Coke's Effect on Fitness?

Desire.

Hello,

Starting yesterday, I decided to sort out my diet and fitness. I've started running and improving my diet.

However, the thing I am finding hardest to give up is Coca Cola. I was just wondering what effect drinking Coke would have on my fitness levels?

Would I be able to drink one or two cans a week, without my fitness being affected?

mikemac

139 calories in a can so a can or two week isn't going to make much of a difference.

There are more calories in most sandwiches then two cans of coke

Do you want to switch to Diet Coke for a while?

Desire.

I've no problem switching to Diet Coke, no.

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

switch to diet coke or lovely coke zero, no calories. you'll probably get a few people posting in this thread saying you're guaranteed cancer with the aspartame

**Timbuk2**

I used to be addicted to Coca Cola (you can laugh, but I genuinely think it's possible to be addicted because of the caffeine and sugar :P ) - EASILY going through 2 litres a day.

I gave it up cold turkey though in March and haven't gone back. It's hard enough at first (headaches) but I basically replaced Coca Cola with water (which I drink a lot of now, just as I'm sitting at the desk or whatever) and I feel a lot better. I could easily do without coke now. If I ever went to a fast food place or somewhere I'd typically get a soft drink, I'd just order Fanta. Do not order coke, as drinking it just once can set you off again (well at least it has for me).

Edit: Didn't read the OP properly. One or two cans a week would be fine - sorry for unnecessarily giving my life story

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

coke is definitely addictive. I stopped drinking it altogether a couple of months ago and I've generally felt alot better but the weekend before last I saw 12 cans for five euro in superquinn and naturally I stocked the fridge.
Felt great while i was drinking it, but as soon as it was gone.. the next 2-3 days I felt like absolute crap. It's horrible stuff.. tasty tasty horrible stuff.

**Timbuk2**

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

coke is definitely addictive. I stopped drinking it altogether a couple of months ago and I've generally felt alot better but the weekend before last I saw 12 cans for five euro in superquinn and naturally I stocked the fridge.
Felt great while i was drinking it, but as soon as it was gone.. the next 2-3 days I felt like absolute crap. It's horrible stuff.. tasty tasty horrible stuff.

You really do notice how awful and sugary and horrible it is when you give it up though. And I definitely agree, the problem is it seems to be always on special offer when you don't want it :P

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

yeah, barring that binge and one other smaller one I've pretty much cut sugar out of my diet as much as I can.. haven't had it in the apartment in months and have been avoiding my favourite sweets. This morning I went to a cafe I used to go to regularly and ordered a cappucino, the woman making it remembered me and how I used to like my coffees so she put some sugar in.. by god the sweetness of it was overpowering.

Lantus

check out this link for some revealing info on coke and high sugar products in general. Yes it's long but so is your life. it's called sugar the bitter truth on you tube just in case the links fails

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

full sugar coke is just pure toxic waste. It has no part in a healthy lifestyle and is a lot worse than just the x amount of calories stated on the bottle because of the unique way this product interacts with your internal organs.

deadlybuzzman

Lantus wrote: »

check out this link for some revealing info on coke and high sugar products in general. Yes it's long but so is your life. it's called sugar the bitter truth on you tube just in case the links fails

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

full sugar coke is just pure toxic waste. It has no part in a healthy lifestyle and is a lot worse than just the x amount of calories stated on the bottle because of the unique way this product interacts with your internal organs.

Doesnt seem to do benni magnusson any harm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DchUE6Wy67s

BaZmO*

Desire. wrote: »

Hello,

Starting yesterday, I decided to sort out my diet and fitness. I've started running and improving my diet.

However, the thing I am finding hardest to give up is Coca Cola. I was just wondering what effect drinking Coke would have on my fitness levels?

Would I be able to drink one or two cans a week, without my fitness being affected?

Drinking one or two cans of coke a week will have absolutely no affect on your fitness levels whatsover. The only thing it could possibly have an affect on is your calorie intake due to it being basically sugar and water, but even at that, one or two cans a week would barely register.

Pace2008

deadlybuzzman wrote: »

Doesnt seem to do benni magnusson any harm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DchUE6Wy67s

He shifts some silly weights but he's not exactly thinspiration material.

Mellor

**Timbuk2** wrote: »

If I ever went to a fast food place or somewhere I'd typically get a soft drink, I'd just order Fanta. Do not order coke, as drinking it just once can set you off again (well at least it has for me).

Coke gets slated because its the giat of the industry but Fanta is no better.
Did you honestly think it was. It's the exact same type of sugar, in similar quantitys, in fact I'm pretty sure Fanta has more sugar which makes it worse.

Lift is the lowest of all the regular soft drinks.

If you must get one diet or zero optinos are sugar free

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

pretty sure he was talking about the "1 coke, 2 coke. many coke" aspect of it, rather than fanta being any better for you than coca cola.

Satanta

Places like fast food outlets or cinema's or anywhere they have the tap like dispensers for fizzy drinks should be avoided (well.. the fizzy drinks should be anyway). I used to work in one years ago when I was in college.

The fizzy drinks come as a concentrated sugary syrup. This is then diluted with carbonated water at the taps. I cleaned the storage area and "keg room" many times and the stuff is rank. Doesnt matter what type of drink. And FYI.. I read the ingredients of the different drinks and Fanta is the worst. Whatever about sugar content the list of E-numbers is unbelievable. Sprite was probably the best of the bunch. But all are total and utter muck unfit for human consumption.

