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1. How many sodas and sports drinks did you drink over the past seven days?
Zero! I've been drinking seltzer for about a month or so. Often I will have a cup of soda but not really. I don't buy soda anymore when I go to the corner store! I am still drinking seltzer.
2. What do you think is the main ingredient in these drinks?
The main ingredients in these drink are alkaloids, caffine, theobromine, and corn syrup.
3. How many teaspoons of sugar do you think are in a 12 ounce can of Coca-Cola? A 20-ounce bottle of Gatorade?
I think about. . . . 20. I just researched that there are actually 40 grams of sugar which is equal to 10 teaspoons.
4. What do you think happens to the sugar from these drinks once it enters your body? Where does it go? What effect does it have on the chemistry of your body? What effect does it have on your performance in school or sports?
When it enters your body I think that it goes into your bloodstream and thats what like makes you hyper. If you have to much sugar your blood sugar will go up and down and that causes you to be hyper.
Well I personally wouldn't have any sugar before a sports game because I know that I will feel energized but I will probably feel weak in about the middle of the game. In school sugar will just make me hyper. But if I have like a ton of sugar or caffine I will probably crash.
For example in the 6th grade when it was free ice coffee day at dunkin' doughnuts someone I know had like 6 ice coffees and crashed later in school during class.
