05/03/2026
He said he drinks 3 to 6 bottles of mineral everyday.
I was not sure I heard him well so I asked him to repeat himself. He said the same thing and added that one particular woman has stopped selling to him. She will always tell him “i don’t have”, with a bombastic side eyes but he would go another place and buy.
I had to sit him down and explain what happens to his body in a very simple way.
A normal result today does not mean you are safe if the habit continues.
Read and learn.
This is What Happens When You Drink Bottles of Coke Daily;
Each bottle of coke contains a large amount of sugar.
When you drink it:
1. The sugar quickly enters your blood.
2. Your body releases a hormone called insulin to push that sugar into your cells.
3. This happens every single time you drink soda.
When this occurs many times every day, for months or years, your body becomes overworked.
So even as his sugar level is still normal values now, with time, everything will fall apart.
Here is The Hidden Danger (Why Diabetes Develops Later)
Think of insulin like a key that opens your body’s cells.
👉 At first, the key works well.
👉 But too much sugar every day makes the body stop responding properly.
This is called: Insulin Resistance
It means:
• Your body still produces insulin
• but your cells stop listening to it.
So the pancreas starts working harder and harder.
Over time:
• The pancreas becomes tired
• Sugar begins to stay in the blood,
• Diabetes develops.
This process can take years, which is why your test can still be normal now.
This is Why Soft Drinks Are Especially Dangerous
Liquid sugar is more harmful than food sugar because:
✅ It enters the blood very fast
✅ It does not make you feel full
✅ You consume large sugar amounts without noticing
✅ It causes fat buildup around the liver and abdomen
I told him that One bottle occasionally is different from 3–5 bottles daily, which exposes your body to constant sugar spikes.
This are the Possible Future Health Problems If you Continues with the habit 👇
Even before diabetes appears, excess sugary drinks can cause
• Weight gain (especially belly fat)
• Fatty liver disease
• High blood pressure
• High cholesterol
• Reduced energy levels
• Increased risk of heart disease
• Early diabetes (sometimes before age 40)
I concluded with The Most Important Thing to Understand👇
Diabetes does not start the day sugar becomes high.
It starts quietly many years earlier through lifestyle habits . So the earlier you stop the poor diet choices, the better.
If you are struggling with such habits too, here are Simple Steps to follow ;
You don’t need to stop everything overnight.
Start like this:
1. Reduce coke gradually.
2. Replace with:
• Water
• Zobo without excess sugar/ sweetener
• Unsweetened drinks
3. Eat real meals instead of sugary drinks for energy.
4. Check your sugar once or twice yearly.
Finally, your lab results may still be normal today even as you continue with an unhealthy life style and diet, it shows your body is still coping — but it is under stress.
Tomorrow, it may be too late.
Prevention, they said, is better than cure.
I hope you learned something from my sesson with him.
Adaora Oguanuo Aloka
Betclaire laboratories
