The Edgitators: Could You Cut Out Soda?

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Have you ever wondered what happens to your body when you drink a can of Coke? Β A new graphic hitting theΒ InternetΒ Thursday, explains it all, and it’sΒ not pretty.

Check it out: in the first 10 minutes,Β tenΒ teaspoons of sugar hit your system.Β Β 20 minutes? Β Your blood sugar spikes, causing an insulin burst. Β AtΒ 45 minutes, your body ups your dopamine production, stimulating the pleasure centers of your brain. Β (This is physically the same way heroin works, by the way.) Β And finally, at one hour, you’ll start to have a sugar crash.

And that brings us to our Question of the Night: Could you stop drinking soda 100 percent? Β The Edgitators battle it out…

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