Some days, you only want a few bottles of coke to get the sugar rush. Other times you crazily crave more coffee. While these two drinks will help with basic hydration and make you feel good, when it comes to your health, you may want to consider how much you are consuming and whether to stop drinking. For example, drinking one can of soda a day increases your odds of having a stroke by 16%.
Soda also has very little nutritional value, therefore not beneficial to your health. Additionally, it has a high level of sugar, which is bad for your health.
When it comes to coffee, you don’t need to worry unless you overdo or drink the wrong coffee. Keep in mind that not all coffees are created equally. It would help if you also were mindful of coffees with too many sugars as they will also hurt your health in the long run.
Coffee or soda, which is more acidic?
Both soda and coffee have some amount of acid in them. Unfortunately, rarely will you hear people talk about the amount of acid in soda. On the other hand, coffee generally has acids such as quinic acid and chlorogenic, which play a key role in the taste of your drink. While these acids make your brew more flavorful, you may want to try low-acid coffees on the market if you are sensitive to acids.
Coffee for caffeine vs. Can of Coke?
Coffee and soda (coke) have caffeine, but coffee has more caffeine than soda. A 12-oz cup of coffee has about 140 mg of caffeine in it. Coke’s diet has more caffeine than its regular counterpart.
Regular coke’s caffeine content is 34mg for a 12-oz can, while Diet Coke’s caffeine content is 46mg. For more information about the amount of caffeine in your soda, watch this video by Coca-Cola.
Which soda has the most caffeine?
If you look for a soda with high caffeine, Pepsi One will not disappoint you. It has 57.1mg of caffeine, nearly double the amount of caffeine in regular coke.
Here’s a list of some sodas and their caffeine levels per serving, based on 12-ounce cans and bottles, courtesy of Coffeeopolis:
- Pepsi One: 55 mg
- Mr. Pibb: 40 mg
- Sunkist Orange: 42 mg
- Wild Cherry Pepsi: 38 mg
- Pepsi-Cola: 38 mg
- Mountain Dew: 37 mg
- Diet Pepsi: 36 mg
- Coca-Cola Zero: 35 mg
- Coca-Cola: 34mg
- Diet Coke: 30.4 mg
- Dr. Pepper: 27 mg
The verdict
Overall, sodas contain less caffeine than coffee, 2-4x less.
But there’s another major difference: sugar.
Standard sodas contain ~35g of sugar, about twice as much as the American Heart Association recommends daily drinking.
This sugar contributes to an adrenaline rush, giving the caffeine pairs a major (and fleeting) boost. But unfortunately, it may also worsen heart and diabetes over time.
Regarding your health vs. the drinks you enjoy, you may want to be very keen as not all drinks benefit your health. And as we have seen, coffee is a better alternative as it has more health benefits. Tea is even a better alternative to soda. So before you take home several bottles of coke, consider the impact they will have on your health in the long run.
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