Simulation shows what happens to body if you drink soft drinks as experts link them to common cancer

Here is what happens inside your body when you chug a popular drink known as 'liquid death'.

Despite the ominous-sounding name, liquid death isn't a cocktail of toxic substances but instead glasses of the fizzy pop we all know and love.

The nickname was given by heart surgeon Dr Jeremy London, who has been vocal in telling anyone who will listen that sugar-based soft drinks are 'a big no-no' to him.

Dr London has already said he stopped partaking in booze, smoking, and eating things like bread, pasta, refined flours and wheat for health reasons.

But when it comes to pop, you might not realise just what it does internally.

Thankfully, a simulation can help you.

Shared on TikTok, the video shows what goes on inside the body when you consume a soft drink.

It says 'dissolved sugars rush straight into your blood' with 'glucose racing everywhere'.

Your pancreas then 'fires insulin to fight the sudden spike'.

This is actually one of the reasons fizzy drinks are bad for you. They can increase insulin resistance, which is the first step towards type 2 diabetes.

Meanwhile, the sugar from the fizzy drink releases dopamine, resulting in a 'quick high'.

If the drink contains caffeine, it can also cause your heartbeat to quicken.

The kidneys are also working overtime. Studies have shown that phosphoric acid, found in some fizzy drinks, can even result in kidney stones - which you definitely do not want.

Meanwhile, consuming too much fructose, which is also found in fizzy drinks, can cause fat droplets to accumulate in liver cells, according to Harvard Health.

This can lead to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, which can eventually lead to liver failure.

Too many fizzy drinks can also affect your bones. A 2020 study found that phosphoric acid can decrease bone density over time, leading to osteoporosis and increasing the risk of fractures.

Your teeth will suffer too. Lakes Pediatric Dentistry said that acids like phosphoric acid and citric acid found in fizzy drinks 'can dissolve tooth enamel and cause irreparable damage'.

The simulation concludes: "A simple sip, but no organ escapes its hit."

It's worth noting of course that while there can be the likes of additives, some soft drinks are caffeine-free or sugar-free.

In his video, Dr London branded soft drinks as ‘liquid death’ as he warned: “Just don’t drink them. Period. Done.”

And speaking to TODAY, he claimed that his extreme attack on fizzy drinks was an attention tactic.

"I think that soft drinks are just a scourge in our society, and so I was really trying to get some attention," he admitted.

"Obviously, high-calorie soft drinks and ingesting a lot of calories that people don't realise they're getting with the sugar-based soft drinks is a big no-no."

Fizzy drinks and gastric cancer

Dr London isn't the only medical expert ringing alarm bells about cans of fizzy pop either, as a recent study found an association between sugary drinks and gastric cancer.

Published in the Gastro Help Advances journal, a study of 112,284 participants found that men and women who drank at least one sugary drink - defined as 'carbonated beverages, punch, lemonade and sports drinks' - a day had a higher risk of developing gastric cancer than a person who has less than one a month.

“We were able to show that consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages was associated with a higher risk of developing gastric cancer,” Chan told HCP Live.

"Which speaks to the possibility of a relationship between metabolic dysfunction and risk of this cancer — something that hasn't been well characterised in the past.”

However, it is important to note that this is an observational study, meaning that drinks can only be associated with stomach cancer rather than labelled as a cause.