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degenerative disease does that, it slowly stacks damage so slowly that people normalize the changes that happened because of it, there's also the fact that people have a tendency to only seek healthcare only on emergency instead of doing routine check ups
Quitting sugary sodas was one of the best decisions I've ever made for myself. Now I inject the raw high fructose corn syrup directly into my veins, instead. Much more cost effective.
I want to tell you the story of one of my roommates. This was back in 2021. This guy NEVER drank water. In all the time I knew him, he only ever drank soda, or alcohol. Mostly soda. He'd go through 12-16 cans a day. To make matters worse, he was mostly sedentary. He had gout, which caused him a lot of pain just walking around. So he moved as little as he could get away with. Worked a job as a gatehouse security guard where he sat behind a desk all day, and when he was home, he slept or sat on the couch watching TV. He died of a sudden heart attack one afternoon. I was the one who called the emergency services after my other roommate found him. He was only 43. I can't say for sure that it was his dietary habits which caused his death, but he certainly didn't do himself any favours. Drink water and exercise.
It astounds me that anyone can even make it past 25 without realizing you NEED to drink water. Its pretty strong evidence in my case that humans are Not Equal. In fact some of us are truly below average intellectually.
I have CPTSD & as a teenager was misdiagnosed as bipolar & put on mood stabilizers. One of the side effects is this insane desire for sweet drinks. I was literally obsessed with soda & drank tons of it everyday. Then I decided to do some research bc I didn’t seem to be like the other bipolar ppl I met, & realized I prob wasn’t bipolar. I found a new Dr who agreed & took me off the mood stabilizer. I Lost my taste for sweet drinks and immediately lost that 30lbs I could never get rid of, and I felt amazing. I’d spent years constantly tired from the meds and the sugar & I had like this new lease on life. Unfortunately it didn’t last long bc I developed ME/CFS but for like two years I felt great. I don’t even drink juice now. I realized I like the fuzzy aspect of soda and bought a soda stream & I literally can’t stand sweet drinks anymore. But something I discovered is that a lot of psych meds give ppl insane cravings for sugar. If you ever notice a friend get diagnosed with a mental illness then gain a lot of weight, it’s the meds. I knew this tiny girl, like one of those girls who never gained weight. Had tiny bones and like no meat. She had a psychotic break and was put on a ton of meds and immediately became chubby. The cravings thise drugs give you are no joke. They can be a life saver for ppl with severe mental illness but they have a real downside. Like I’m now at a heightened risk of Parkinson’s disease when I get older bc of the drug I was on.
@@youtubedeletedmynamewhybother Humans are emotional machines, just like every other animal. Loving the taste of sugar, of salt, of fats makes the animal want to find certain fruits, hunt of certain animals. Nature has achieved a certain balance over millions of years. Since the advancement of modern science, which happened around 1700, humans have solved a certain set of problems. Now it has become easy to buy tons of sugar, salt, meats, etc. I can go to the store and buy lots of coffee, cola drinks, salty chips. It feels good to eat such things. Exercising doesn’t feel good. It is easier to sit around and get entertained with the TV. First world problems :)
i have a coworker that's like this. He's proud that he doesn't drink water, only eats meat, etc. His kidneys are definitely going to shut down one day. His diet is absolute trash. He proudly states he does not eat vegetables. It's insane to me. There are a ton of folks like him in the united states. You don't even need to exercise, just go for walks of at least 30 minutes in length once or twice a day. Be active, do chores, move around, etc. If you can work in some strenuous activity that's great but really not required, same with some resistance training.
7 liters every day for at least a decade? It's actually amazing that it took that long before his body finally failed. Amazing how resilient the human body is.
My mom died at 50 after having a heart attack during her second battle with cancer. I never saw her drink water. Only ever coca cola or chocolate milk. I am 34 and only drink water. No alcohol, no soda, not even coffee or tea. I got scared STRAIGHT!
The sad reality is that your mom's death may have nothing to do with what she drink. My uncle was a national sports team member and a health freak who avoided all sugars but died of heart attack at age 52
You should drink tea without any sugar/sweetener/etc. Green tea for instance has a ton of health benefits. Remembe, tea with ZERO sugar = exactly like water.
Well he wanted to impress his tutor. I don't think he really needed to if he just said - "Hey, I just found out the guy is drinking 24 cans of soda a day." Just luck he was there to witness it.
That is 25,550 Liters Soda in that 10years. which is very much thinkable. if you visualize it in volume of cubic meters that is 25.55 cubic meters of water, cubic meter = 1:1meters cube. the general lenght of a lido ( bri'ish english open air pool ) is 25 meters. ( 50meters lenght and 25 width for those large sized pools used in olympics ) he drank that in 10years. kidneys have left the chat.
@@Xander1Sheridansomeone commented here that at one point he drank up to 36 cans a day. That's about 12 liters if he's talking about the 355ml ones. HOW
A long time friend of mine passed away a few years ago due to colon cancer. He was addicted to soda. Even when they removed a part of he large intestine, the surgeon told him no soda for at least three days. My friend didn't listen and went down to the cafeteria and got a bottle of soda the day after surgery. He even called the cafeteria before he was admitted to see if they sold the soda he liked. That's die hard addiction. He passed way at the age of 47.
@@clydecraft5642 I've got two addictions, curtailing consumption causing PVCs enough to toy around with v-tach. Caffeine and nicotine. Around the first peak of COVID-19 hospitalizations, I was hospitalized with a form of heart failure, caused by a thyroid storm. With the storm managed, I began to rapidly recover. About the point where I tried to sneak out for a smoke, well, the staff had a chuckle (one of my nurses literally caught me at the exit to the building as she was coming on shift, the nurse administrator having a jolly laugh over the whole thing) and knew I was pretty well recovered. Two days later, I was discharged. As for soda, I prefer my water plain and might, just maybe, have one soda per day and usually, it's only once per week. I do drink a lot less caffeine, primarily coffee, due to damage to one heart valve from, despite being vaccinated and boostered, COVID. I shudder to think what would've been damaged or destroyed without that vaccine to blunt the worst of the infection!
My wife has been doing this, but I have got her to dramatically cut down... I'm trying to show her things like this, because she lacks the understanding of these issues. God bless this Doc that has this channel. Waiting for her to wake up to show her! Thanks buddy!
@@TxqenioI got Urinary Track Infection after eating some spoiled momos once, I noticed my bleeding d*ck and that was hella traumatic I drink a LOT of water and am very careful of my food ever since that day
Only The Great God and Saviour Jesus Christ can save us and scripture saith in Proverbs 20 : 24 Man's goings are of The Lord ; how can a man then understand his own way? Trust not in our own understanding nor " science" but trust only and wait on The Lord Jesus Christ the way, the truth and the Life.
