to drink this sh.t on a regular basis? TC > I've been doing this for the last four years. I almost always skip > breakfast for a can of coke and a handful of vitamins and herbs every [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > drink but if I go more than two days without having one, I'll get > depressed. It sounds odd but I swear it's the true. why not try coffee. theres lots of health benefits to drinking coffee as opposed to a mildly caffeined beverage flavored with high fructose corn syrup. coke is basically sugar-water but its better than bacon, bagels, and pancakes. i just realized that even those products have High fructose corn syrup, especially in condiments we use to flavor: fake maple syrup, jelly, ketchup. so i think its healthy, actually after comparing your breakfast with a typical american breakfast. you can try peruvian coca tea instead of drinking coca-cola > why not try coffee. theres lots of health benefits to drinking coffee > as opposed to a mildly caffeined beverage flavored with high fructose > corn syrup. coke is basically sugar-water but its better than ... nothing. Soda is garbage. > bacon, bagels, and pancakes. Depends how they are made. > i just realized that even those products have > High fructose corn syrup, especially in condiments we use to flavor: > fake maple syrup, That's why you use pure Maple syrup. > jelly, Some jellies are decent. Again, depends how it's made. > ketchup. Ketchup can also be good. > so i think its healthy, actually > after comparing your breakfast with a typical american breakfast. Most everything "typical American" is low grade. That's why you make your own or read the labels and buy the best. Patrick NoOption5L@aol.com wrote in part: >Most everything "typical American" is low grade. That's why you make >your own or read the labels and buy the best. I agree. The food industry has aimed for low price, abundance, shelf life, and quick or no preparation effort, health be damned. And the typical consumer has gone along with it. I would add "buy local when you can" to your "make your own or read the labels and buy the best." -- Jim Chinnis Warrenton, Virginia, USA jchinnis@alum.mit.edu > NoOption5L@aol.com wrote in part: > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > -- > Jim Chinnis Warrenton, Virginia, USA jchinnis@alum.mit.edu The above comments just encapsulated a mindboggling amount of truth in just three small paragraphs. TC |
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