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You swill down that 12-ounce can of cola – all 136 calories.

Here’s what happens next.

Your pancreas is put on alert and begins creating insulin in response to the sugar. Within 20 minutes, your blood sugar levels spike and your liver turns the sugar into fat for storage. Eventually, your body experiences a blood sugar crash, which often motivates you to reach for another soda or some other sweet.

Recently, three clients were in the waiting room, waiting for appointments. All three are well known to us, one gentleman is homeless, and one is temporarily housed and one has had past experiences of homelessness.

Two of the men started to talk; often folks sitting in the Duffy waiting room pick up conversations to pass the time, more so than in any other doctor’s office I’ve ever been to.