I was highly addicted to sugar my whole childhood. People around me (family, doctors..) not only allowed it, but supported it. I looked skinny. Most of it came from sodas containing caffeine, which in turn promoted muscle loss and insuline resistence, as is said in the video. When I was ~22, I was hospitalized with severe arrhythmia. They never found out what was happening to me, but the only thing that had changed was fluid intake and no suggar/caffein intake. That one day of my life my diet was back to normal and it had HUGE positive consequences on how i felt and my heart's condition. Since then I avoid sugar and caffeine. I'm getting rid of niccotine and alcohol too completely. I will be one healthy human.
No such thing as a sugar addiction, I wish people would quit calling everything an addiction just because they can't or won't stay away from something. Unless it's something your actually brain or body has to have without having withdrawals, then it's not an addiction. Sugar is not one of them.
@@up0820the medical definition is different than the common usage people can have an addiction to anything if you're not looking at specifically the medical definition, and also an addiction is not only about the chemicals it's about the mental impact. I think what you're thinking about is addictive substances
@@up0820You are addicted to anything your body craves and is dependent on. Physiologically and psychologically, they're two different descriptions, but you absolutely can get addicted to sugar.
It never ceases to amaze me that so many people in the world have such insane habits like drinking gallons of soda every day. In ways it makes me worry that I might have weird tendencies like that without actually thinking anything of it.
Oh, you see, those habits all start out small and insignificant and slowly increase to absurd proportions over years and years. Think about hoarders, for example - it doesn't start out with them filling up whole rooms with garbage and climbing over cartons just to access their beds, no, it starts out with nothing but a slightly messy room. Someone who drinks a lot of soda maybe starts with a can a day, and then it slowly becomes an addiction that requires them to drink gallons of it every day. An alcoholic might start off with a few glasses of beer with his friends every weekend; a chainsmoker starts off by smoking one or two cigarettes during lunch break. It's the classic example of "boiling the frog" - if you increase the abnormality of a behavior slowly enough, the affected won't notice how dangerous it has become.
What’s weird to me is how grown ass adults who never drink water don’t see anything wrong when they all of a sudden start urinating a crapton more than usual. It’s not always a sign of an oncoming shitstorm, but it’s definitely something you need to be paying attention to
Humans are weird man. It's okay to be off. But goddamn 7 liters!!! I've done every drug imaginable for a lot longer than I probably should have but even in my 40's I look 10 years younger than a lot of others my age. I drink a shit load of water ever since I was a kid. I have all my teeth, all my hair no medical issues, very little white/grey hair almost 20/20 vision. I ate like crap and still don't eat totally that good but I always go on walks and I work in scenic shops in NYC and take the train which is pretty physical sometimes if not all the time. Water, water, water. It'll keep you young. Oh and not having kids probably helps haha.
It’s been proven that sugar is more addicting to the body than cocaine. Drinking sugar makes you feel like crap, but to feel better you go for that instant hit when you drink it, and you have to keep drinking it to feel functional
@@bongwelll I don't agree with the drug part but not having kids definitely helps. I don't know how many years younger I look but I can bet it's all due to no kids, some fun.
I'm 64 and fragile as a baby. Everything in this video I'm hearing for the first time in my life and it all makes sense. From now on no more fizzy drinks, products containing caffeine or sugar. I don't want to die. I'm too young.
I had a friend who was a diabetic,and ended up in the hospital with low potassium. He did not drink this much soda,but he drank it till he died of a heart attack in his sleep. This video helped me connect the dots about what happened to my friend. Thank you.
My dad used to make us go buy 2L soda bottles twice a day. This happened for many years until one day, he had to be taken to the hospital. His sugar levels were insanely high, if he hadn’t shown up within half an hour, he’d be dead. He would have many trips to the hospital and still, unfortunately, he ended up needing dialysis in 2021. He only lasted one year on it and passed away in 2022. Please, people, limit the amount of soda you drink.
I used to have a major soda problem up until last year. I was drinking roughly 30-36 cans a day. Luckily, I had friends that cared about me, and they pushed me to just 5. I did it the dumb way though, and went from all to just the 5. When I say the headaches, irritability, and just easy agitation at even the tines things while I went through the major withdrawals for that first week and a half was a pain, it really really was. I'm now down to 2 cans a day, and feeling significantly better and actualy have more energy. Check up on your soda overdrinking friends. Give them the push to cut back.
Flavored carbonated water kicked my soda habit. Try it out. Way cheaper too. Costco has the best value but La Croix is the best tasting. To me, the bubble water is “good enough”. Good job and good luck! PSA, ALL BUBBLE WATERS HAVE PFAS IN THEM. THERES STUDIES AND VIDEOS OUT THERE. MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION
Was wondering where my fellow soda addicts were. Some of us can just handle that much without any medical issues, at least at first lol. I went over 10 years with a minimum of 20 cans a day. I had pre-diabetes, and was overweight ofc, but I never really had any serious medical issues, or any problems with my kidneys. I eventually quit just because it was too difficult to maintain cost-wise, and I got with a partner who cared about my health. I still drink one here or there but never on a daily basis! No idea if I have any kind of damage from my poor lifestyle choices, as I haven't been able to afford a doctor in years and that won't change unless the US medical complex changes.
The actor laying on his back to call 911 was too funny looking along with him sitting in the chair under all the soda cans with his eyes rolling back !
I'm 31 and I had my first kindey stone a couple months back. I found out later that it was a tiny one, but it still had me rolling around on the floor, moaning. I consume very little sugar in my diet but at that time in my life I was drinking hardly any water. Needless to say it wasn't long after that I went out and bought a 2L bottle with built-in straw. I fill it with water when I wake up, and it stays on my desk within arm's reach all day.
I have never had kidney stones or any other similar problem, but I did suffer from headaches A LOT as a kid. My best friend in gradeschool always carried a big water bottle with her, and I started doing the same. I always have it within arm's reach, and I end up drinking a lot more water for it. And, surprise surprise- my near-constant headaches all but went away! I still get migraines, but those are from other causes. My daily dehydration headaches are no more. I would genuinely recommend to EVERYONE that they keep a large water bottle on hand at all times. Saved me a lot of misery, and considering the prevalence of mild chronic dehydration, I bet it would help a lot of other people, too
Doctors can recommend a kidney stone reducing diet. There’s more to it than just drinking more water. Although drinking plain water is certainly a great start. 🤞
You should consider adding a bit of lemon to the water. I also have kidney stones and my urologist always asks if I've drunk some lemonade to help with dissolution.
I also haven't had a kidney stone yet, though my dad has. I absolutely agree with marcom on this, after I started using a reusable water bottle I never want to go back. Without it it's so easy to just not drink enough water because drinking from a water fountain is inconvenient or I had to get to my next class. As a result, I would often get headaches, and often get migraines. In my case, my migraines do seem to have some connection to hydration, and to stress, and just being able to drink water whenever I wanted to led to me getting migraines quite a bit less often, though this might have also been age-related. Though on the other hand, random headaches have become very rare for me, which has been great.
I got a kidney stone from being dehydrated. I take some meds that make it easy for me to get dehydrated. The pain was on par with childbirth. Kidney stones are no joke
It always floors me how easy it is for people to waltz in to hospital rooms with the exact thing that is hurting their patients. Just saw an episode of my 600 pound life where the patient's boyfriend brought an entire pizza into the bariatric unit. I know that staff aren't able to micromanage every little detail of their unit but they have to see the obvious threat with enablers.