Michael 09

Did anybody else expect a different thread based on the title?

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

Satanta wrote: »

And FYI.. I read the ingredients of the different drinks and Fanta is the worst. Whatever about sugar content the list of E-numbers is unbelievable. Sprite was probably the best of the bunch. But all are total and utter muck unfit for human consumption.

Close the thread, he read the ingredients and it's got loads of e-numbers, it must be toxic.

Satanta

georgiecasey wrote: »

Close the thread, he read the ingredients and it's got loads of e-numbers, it must be toxic.

Funniest post ever

Mellor

Satanta wrote: »

The fizzy drinks come as a concentrated sugary syrup. This is then diluted with carbonated water at the taps. I cleaned the storage area and "keg room" many times and the stuff is rank. Doesnt matter what type of drink. And FYI.. I read the ingredients of the different drinks and Fanta is the worst. Whatever about sugar content the list of E-numbers is unbelievable. Sprite was probably the best of the bunch. But all are total and utter muck unfit for human consumption.

I've always assumed thats how the stuff in the bottles/cans is processed too.
That's all softdrinks are, carbonated water, sugar syrup, and flavourings. I'm pretty sure all ingredient lists will be a variation on that

SteelyDanJalapeno

Michael 09 wrote: »

Did anybody else expect a different thread based on the title?

was hoping too!

Just give it up completely. Artificial sweeteners which is what is in 'diet' and 'free' varieties, must be broken down by the liver which distracts the liver from metabolizing/ breaking down fat -which is what you want to maintain your fitness. Artificial sweeteners are also known to trick your body into thinking it has absorbed sugar by way of its sweet taste so your body secretes insulin anyway. Artificial sweeteners don't nourish you so you may often feel hungry and consequently eat until your are.

cc87

Deleted User wrote: »

Just give it up completely. Artificial sweeteners which is what is in 'diet' and 'free' varieties, must be broken down by the liver which distracts the liver from metabolizing/ breaking down fat -which is what you want to maintain your fitness. Artificial sweeteners are also known to trick your body into thinking it has absorbed sugar by way of its sweet taste so your body secretes insulin anyway. Artificial sweeteners don't nourish you so you may often feel hungry and consequently eat until your are.

AFAIK there is absolutely no proof of this happening but maybe i am wrong.
From my point of view, this would mean the human body is kinda stupid.

Also any food consumed will slow down the metabolising of fat because your body will focus on the processing of that food.

cc87

cc87 wrote: »

AFAIK there is absolutely no proof of this happening but maybe i am wrong.
From my point of view, this would mean the human body is kinda stupid.

Also any food consumed will slow down the metabolising of fat because your body will focus on the processing of that food.

Well I didn't read a peer-reviewed article on it but I've read it numerous times so I personally believe it. It's not that the human body is stupid it is a case of it being 'tricked'.

On the second point, that is my point if you want to metabolise the greatest amount of fat you can, don't consume needless, nutrient-void foods.

Mellor

Deleted User wrote: »

Well I didn't read a peer-reviewed article on it but I've read it numerous times so I personally believe it. It's not that the human body is stupid it is a case of it being 'tricked'.

Well, your own post above is proof that reading it numerous times means nothing.
Your repeated it becasue you heard it, when enough people do this it more people start believing it. It was a theroy, one that was never proven afaik. There was also an opposing theory that sweetness without the presense of sugar dulls our bodies insulin responce to actual sugar.

Both are equally plausible. So in reality, there's prob no effect at all.

On the second point, that is my point if you want to metabolise the greatest amount of fat you can, don't consume needless, nutrient-void foods.

If you are taking them in instead of sugar loaded soft drinks, thne they are reducing the bodys workload.

The Davestator

Deleted User wrote: »

Well I didn't read a peer-reviewed article on it but I've read it numerous times so I personally believe it. It's not that the human body is stupid it is a case of it being 'tricked'.

On the second point, that is my point if you want to metabolise the greatest amount of fat you can, don't consume needless, nutrient-void foods.

This debate was had here a good while back and a diabetic girl who tests her own insulin levels numerous times per day said diet drinks had no effect on insulin.

Meh I'm still going to believe it!

Regardless if artificial sweeteners do or don't affect insulin levels, they still have others effects on the body which would be best to avoid.

Healthy eating suggests we concentrate on one-ingredient, wholesome, nutritious food and artificial sweeteners do not meet this criteria. Our ancestors didn't eat them thousands of years ago.

If I were the OP I would just rid sugar/artificial sweeteners from my diet completely.

discus

Michael 09 wrote: »

Did anybody else expect a different thread based on the title?

Me too. My answer was going to include "A heart attack during a saturday morning UCFL game" lol

banshee_bones

This picture is probably bandied about alot, and I don't know how exact it is. All I do know is that when I saw it, it made me think and re-evaluate my coke consumption. Never drank an awful lot of it, but after seeing it I began to avoid it at all costs.

I switched to diet coke, it was an adjustment (taste wise!) but now I think I prefer it. No idea how it affects your fitness per se, but if you are looking to lower your calorie intake for weight loss then cutting out coke would be a very wise first step.