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alkemyst

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fermenting water had been around for a long time...people knew a lot of times the water made them sick, but the fermented stuff did not.
 

DrPizza

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Originally posted by: TechBoyJK
Ben Franklin once said:

"In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom, in water there is
bacteria."

In a number of carefully controlled trials, scientists have demonstrated
that if we drink 1 liter of water each day, at the end of the year we would
have absorbed more than 1 kilo of Escherichia coli, (E. coli) - bacteria
found in feces. In other words, we are consuming 1 kilo of poop each year.

However, we do NOT run that risk when drinking wine & beer (or tequila, rum,
whiskey or other liquor) because alcohol has to go through a purification
process of boiling, filtering and/or fermenting.

Remember: Water = Poop, Beer/Wine = Health

Therefore, it's better to drink Beer/Wine and talk stupid, than to drink
water and be full of shit.

There is no need to thank me for this valuable information: I'm just doing
it as a public service.


Are you claiming that 1/365th of water is e-coli??
 

jagec

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Originally posted by: TechBoyJK
In a number of carefully controlled trials, scientists have demonstrated
that if we drink 1 liter of water each day, at the end of the year we would
have absorbed more than 1 kilo of Escherichia coli, (E. coli) - bacteria
found in feces. In other words, we are consuming 1 kilo of poop each year.

And where do feces come from again?

If you don't have a healthy population of benign bacteria in and on you at all times, you render yourself much more vulnerable to infection. That's why MRSA was considered a "hospital disease" until recently.
 

djheater

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Originally posted by: alkemyst
fermenting water had been around for a long time...people knew a lot of times the water made them sick, but the fermented stuff did not.

You can't ferment water.

:confused:
 
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Auric

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Originally posted by: Printer Bandit
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Born2bwire

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Originally posted by: Auric
Originally posted by: Printer Bandit
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pontifex

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In other words, we are consuming 1 kilo of poop each year

no, in other words, we are consuming 1 kilo of that bacteria found in poop.