They really can't legally stop it as long as they're deemed legally competent and no one has power of attorney over them. They can tell the person not to do it, but unless it's drugs or alcohol, the hospital staff can't really stop the patient from doing what they want or stop their friends or family from bringing them things they've been told not to have. That's why bariatric surgery isn't often successful. You still have to have willpower and be willing to change your habits and more often, they're not.
@@upinarms79 Hospitals can absolutely kick out any unwanted visitors, this is why they have security guards. It would be a violation of their Hippocratic oath not to do so if they know it's happening. I know this personally since I was caught with extra prescription bottles of the same drug they were already giving me for maintenece (doubling up) they didn't allow any visitors from that point thinking someone brought them in. It wasn't illegal since I was legally prescribed them but it was a hazard to my health and they had to do it. That move probably saved my life.
I saw something similar when on a CTG monitor in the pregnancy ward. Someone with gestational diabetes drank 3 cans of full fat coke in the space of half an hour while I was there. The midwifes didn't say anything but I felt an air of judgement
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I had a 25yo friend in the '90s that was dealing with multiple kidney stones. He had been told it was because of him drinking a case of dark cola a day regularly. (Something in dark colas caused the kidney stones) He switched to non-cola sodas which stopped the kidney stones, but I doubt his body did well with this continual consumption of sugar water. Seeing such nasty health impacts as such a young age terrified me and I've never forgotten about it.
@@Talador12 Blaming it all on caffeine alone is like smoking cigarettes and blaming cancer on burning paper, it just makes zero sense. Sodas are soup of harmful chemicals, caffeine being probably the least harmful.
@@SomnathBhattacharjeewwe Stop with zero for at least a week or two and then alternate between sugary and zero more often. Zero has that effect on me too sometimes especially when I drink it often and/or in higher contents.
@5xt You sound eerily like my friend did. He had lots of strategies to combat the heath issues, but none of his strategies ever involved actually stopping drinking the garbage. It was always "I can drink this type instead of that type."
Love the actors who play BA and the doctor, who were also in the food truck episode, are a riot and very enjoyable to watch. You gotta use these guy on more episodes. Not to make light on people's bad experiences with health issues, but when you have extreme cases with stubborn, or ignorant people it could be very effective.
Damn, I actually feel myself in this situation. I used to drink like 1.5-2 litters of soda every day for a few years. Then I had a 5 years break and last year I started again and recently I''ve been trying to quit it. If I had unlimitted soda in an office I would just drink as much as I could lol. Poor guy. A good example for me not to start drinking soda again.
I feel this. My parents never drank water, and drank 8 cans of coke a day. my mother has had acute kidney failure bc of the sodas. When I was a teen I finally realised our diet wasn’t normal. I try my best to keep to 1-2 sodas a day. It’s my only addiction; no smoking, drinking, gambling, not even coffee etc. I know I should drink less. Rooting for you! it’s wild how addicting it is, and I’m definitely bookmarking this video as a reminder!
Dont worry I drink 4,5l a day and take the highest legally amount of ritalin you can get prescribed a day for 8 years now. I most likely will not get very old but for now every blood test is perfectly fine no sign of damage
@@rhyserian5406 thank you, I will be rooting for you too. If I was asked to recomend something in quiting it would be making lemon water. I just take a 1.5 litter bottle and put there a tiny (like really small not to make it too sour) piece of lemon or a slice or orange. It helps to make water feel more like you know substantial and try to drink it instead of coke. This one actually has some vitamins unlike god know what the f like in fanta which promotes itself having some juice.
same, the past 2 years ive also had quite a problem, where id go to the supermarket and buy a full 1,5l coke a day. i also like the guy in the vid would wake up and drink coke 1st thing in the morning. ive managed to somewhat quit for monetary reasons though.
@@MACTEP_CHOB Never made it myself! Over the years I've had my parents' coffee, coffee friends had made, tried coffee at various offices, tried Starbucks, tried a couple other places. Just never liked it.
Sugar may seem benign compared to other substances but it seems to still be habit forming and dangerous in excess. Congratulations on making positive changes, keep it up!
I used to drink about as much too. I’ve been eating healthier and generally paying more attention to nutrition facts. It’s obscene how much sugar is in 1 can of soda
Congrats, great job! A lot of people don't realize how unhealthy and addictive that much sugar and caffeine can be. So in case you haven't heard it: I'm proud of you, stranger. I really am, and I wish you good health!
It’s so stupid that the doctors didn’t ask the patient to list everything he consumed in the last 2 weeks. It would be helpful for any doctor trying to figure out what’s going on. Is this politically incorrect to ask nowadays?
@@psalmreader8049I want to know if his wife was stupid (or they both were) or if she was trying to get that life insurance payout... As if she didn't know the soda was basically killing him!
@@psalmreader8049sometimes it's not just about asking patients as in case of B.A here, mostly patients know all this is to be informed to the medical experts when ending up on a hospital bed near to death, but unfortunately sometimes patients are soo DUMB!, that they simply wanna hide there history... An then they wanna blame it up on doctors, when they die due to there own stupidity! Imagine how people can go to the church an simply make confessions when they have never even seen God with there own eyes,but simply wanna hide there miserable actions frm someone who is standing in front of them to readily save there life..
@@psalmreader8049 I assume the doctors had more serious tasks at hand and they thought that supplementing potassium and fluids would eventually solve the problem - probably dehydration , it got low priority at first... but later they switched focus on him, because his case didn't improve, it actually got worse. Students just have more time to be around and ask questions. I had the same thing a year ago when I was hospitalized during weekend. They ran tests but doctors didn't communicate with me, they only gave me blood transfusions since I had very low hemoglobin levels - pernicious anemia. On Monday I was attended by 2 students from Norway and they asked me million of questions. Later my doctor came and asked me a couple of key questions and I was home by Wednesday with ordered treatment.
@@psalmreader8049 I think it's also stupid that the patient didn't bring it up. The patient CLEARLY knew it was an addiction and something is wrong... but then keeps it silence? LOL what?
First you tell me I can't eat an 8-pound burger in 30 seconds and now you're telling me I can't drink 7 liters of soda a day? Why must you take away everything I love!?
When I was in high school in the 90s, my debate teacher would come to school every day with a briefcase. The briefcase was full of cans of Diet Coke. He claimed to drink a case per day. He knew he had a problem. He was a tall, heavy set guy. I'm not sure what happened to him, but this video made me think of him.
Back in highschool, I was a chubby kid eating 3 packets of ramen AT ONCE, and drinking at least 4 cans of soda daily. Not to mention sitting around playing CoD without much physical activity. One day, I put the plate down, and felt a severe chest pain that radiated to my left arm. I wasn't a medical student back then, but I knew what was going on. When the pain thankfully went away, I stopped consuming ramen and soda cold turkey. I lost 22lbs in 2 months just from that. 10 years later today, I absolutely hate ramen and soda when I taste them.
