What Happens Inside Your Body When You Drink Soda?

We recently wrote about how soda ages you as quickly as smoking, and I think at this point, it’s pretty clear that the stuff is terrible for you. But what actually happens inside your body when you drink a soda?

In the first ten minutes, 10 teaspoons of sugar has entered your bloodstream, which is a total of 100% more than your daily recommended intake. Typically, your body’s response would be to vomit, but phosphoric acid in soda reduces your sense of taste and prevents vomiting. So that soda is here to stay.

After 20 minutes, your blood sugar keeps increasing and insulin is produced. Your liver begins to turn the sugar into fat.