Scientists reveal you lose 12 minutes of your life every time you drink a coke

Metro ^ | Dec 13, 2024 | Sarah Hooper

[where's_the_Outrage?]

Every time you reach for a coke, you could be losing 12 minutes of your life, scientists have claimed.

The worrying statistics were found in a study conducted by the University of Michigan which delved into just how much time certain processed foods take from your life.

Ultra-processed foods – which contain ingredients such as artificial colours and flavours, preservatives and emulsifiers – can be dangerous if not eaten in moderation.

And some favourites could end up costing you minutes of your life. A hot dog could shave off 36 minutes – and if you drink it with a coke, that’s another 12 minutes gone......

Which foods could shorten your life?

Hot dog – 36 minutes

Breakfast sandwich – 13 minutes

Eggs – 13 minutes

Coke – 12 minutes

Cheeseburgers – 9 minutes

Bacon – 6 minutes

[ken in texas]

- I think bacon ADDS 6 mins to your life... -

And if it doesn't, it at least makes your life more pleasant. :-)

[pleasenotcalifornia]

Wow. I could have lived to 150.

[ShadowAce]

So, what they are saying is that if you eat nothing, you’ll live forever.

[libh8er]

Regular Coke or Diet Coke ?

[No name given]

Exactly.

[libh8er]

Lions eat zero processed foods. Their entire diet is served ‘fresh’. Yet they grow old and die.

[FreeReign]

Eggs? Seriously?

[DennisR]

“…could…” 🙄

[1ScrappyArmyMom]

How do they prove this sort of thing?
I am calling BS.

[MayflowerMadam]

“eating an EGG is more dangerous than drinking a Coke?”

I’m a goner. I eat two or three every day.

[RedMonqey]

If I added up all the Cokes, hot dogs, cheese sandwiches etc I ate earlier in my life I should have died in my twenties.
Next study will claim we added minutes to our lives by eating the same, I e. Eggs!

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

U of M is full of S of B.

[neverevergiveup]

Yep. Just think, if you don’t eat at all you could live 300 years.

[DariusBane]

That article. It’s pretty stupid.

[PCPOET7]

there is global warming quality of science in this statment

[econjack]

Why would you list the times certain items strike off our lives and then say: Certain types of fish can lengthen your life by 32 minutes, but not tell us which fish. Just trying to be mean?

[Bonemaker]

Yeah, bur the rum counteracts it.

[Getready]

9n the other if you don’t eat or drink anything for about 8 days your life will end in 8 days

[dp0622]

ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN YEAR OLD WOMAN who was interviewed said she drank 4 or more Dr Peppers a day for an extremely long time.

Scientists have too much @#$#ing time on their hands :)

[RedMonqey]

Which foods could shorten your life?

Hot dog – 36 minutes

Breakfast sandwich – 13 minutes

Eggs – 13 minutes Coke – 12 minutes
Cheeseburgers – 9 minutes
Bacon – 6 minutes

What they're gonna tell us next is if we ate bugs and drank treated sewage water we'll live a bit longer so the big wigs can live alot better!!