@@middleofnowhere1313he more than likely used the rudimentary object of cause n effect If you have heart pain 💔 or tightness in the nerves IDENTIFY why n stop doing the thing that caused the medical problem
@@nautgamingnautgaming9949I'm pretty sure they're asking if the OP ever got checked out because it sounds like they had a heart attack! Yeah, the dietary changes are a duh, but come on. You should make sure your heart didn't try to just stop pumping.
This case reminds me of my aunt and my cousin. They used to drink at least 2 liters of Coke every day until I watched Wall-E as a kid and looked up the adverse effects of soda and told them that their bones would start shrinking. Sure enough, they started drinking less soda and my cousin even quit altogether, save for having the occasional can. They went from being pretty big to being much smaller weight-wise. Excessive soda is very much a problem. America's soda habits being adopted by foreign countries is becoming a huge problem (my family is from Brazil)
Mexico is the worst off right now. They drink more coke per person than even the US. That's due to directed advertising and that the prices were dirt cheap around the 70's among other reasons, like politics. Sad to see a mother giving their baby some coke
Aw! Nice story, you should go into public health lol. The world needs people out there who know how to convince the public that it's really worth it to better their lifestyles!
Soda consumption is actually far more common in south America than north America. These days, in North America, we seem to prefer poisoning ourselves with seed oils and pesticides instead. Edit: and how could I forget about the microplastics!
@@stellviahohenheim Trust me, I don't drink a lot of water myself. If I have to drink water, I'll add fruit to it or I'll mix it with Liquid IV. Otherwise I drink juice that doesn't have added sugar in it or I'll drink milk
I remember my brother getting hospitalized for hypokalemia. We both had sweet soda addiction problem, the main difference is me having a less sedentary lifestyle back then. Thanks for sharing this story. It's good reminder to lower the soda consumption.
It's terrifying how many people suffer from the amount of soda they drink and don't understand that it's the soda that is causing their health problems. Trying to explain it usually shows that they are in complete denial about it. There's a few people I'm very concerned about but you can't force people to get medical treatment for addiction. It's stressful to watch a person slowly kill themselves with these drinks. Everyone thinks the only medically dangerous addictions are illegal drugs, alchohol and tobacco. Thank you so much for bringing attention and public awareness about the dangers of soda addiction.
@@tripplefives1402 msg is an addictive drug. it literally looks like cocaine when in powder form nobody is denying caffeine is addictive, its just that how a chemical looks does not say much about how it behaves
@@tripplefives1402 Correlation does not imply causation. Table salt also looks like tiny white crystals when powdered and you still need that stuff to live (in moderation).
I have a pot of coffee in the morning and water throughout the rest of the day. Helps that Dad has an icemaker upstairs and filtered water right in the fridge door, and I have a one-handed cup with flip up lockable straw!
@SarafinaSummers I drink one Monster a day (sugar free) for caffeine and then switch to water. I will occasionally have a sugar free soda if there's nothing else. But I've been trying to avoid having more than one caffeinated drink a day.
I rarely drink soda, but I do eat WAY too much sugar for my own good. I'm in my mid-30's and very slim, so I've never really taken the long-term health ramifications seriously... It's hard to when they're not visible. This video, with its rather terrifying description of what excess sugar does to the kidneys, is quite the wake-up call. I definitely need to start moderating my sugar intake.
there's a phrase called skinny-fat. It refers to people who are of a healthy weight but have the health of someone that's obese. A ton of people nowadays fall into this category of skinny-fat because their lifestyle is extremely sedentary. They lack muscle mass, they never exercise, their bone health is pretty bad, etc but because they're not overweight they consider themselves healthy.
@@CRneu Yes skinny fat is real. I was shocked to learn at age 41, 5'8", 150lbs (in the normal BMI range for my height) with a DEXA scan that I had over 30% body fat, which classified me as "obese". This also meant that my muscle mass was really low. Around this time, I also learned that I had slightly elevated triglycerides and a huge (2cm) gallstone. I have always considered myself to be a very healthy eater. I'm not like a frequent french fry and ice cream eater, or something like that. I almost never drink soda. I very seldom drink alcohol (
I replaced my sugar intake with fruits. I love the strawberry mango combination. So good. Also, you feel great when you do it consistently. One day I do kiwi strawberry. Other days I do strawberry with blueberries, or blueberries with pineapple. All organic. With these I would have pumpkin seeds and a variety of nuts (macadamia, almond, cashew, peanuts). This would be my lunch. I did this for 2 months and my body felt like I was in my 20's. Also, you use the bathroom more consistently. I'm turning 38. Gotta take care of your body man.
You can get a body composition scan that assesses your body fat percentage and tells you how much visceral fat you have (that is, fat surrounding your organs - those with higher levels of visceral fat are what we call "skinny fat"). If you're moderately-highly active it's possible you're burning the sugar efficiently, I think a lot of people who eat "normally" and don't get fast food everyday aren't over eating as much as they're eating their macros in the wrong ratios.
I'm glad to see the farmer made a reincarnation into a successful doctor after drinking all that diquat, things seemed really touch and go there for a minute.
I have a soda addiction, and switched to diet years ago. I was cutting sugar massively in general and lost 20-25 lbs. A few years later I took up weight lifting twice a week, and work jobs that have me physically active. But dude, 7 liters a day? Holy shit that's a nuts number. I think I've drank 3 a couple times in a seven year period, *maybe*, and sometimes 2, but I restrict soda and caffeine intake on my work days to sleep properly, and just cut myself off after a point not to stay up too late. I can't imagine drinking 7 in a day, ever. Not even close.
In my 20s I used to drink those huge diet big gulps in 7-11.. I didn't know it could mess up my kidneys but I got a blood test for an insurance policy.. That blood test told me something about excessive aspartame consumption they didn't tell me.. Only that I needed to abstain from all sodas for 4 months to get a clean test. The test with high diet cola consumption made me blood enzymes look like I was a heavy smoker, a heavy drinker & or a hard drug user when I never touched ANY of those things. Later, 20 years later, I found out that a few cans of the diet sodas are not only addictive but metholate the blood as much as SMOKING cigarettes! I have stopped drinking that crap back in 2009..and have regained my health.
@@bassbusterxIt's not as bad as it's made out to be. I drink Pepsi Zero just about every day, and I generally feel pretty good. I also get exercise regularly too though.
I used to drink a lot of soda, then I went to basic training for 2 months. After I got out, I tried my favorite drink and it tasted like straight up corn syrup. I couldn't imagine going back to drinking soda daily. It's a nice occasional sweet treat, but not a daily requirement!
I was waiting in the ER and heard a man saying he was in pain. The nurse said she would get the man Tylenol. She brought him Tylenol and water. His daughter said my Dad can't drink water, he is allergic to water, and he can only drink Sprite. She was so serious, I had to hold back laughing. The nurse tried to explain he wasn't allergic to water. His daughter bought him a Sprite from the pop machine. She was like here Dad now you can take the pills. She was irritated at the nurse.
