This is the before picture…check out the after.
Published: By Robin
Consider it the
Super Size Me of this decade: In October, 50-year-old George Prior set out to drink 10 sodas a day for an entire month, all in the name of seeing how it affected him and his body. The results are pretty eye-opening. Just take a look at the visible transformation George underwent during his 30-day experiment:
"Why
10?" writes George on
Ten Cokes a Day, the blog he created to document the experiment. "In short, to raise awareness about how much sugar you drink every day and to remind you how unhealthy it is. ... You think you're not drinking 10 Cokes a day? Add up some of your usual drinks and see how the sugar content compares. You may be surprised to find that you're just as insane as I am."
Okay, some real talk: The average American takes in about 20 teaspoons of sugar each day, according to a report from the 2005–10 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. That's actually the equivalent of a little more than two 12-ounce cans of cola—but we're sure that some people genuinely do get to 10 sodas' worth of sugar on some day (that would be nearly 400 grams of the sweet stuff!).
For the record, the World Health Organization recommends that
just five percent of your daily caloric intake be from added sugars. That comes out to about 25 grams (or six teaspoons) per day for most women.
In the span of 30 days, George gained 23 pounds—but that's not the only way his body changed. His body-fat percentage went up almost four points, and his blood pressure also increased dramatically. Pretty scary stuff. Look at how relieved he was to finally ditch the experiment:
