WHy you shouldn't give you kids coke!!

Am i an over protective parent? Yes! why well for a start i am the boss of him and i will decide what is good for him and as i am the one that cops the flack if he isn't!! i will, well me and hubby will, decide what we think is ok for him to eat, drink and do and i want this kid to grow up with respect for others and definitely know what is good and bad behavior.

Today Oscar went to a bowling birthday party which was great, the only not great thing that happened was the fact the coke was served up to 6 years olds.  Seriously i mean what the hell would you be thinking, do you know what is in this.  When i was leaving i spoke to the young girl who was running things and suggested that she doesn't ever serve kids coke as it contains caffeine and sugar and now (as the kids were completely insane!!) oh she said, they just wanted mixed drinks, so i suggested again great just not coke!!

Now as this is my blog! i get to rant and this is what i have to say, i hope the hell someone out there listens and makes note so that they don't give this to kids, its bad enough adults make bad decisions for themselves but thats our right, but we do have the right to say NO to your kids.   Hey i said NO to my son and when three kids asked me to give then more coke it said NO NO NO, have some water.

For a start did you know that when they first make coke it was made with cocaine, hence the name and its main consumers were army soldiers.  So when cocaine became an unacceptable product to manufacture with, they needed that hit that you get so they added caffeine and bucket loads of sugar.

So lets talk about why this may be bad when somebody drinks a Coke, watch what happens.

• In The First 10 minutes: 10 teaspoons of sugar hit your system. (100% of your recommended daily intake.) You don’t immediately vomit from the overwhelming sweetness because phosphoric acid cuts the flavor allowing you to keep it down.
• 20 minutes: Your blood sugar spikes, causing an insulin burst. Your liver responds to this by turning any sugar it can get its hands on into fat. (There’s plenty of that at this particular moment)
• 40 minutes: Caffeine absorption is complete. Your pupils dilate, your blood pressure rises, as a response your livers dumps more sugar into your bloodstream. The adenosine receptors in your brain are now blocked preventing drowsiness.
• 45 minutes: Your body ups your dopamine production stimulating the pleasure centers of your brain. This is physically the same way heroin works, by the way.
• In just over 60 minutes: The phosphoric acid binds calcium, magnesium and zinc in your lower intestine, providing a further boost in metabolism. This is compounded by high doses of sugar and artificial sweeteners also increasing the urinary excretion of calcium.
• In just over 60 Minutes: The caffeine’s diuretic properties come into play. (It makes you have to pee.) It is now assured that you’ll evacuate the bonded calcium, magnesium and zinc that was headed to your bones as well as sodium, electrolyte and water.
• In just over 60 minutes: As the rave inside of you dies down you’ll start to have a sugar crash. You may become irritable and/or sluggish. You’ve also now, literally, pissed away all the water that was in the Coke. But not before infusing it with valuable nutrients your body could have used for things like even having the ability to hydrate your system or build strong bones and teeth.

So there are the facts!! your decision but imagine drinking this everyday, and what the hell are you thinking giving it to your kids.


Thanks for reading and seriously, if anyone reads this and would love to discuss what i have written please try to give me a reason why the hell you let your kids have energy drinks also.  Do you have any idea what they are doing to their bodies and brains !!! oh and have you got a dirty car battery, lets clean it with coke!!!!!!!!