I've had a bit of a soda problem. I realized in hind sight I would use diet coke as a hunger suppressant (get full on it) so I didn't get hungry. Here is to being a chubby kid! At one point I was drinking ~1 gallon of diet coke a day. I know that wasn't great for me, but I did always know I wasn't adding sugar to my body. I've since cut down and I really drink it mostly for flavor, I find it "refreshing" and "relaxing" after all of the years. That said, my body know when I'm low/high on sodium. I realized when soda tastes "bitter" I realize I need water, and my body will often "jones" for it, when I'm low on sodium. That said I'll never forget being in high school. A girl told me I'll get cancer from Diet Coke. I pointed out that she was currently smoking. She laughed and said "Yeah, but I'll die from cool person cancer." That woman lives rent free in mind to this day, because it's my Platonic example of stupidity.
ok that last part is kinda funny lol. and yeah its pretty wierd what your body does when its craving something. once i was randomly craving a burger when i was getting chemo... i never fucking eat burgers lol (i just dont like em). but that 1 burger was like the best thing to happen to me lol. and i think its bc then i was a bit protein depleted or something. and the other week i was at school and i was practically dying from overheating i think (it was a combo of that and i finished chemo like the day before). so instead of going for a sparkling ice like i normally do, i bought a normal water instead. and then chugged it in 5 seconds. yeah. oh also i was carb depleted to shit too somehow (i biked to school that morning so its probably that). and even after a long bike ride (like 10-20 miles), normally i have some water or maybe a soda, but once i was so glucose depleted i straight chugged a coke in literally 3 seconds, not even paying attention to the carbonation. yep really.
Aspartame only showed cancer in pregnant mice in that study. My father was one of the scientists running that experiment. I drink caffeine free diet soda and it’s not a diuretic for me. The caffeine is what causes frequent urination.
So I was a heavy coca cola drinker for many years. I wasn't quite at 7 liters a day, but I was around 4 liters a day, or about a 12 pack. This went on for about 10 years and then I started having major stomach and digestive problems. I stopped drinking soda almost 10 years ago, and I haven't felt better. I try to drink 3 liters of water a day minimum, but I also drink coffee and fruit juices. I drink freshly squeezed orange juice and I will drink lemonade occasionally. I'll never go back to dark soda again. I rarely will drink a ginger ale, or a 7-Up, but never dark sodas.
I glad you’ve cut down your chronic heavy soda intake, and of course an occasional soda once in a while probably won’t hurt, but there really isn’t any difference between clear soda and dark soda other than a small amount of benign food coloring. Per the video, it’s the sugar and caffeine that’s the issue. Light sodas are less likely to have caffeine from what I’ve seen but it’s not a guarantee. Over all, you are doing the right thing though in avoiding soda as much as you can. Keep it up!
For me I tracked my stomach problems to the HFCS. Soda is filled with it, and along with all the HFCS added to foods made it quite tricky to track down because I'd drink water, but still have problems.
The thought of it literally gives me the shakes and I'm SO happy I don't drink soda daily like I used to and found that water is all that can keep me running. Sure I may have any sugary drink probably once in awhile, but I've learned to develop self control in what I consume.
I was looking for such a comment. Even low mineral water seems seems too much... maybe on some hot days if doing some physical activity but still if you'd need it over a long period of time it's related to something that will cause consequences.
Come to Arizona. Working or exercising outdoors can necessitate dinking more than ten liters of water a day. I used to weigh myself before cycling in summer and after I returned. I filled a jug with a pint of water for every pound I lost; sometimes a one hour ride would leave me 4-5 liters light, even when I had finished off my 1 liter water bottle once or twice.
These videos make everything so much easier to understand, plus the definition breakdowns are really good to know and expand on. Excellent work. I wish it was like this in school.
Not as tied as sold, personal hygiene will greatly affect the outcome. I’m welsh decent (bad teeth) and drink 2ish liters of soda a day for about 25 years. I have had some teeth issues, but I have all but 2 of my real teeth and right now, only 1 minor cavity set to be filled soon. Im 41.
@@yOGlo Me in this case, and I do 1-2 times, plus daily mouthwash. My dad lost all his in his early 30’s from beer and not brushing. Hygiene strongly affects the outcome. Now would my teeth have lasted even longer without 25 years of soda? Sure. That’s probably a safe bet.
@@yOGlobrushing your teeth and flossing reduces the bacteria in your mouth. The caries bacteria in your mouth is trouble because they consume sugars and secrete acids, weakening and eventually eroding your enamel and tooth bone. Minimising the bacteria doesn't do more than a mosquitoe's fart when you're bathing your teeth in an acidic solution all day every day all on your own. Even if he chewed xylitol gum after every can this would be an enormous erosive load from the sheer volume and frequency of acid attacks.
For the last 3 years I've been struggling with excessive thirst and urination. I've told my doctor numerous times and they kept testing me for diabetes, urinary tract infections and kidney problems with no diagnosis. Eventually they found I had graves disease which was contributing to the problem, but now that my graves disease is under control, the excessive urination and thirst hasn't gone away, and my endocrinologist thinks I may have diabetes insipidus. I tried cutting out caffeine for a couple of months, but it didn't make any noticable difference to my symptoms. I live in a country where health services are under a lot of strain at the moment so it's a struggle getting any progress, but I'm hoping to eventually get my diagnosis and get it under control.
i haven't seen a case of DI since pediatric endocrine rotation at a central hospital years ago, it's so rare. they're treated with desmopressin. i hope you can get your diagnosis & treatment soon, best of luck
@@binary964my father had DI caused by a lesion on his pituitary stalk. Funny enough, that lesion lead to a biopsy that would eventually cause demise. Not because of any of his obscure medical issues, but because the surgeon messed up and then he bled on his brain in recovery for 2 hours. He lived for 16 years after with major disabilities and just passed a few weeks ago at 64 due to consistent infections that became unmanageable. He had DI the whole time, managed with desmopressin.
@@ElectricAlien577I had one from not drinking enough water. I was lucky it was a smooth one, uncomfortable but stayed below the point where I could not ignore it.
The title sounds like a description of my uncle. He owned a deli and always had unlimited virtually free Pepsi and always had at least 100 2 liter bottles of Pepsi in his house. Death by Pepsi. Severe diabetes, leg amputation, followed closely by death. R.I.P Uncle Skip/Skipper. 😢
Im so glad you covered this! I was going to ask as my dad nearly died a few years ago when he ended up in a diabetic coma. The symptoms at the beginning of the video were exactly the same and I knew right away. They had to measure his blood sugar manually in the hospital because it was so high. If they were correct, he had broken the guiness world record for the highest blood sugar level recorded. Hes doing great now. Hes managing his diet well to where he doesnt need to take anything for his diabetes. He made A recovery.
He doesn't have "diabetes". He has type two diabetes. They "measured his blood sugar manually" because... Well... That's how it's done LOL. I'm lifelong type 1 and before CGMs, we had to test 6+ times "manually" per day. Odd comment.
