What is more harmful — Drinking 4 cans of coke everyday OR smoking 1 cigarette everyday?
I thought the answer to this question was obvious and was going to pass it by. Until I read some of the answers. To quote an old axiom, “a little knowledge is a dangerous thing”. M, no disrespect to you, but you don’t seem to know anything about liver or kidney functions, or the composition of soft drinks. You stated that it will cause “extensive damage to your liver, and kidneys” And it leads to cancer! Sheer and utter balderdash! Yes, the liver is basically the primary filtration unit of the body, kidneys secondary.Some of the functions are: to produce substances that break down fats, convert glucose to glycogen, produce urea (the main substance of urine), make certain amino acids (the building blocks of proteins), filter harmful substances from the blood (such as alcohol), storage of vitamins and minerals (vitamins A, D, K and B12) and maintain a proper level or glucose in the blood. The liver is also responsible for producing cholesterol. It produces about 80% of the cholesterol in
