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

Metro ^ | Dec 13, 2024 | Sarah Hooper

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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

[where's_the_Outrage?]

Either I should have expired in 2015 or my life expectancy used to be 150 years. Just this month I must have shortened by life by 10 hours, thinking about making an egg and bacon breakfast sandwich, 1/2 hour I'll never get back.

[Jonty30]

I, likewise, should be dead.

[MtnClimber]

Can I send a truck load to Congress?

[imabadboy99]

eggs, my a55

[HombreSecreto]

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

[Telepathic Intruder]

It is also scientifically proven that each day you are alive takes a whole day off your lifespan.

[samkatz]

Is this heaven? I must be dead for years but I sure did love my Nathan’s hot dogs with mustard and a coke

[Larry Lucido]

I lost two minutes of my life just reading the excerpt.

[MNDude]

which lengthen it?

[BradyLS]

Yes, between the Cokes and the Covid, I’m supposed to be dead. 🙄

[Paal Gulli]

Man drinks nothing but Coke for 40 years

A Croatian man claims he has drunk nothing but Coca-Cola for the past 40 years – because he promised his mother he would not touch alcohol.

[where's_the_Outrage?]

From the article: Certain types of fish can lengthen your life by 32 minutes – and one study previously found eating cheeses like cheddar and brie could help boost life expectancy and prevent liver cancer.

Wonder if fugu is a certain type of fish?

[cpdiii]

all BS. If true I would be in hell now.

[frank ballenger]

Old saying is doing all the self-denial health fad things and feeling miserable may let you live longer, or maybe it just feels longer.

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And Mark Russell one. If only someone could get through to young people today. If they quit smoking now they could add 2.5 years to their time at the end of life in the assisted care facility.

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I heard a guy in the next booth at a restaurant once. “I was told today by the doctor that he is making me go on a prescription to lower my blood pressure. When I was about 20
I restricted myself and gave up everything that could cause me to develop high blood pressure in my 50s. But I got it in my 50s now and I have to take the prescription anyway.
I really wish I had those years back. I would have just enjoyed myself and eaten like everybody else did. They enjoyed themselves and I didn’t but now I take the same drug as they have to.”

[KierkegaardMAN]

The most compelling scientific study I’ve come across was when an Irishman gave his horse a diet of just fresh air and water. The horse was just making it and then he died.

[Vendome]

[Dartoid]

BS

[servo1969]

“you could be losing”

Or you could not.

See how that works?

[Paal Gulli]

Originally marketed as a temperance drink and intended as a patent medicine, Coca-Cola was invented in the late 19th century by John Stith Pemberton in Atlanta, Georgia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola

Likewise, claims that Food A is “unhealthy,” or worse, that Food B is “healthier” than Food C, are almost without exception balderdash.

[oldasrocks]

I thought ingesting all these preservatives would make me live longer.