@@Rude_And_Tattooed That's what I was told by hospital staff. They calculated it manually because they're machine couldn't read it. Idk how that shit works.
@Semystic they may have put either his urine or his blood serum into a refractometer - it measures how much it bends light passing through it. Its the same tools maple farms and brewers use to measure syrup.
Maybe by manual they mean the lab tech had to manually dilute the sample to get it to the range where the machine could read it. That’s how we deal with samples whose values are off the charts.
My friend's father got weekly deliveries of Coca-Cola to his business back in the 60s. About twelve cases, I'd say. He was only there evenings and weekends. He had kidney stones removed when he was about 40. The stones were brown. I remember his uncle joking that they were from his notorious Coke consumption. It turns out he was actually onto something!
Must have been a big man to be able to accommodate 7kg of soda per day and not be incapacitated. Also, nice to see Sketchy-food-van-man’s side hustle pay off, that’s presumably how he financed his medical education. That and the life insurance payout he could claim after dying a couple of episodes ago!
I'm amazed he went that long without kidney stones. I drank one 12-pack of soda over the course of a day, and I got one. The doctor knew right away. He said, "You drink a lot of soda, don't you?"
If I didn't watch this video, I wouldn't have known that the scientific names for different types of diabetes are based on the difference in the patients' urine taste
I read a report here in Germany about the effects of soda with diabetes. My father is a type 2 diabetic, although he is very athletic and has normal weight and at 70 years of age he also takes pills for renal insufficiency. He drank 1 liter of sugar free soda a day and I showed him the report and he drastically reduced his consumption of soda and his nephrologist was amazed at how extremely improved all parameters were regarding kidney function. Soda is a terrible stuff, I drink soda 1-2 times a month, otherwise I stick to water, coffee and tea and the video encouraged me to continue to do so.
I also stick to water, tea, and coffee, usually. I am intolerant to artificial sugar and milk, so there isn't a lot I can drink here in America. I have discovered Celsius energy drinks-- sugar free-- and I love them. Only 1 a day, though. They have half the recommend dose of caffeine, but a regular Starbucks 12 Oz has about 3/4 recommend dose. Any coffee over 12 Oz at Starbucks is literally dangerous. I don't know why there isn't legislation against that.
@@younce-davis952remember that both tea and coffee contain caffeine (even sugar-free chocolate) so you're not doing yourself much of a favor, guy in the video also cut off his sugar consumption but it was caffeine that was the culprit. Where yes, sugar is bad, it's much harder to overdose it compared to caffeine and it's much healthier to cut off caffeine rather than sugar if you have to choose. this plus guy drank 7 litres of liquids which is way above what you should drink per day which further diluted his mineral composition. In fact even drinking just water in this quantities is gonna end bad for you. It's a pure example of overconsumption, in reality you're free to consume whatever you want, it's not going to harm you unless you're overdosing. You can easily drink a can or two of coke per day and be fine if you control the rest of your diet.
@@Decasia Type 2 diabetes *is* genetic but you can do a lot to avoid developing diabetes if you are able to keep your weight normal and eat a healthy, balanced diet. If you eat bread try to stick mainly to whole grain bread, if you eat rice try to use only Basmati which converts more slowly to sugar than other varieties. Don't be afraid to have a sugary treat occasionally. It won't do any harm if it's not frequent and psychologically just knowing you can do that is good. Mediterranean diets are good but if that includes Turkish for you, limit the baklava :)
@younce-davis952 Been drinking Celsius for years now, but not more than one a day. I buy the sticks now for convenience. Maybe the sticks are better because no soda.
Even when I used to be addicted to soda as a teen, I could never drink more than 2-3 servings in a day without getting sick to my stomach. 7 liters is INSANE. He’s lucky to be alive.
Somewhat had a similar situation in 2022. For the past 5 years I was drinking around 2 liters of soda a day. Suddenly the thirst become a lot worse than normal so I started drinking 4-6 liters a day. By day 5 I was extremely weak and couldn't keep any food down. I was constantly hot even though it was the middle of winter ended up going to the hospital and found out I came extremely close to being in a diabetic coma. My blood sugars were 1700 and I had a slight kidney injury. Fast forward to today I limit my sodas to no more than 2 diet cans a day and my a1c went from 11 to 3.9
If thirst becomes worse, drink water??? In what world is SODA a thirst quencher?? I'm amazed at Americans, common sense just doesn't fucking exist for so many of you. Like ????
@@jordywillaert-rt9qtit's possible sadly. Some people just don't feel the "full" sensation and will keep drinking non stop. I knew and know people who will drink 2 liters of soda in a matter of seconds
A friend of mine quit drinking soda and lost a huge amount of weight over the next couple of years without changing anything else. I was actually shocked at how big an effect it had, and she didn't drink what I would have thought was excessive, just a can or two a day.
I used to drink regular soda every day. I almost exclusively drink zero ones now. I'm not sure how much weight I've lost, but I certainly feel better day-to-day. I used to drink 2 and sometimes 3 20 oz bottles of Mountain Dew a day. ONE bottle has 125% of the added sugar you should have in a day and more than 70 grams of carbs. Carbs are a huge factor in weight gain, and you should have 225-300 a day MAX.
@JustAnAverageWoman69 True, but it's not so easy to just give an indulgence up. @@jaskajokunen3716 Never said they were healthy, but as bad as regular soda or worse? That's highly debatable. Evidence of more severe effects is extremely lacking and has been for a long time. Even the WHO's recent evaluation reaffirmed that aspartame is perfectly fine at 40 mg/kg of bodyweight, which is about 9-14 cans for the average person. Anything can be harmful in excess.
@@jaskajokunen3716 You're commenting on a video that pretty much directly contradicted what you're claiming, with receipts. Even if artificial sweeteners were exactly as bad as the same quantity of sugar, you'd still be better off because they're hundreds of times sweeter and you consume tiny amounts of it.
This video makes me SO HAPPY I stopped drinking soda as a kid. I still think about some of my old childhood friends and how they boasted about _never_ drinking water...I hope they're doing better about that now. Water all the way ♥
I’m in my young adult years, and I used to drink soda a lot, but in fairness, no way it was as much as this guy did. Through a series of long and hard stares in the mirror, and the pandemic being a huge factor, I made a conscious decision to start losing weight , and cut out soda completely except for one in a blue moon. Now I’m at a better weight of around 230 from 305-309 and now I enjoy water mixed with water flavor packets. I’m sure that if I continued to drink soda, with my luck, I probably wouldn’t make it to 40.
It's still insane to me how much worse high-fructose corn syrup seems to make sodas or.. pretty much all sweetened things. It'd be unthinkable to become overweight by drinking soda alone here, since the industries use much less carb dense cane/beet sugar
i have 2 o 3 cans of coke zero a week, mainly after work on stressful days. sometimes less. how does someone drink 2 gallons a day? even drinking that much water would kill you.
My mom was mentally ill and had compulsion issues. She used to drink six 2L of Pepsi a day, along with half a tall jar of instant powdered tea, half a gallon or more of wine or beer, and four packs a day of cigarettes. She died in 2017 at only 63 years old, having blown out her kidneys and becoming completely incontinent. It was a terrible existence for her.
0:33 Not the point of the video but this workplace fad was so annoying. Unlimited soda, (poor quality) beer, beanbags, hammocks, ping-pong table... just pay out the perks as cash bonus, damnit.
Man, this video came out with some incredible timing for me. I have just been talking to my wife about cutting back on caffeine (energy drinks) intake lately, and while she's nowhere as extreme as the individual in this case, she's still been on them daily for at least 10 years, while I gave them up 5+ years ago entirely. I've been trying to convince her to stop because you'll "feel so much better" when you quit, like I do, but this puts science behind that personal experience that will hopefully help her draw the same conclusion I have about caffeine/sugar that I have over the past several years. For the record, she's regularly experiencing headaches, and quite thirsty when she hasn't had any on any given day. Last thing I want is for her health to be compromised because of some corpo shit she's drinking, and this'll give me at the very least a small helping hand towards the goal of getting her clean.
a lot of medical professionals believe that energy drinks are going to wrack up a lot of premature deaths, heart failures, etc in the coming years. We're already seeing the average age of heart attacks dropping pretty quickly, and it's linked to increased energy drink consumption. Lots of young kids are having heart issues because of it. It's wild.
Im avid soda drinker and i have good feeling about my body health , i can tell you one thing certain . Energy drinks are death in a can . Few years ago i tried to mix them with my soda because on paper they looked more fun and could drink less. i tried nearly all , and i cant tell you how horrible they are. Extreme dehydration and extreme heart beat are one of the few things they do , and im extremely used to sugar and caffeine spikes . 1 energy drink(small one) a week is probably fine but i wont go for more then than . again they are death in a can avoid at all cost .
@@CRneu it's happening I've heard many people 40 and under are getting cancer, and, mix it with the tattoo ink into the lymph nodes? It's a foreign object.. Those who got tattoos, need to drink more water than those who don't Not just fluids, but WATER
This guy used to work with me who would drink nothing but soda; we work outside in the Texas summer heat and humidity. I can't, for the life of me understand why he would never drink water. He would need to go to the restroom several times a day and was very overweight (5'9" 300lbs). The dude would always be complaining about having migraines and he started to miss like 3 days of work a week. I don't know how many times I told him that he needed to stop drinking soda and start eating better (He also ate nothing but junk, hated vegetables you know the drill). Anyway, it ended up getting so bad that he had to move himself and his family back to his parents in California. Haven't heard from him since. I wish he would just watch something like this and get the picture of what he is doing to his body.
Respect to that student doctor for going beyond to find out what’s wrong with a patient, more doctors should aspire to be like that, not enough do have that mentality.
Better working conditions for medical professionals across the entire board would help a lot too. My mother in law is an LPN with nearly 30 years of experience and the rage she feels in her heart when you have a director of nursing and two RN's on shift but have to call her to manage a catheter is off the charts. Once someone coded and no on on shift at the nursing home knew how to do CPR with an actual nurse there. Of course she made complaints but the working hours, being on call 24/7, it's just insane. I can't imagine doctors have it any easier if it's that bad for nurses.
Most medical students do have a similar mindset; it's just most won't chance upon such a huge clue that everyone else in the team missed. In the 3rd year of medical school, more than half of the student's grade is based on the attending/residents' evaluation of the student, so the student has to do whatever they can to make a good impression everyday...and that's on top of studying for exams. But yeah in general, staying a little longer with the patient, connecting and empathizing with them, and reading up on the relevant literature are always good practices no matter what.
My daughters were really interested when you brought up Diabetes Insipidus. I have had that for my entire life. Definitely a rare condition not widely know in 1962. My oldest daughter, who is a practicing Veterinarian was the one who told me exactly which hormones were responsible for my kidneys not processing my fluids. My youngest daughter was excited because you mentioned another verbiage for Diabetes Insipidus that I could use whenever I am hospitalized so my diabetes insipidus won't be mistaken for sugar diabetes...which is frustrating and happens way to often. Thank you for your great content.
I also have DI and deal with the same issue as doctors/nurses not understanding that I'm NOT diabetic. I don't make enough Antidiuretic Hormone is what I have to tell them, and that it doesn't affect my blood sugar. They hear diabetes(just means you pee a lot), and don't listen to the rest of what you're saying. 🙄 I also take Desmopressin for it, so it's obvious by my meds exactly what type of diabetes I have.
I went to the hospital years ago because of a case of some sudden onset weakness and it happened to be an aki. I was lifting a bag up that was 5 pounds and it felt like 100. I had a serious drinking problem, and chased it down with all the sugary water and candies you could dream of. Glad I was able to make it out okay. Ill never forget that feeling, if I continued to ignore it I would have figured out what dying felt like.
I think there is a link between addiction to alcohol amd addiction to overconsuming sugar in some genetic types. Like an intolerance that makes craving more likely. I have this tendency so am very careful
So I have been watching your videos for ages- but now I'm in Veterinary school and going through physiology and it has given me a deeper appreciation of your presentations! Even though I'm studying Veterinary Physiology, we focus on mammals so it is all very similar to what you're discussing in humans (if not completely the same in most areas). Love it!
