2023-12-29 11:45:00
Cola-type sodas are sold by the billions of cans today. The pioneer, Coca-Cola was launched in 1886 by a pharmacist in Atlanta with no medical purpose but: he simply wanted to create a refreshing drink! Increasingly criticized even in the “sugar-free” version, Coca-Cola, Pepsi and other Ritchie-Cola are nevertheless often recommended in cases of gastroenteritis, nausea or following a meal that is too rich, sometimes even in cases of flu. or cold! So, placebo or not this “grandmother’s” remedy?
Doctor Belin confirms a certain effectiveness: “In small quantities, Coke facilitates digestion, by acting almost like pepsin, an enzyme contained in gastric juice which breaks down proteins. Several laboratory experiments have shown this. I will say that it is beneficial in one or two glasses. In large quantities, we know, it is rather bad for the digestive process and causes bloating.”
Coke vending machines in schools are definitely over!
In cases of gastro, diarrhea and vomiting, “this sugary drink goes better than water, the absence of taste of which can be nauseating”, continues the GP, “which allows you to rehydrate to a lesser extent, while sugar provides energy in the form of quickly burned carbohydrates. So we’ll have classic coke, cold but not iced! And not “flat” as some people advise to protect the stomach wall from aggressive bubbles. Because in fact, it is the carbon dioxide that will calm the stomach by helping to balance the pH, like sparkling water.
Whatever the case, the medical profession advises above all to drink water, at room temperature, which hydrates more than any other drink. With ginger and lemon, it will be effective once morest nausea or colds. In infusion, chamomile once morest difficult digestion. “We can accompany supplements with milk thistle, artichoke or turmeric for example, plants that stimulate the production of bile by the liver.”
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