Nah, people just don't know their bodies well enough to keep it well maintained. Is like owning a car and putting dish soap water in the gas tank. It course it isn't gonna function
I had something similar happen to me when I was about 28. I drank litres of Cola every day. I then eventually switched to diet since it was the 'lesser of two evils' in my naive mind, thinking it would be a healthier choice because of the lack of sugar. I actually didn't know I had severe untreated ADHD at the time and cola was the only thing that helped me focus, study, work, and I had no idea why (I didn't understand that stimulants can actually alleviate ADHD, not make you bounce off the walls even further). Eventually, things started going wrong. I started feeling fatigued beyond fatigued; so weak I could barely lift my arms or even get out of bed. I'd lay in bed for around 18 hours to 24 hours sometimes, and fade in and out of unnecessary sleeps. I remember one day I woke up after being in bed for about 24 hours and this weakness had progressed to the extent that I couldn't get out of bed, and I felt like I was almost ready to die, but I had absolutely no idea that this was from what I was drinking. I'd lived on soda for so long without symptoms that I'd mentally excluded it, and I also had friends who lived on the stuff (considerably more than myself, and they seemingly had no problems). I guess I never really thought about genetic differences much then. For the first time, I began actually drinking water because I was too fatigued to leave and go buy cola. One day, I noticed something unusual; I hadn't peed in about 18 hours. and I was beginning to have 'back pain' (kidney pain radiating around from the sides) so I went to the ER and told them everything; back pain, fatigue beyond fatigue, haven't urinated in almost 24 hours (and the output the days prior was probably not amazing either). The doctors told me I just need to drink water and discharged me. I went home in agony, tried drinking water but nothing was coming out and returned to the ER about half a day later. Same deal; "You're probably just dehydrated, you need to drink more water" despite the fact I'd tried to down as much as I could, and they discharged me. I returned to the ER once again because my back was hurting like someone was digging something into my shoulderblades, and I felt so tired/weak that I could barely speak or function. I'm fortunate that being in Australia, I didn't have to pay for this. They were just preparing to discharge me for the 3rd time with "Oh it's the dehydrated guy again, we've told you again and again, go home and drink more water!". I hadn't gone to the bathroom in about maybe 30 hours at this point and I felt like death and was fading out every half hour. This time however, a different doctor came in and was preparing to examine me before discharging me when he felt my sides and he -immediately- lit up; "Your sides are remarkably tender, I think we need to run a few tests". I was given a different blood test, and when the doctor returned a few hours later with the results, he had me sent upstairs and put into an isolated biohazard room. It seems the prior tests did not include kidney function specifically with the exception of "EGFR", and mine was apparently very low. According to my diary, my creatinine level was ">300", no unit specified. What I didn't know is that 2 other doctors were being flown in from other hospitals across Australia to come and examine me because there was an assumption that I had been poisoned. Apparently '28 year olds don't get kidney failure'. I don't quite recall what my other blood markers were, but I remember that one doctor said one of the values was "massively deranged". The 3 doctors that ended up at the hospital ran a very extensive screening and interview session with me because they said they'd never seen anything like it before and it looked like a poisoning. I was on IV fluids for a long time (very hard to measure time when you are 'falling asleep' every half hour, then waking up every half hour over 24 hours every day), I began passing normally again, and aside from some other rather unusual abdominal symptoms, I was discharged after 4 days. I wasn't fully recovered, but my levels were a bit better. The nurses told me "Just letting you know, you'll have to come back in for dialysis before Christmas. No one gets to this stage and recovers, just wanted you to know so you don't get a shock later. It's been 6 years this December, and miraculously, I haven't had to return for dialysis even once. I also avoided diabetes from the habit, and I will never, ever live off caffeine or soda the way I used to again. I can't get my head around how I allowed naitivity and habit to trash my poor body, but I will never take that for granted again, because it's all a very slow descent downhill until everything is worn out; you can't stop it, you can only slow it down or speed it up, and boy did I race down that hill like a ferrari on a drag strip. It's water all the way. I was so very stupid, and so very fortunate at the same time, and now I am filled with so much gratitude for getting a second chance.
@@chibiyaten15 Thank you, I hope that someone reading it who needs to hear it might reconsider their life choices. Hopefully someone won't make the same error I did of naively thinking "millions of people drink this stuff daily, nothing bad happens to them so nothing bad can happen to me?" and leaving both the extreme amounts and genetics out of the equation.
I have just seen an ex-roommate's future. The dude drank multiple 2-liter cola bottles with his wife every day, so many that they had to stack the bottles into a cupboard beside the fridge so they could quickly chill new ones as they emptied the current ones out. He scoffed at me for nursing my morning coffee all day, saying "Nobody drinks coffee for the taste, they drink it because they're addicted to caffeine", but I can't believe that anyone who chugs back that much of something, so much that they can't even stop themselves from leaving trails of spilled drinks from the kitchen to their bedroom whenever they go for their refills, is savouring the taste.
Shows how little the ex roommate knows. The very reason decaf coffee even exists is so people who don’t want or cant have caffeine can still enjoy the taste of coffee.
@@blenderbananaanyone who drinks beer for the taste or those alcohol free drinks freak me out, I'm a borderline alcoholic on and off and if i wanted taste I'd drink a milkshake or something not beer 😂
I find it hard to believe the hospital staff didn't notice sooner that he drank so much soda a day, especially as the cans must have accumulated in his room. This seems almost criminally negligent.
Well if the hospital is very busy they most likely don’t have time to extensively care for ever patient, especially if their problems aren’t extremely serious.
@@blusafe1most likely Because they had nö clue it might have something to Do why He is there in the first place as they aren't proficient in medical things
At the very least they should have known he had to be drinking something. What did they think, he swallowed a star trek Replicator?? More fluid was going out than going in on the order of *gallons*. Unless he was shrivelling up like a raisin, there's very little excuse for them to not have known he was drinking something and just asked him.
It's also interesting how the access to "free" items sometimes makes us want to take more than what we really want/need. Back when mom used to take me to a hairdresser, they had those free candies for kids in a bowl. I remember not liking their taste, but still eating them cause they were free lmao.
Besides being hooked on cases of cola, this guy’s other big problem is that his doctor is moonlighting at a taco truck. That’s why the intern had to figure things out.
I had a coworker who was diagnosed with diabetes and high blood pressure but had no clue why. She said she eats healthy and exercises... totally oblivious to the fact she always has a can of Coke at her desk and another can at lunch everyday. It's wild how she was drinking it without realizing it and didn't put 2 and 2 together that it could be contributing to her health issues. Edit: interesting how some don't think drinking Coke and sugary drinks everyday can contribute to type 2 diabetes. Even a study from Harvard School of Public Health confirms drinking 1-2 cans per day increases type 2 diabetes risk by 26% (risks are even higher than this in young adults and people of Asian descent). Not sure if it's just a lack of education about diabetes or some people are just in denial?
@@sown-laughter4351 I'm sure the ol' crack recipe is still used...blended with all the sugar and caffeine, it's surprising it's not designated as a drug. I guess the short-term economy is more important than people's health
@@coolbreeze5683short term economy? This story is exactly counter to that. The medical issues from potential overconsumption and possible side effects from it drive medical visits and associated economic activity.
Back in the day, I worked as an RN on a cardiac “step-down unit,” assessing my patients at least every 8 hours (including listening to breath sounds, edema, incision healing, mental status, ambulation, fluid intake and output). We circulated through the unit approximately every 30 minutes - at least. Most of the patients were on cardiac monitoring. What you describe doesn’t seem as careful management as what RN’s provided then on “regular” floors. I had the honor of working at this hospital for 4 years. We were told that the nursing care was considered excellent at this hospital.❤
A few years ago i went on keto diet and the one good take away I got was I developed a taste sensitivity to sugars. However soda is a incredibly hard habit to kick. I drink plenty of water between sodas but it’s still a lot on the weekends. I try to go for clear, zero sugar, and caffeine free but man those cokes look really tempting on a busy work day.
I drink a lot of soda, but jesus 7 liters of any liquid is just impossible for me to comprehend. Like that one condition that requires people drink insane amounts of water and are still dehydrated
Yeah I probably drink 1-2 liters a day and am trying to cut back. Gonna replay this vid every time I need motivation. But I really can't fathom how I could physically drink (or buy) 7 liters a day lol.
Yeah even as a pretty big fizzy drink enjoyer myself (No sugar though, I find it quenches thirst way better when artificially sweetened) I max out at 2 litres a day, usually only one litre though. I can't even imagine drinking what lasts me a week in a single day, I'd probably have to be taking a sip like every minute, not to mention all the time in bathroom
Depending on physical exertion (job) and air temp, 6+ liters is normal. I worked on a wooden sailing ship in italy and drank easily more than 6 liters per day 😊
