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Water & Coke - Interesting Read

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skace

Lifer
Well, I recieved this from my friend via email, so that sometimes kills the legitmacy of it. But I'm posting it here to see what you all think of it. If it all turns out to be true, perhaps more people will be drinking water soon 🙂. I already drink water and can vouch for some of the side affects when I switched from soda to water, but other than that I'm not sure of.

Here it is:

> This is really an eye opener.... Water or Coke?
>
> We all know that water is important but I've
> never seen it written down like this before.
>
> Water
>
> 1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated.
> (Likely applies to half world population)
>
> 2. In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is
> so weak that it is often mistaken for hunger.
>
> 3. Even MILD dehydration will slow down one's
> metabolism as much as 3%.
>
> 4. One glass of water will shut down midnight
> hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters
> studied in a U-Washington study.
>
> 5. Lack of water, the #1 trigger of daytime
> fatigue.
>
> 6. Preliminary research indicates that 8-10
> glasses of water a day could significantly
> ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers.
>
> 7. A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy
> short-term memory, trouble with basic math, and
> difficulty focusing on the computer screen or on a
> printed page.
>
> 8. Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases
> the risk of colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the
> risk of breast cancer by 79%, and one is
> 50%less likely to develop bladder cancer.
>
> Are you drinking the amount of water you should
> every day?
>
> COKE
>
> 1. In many states (in the USA) the highway patrol
> carries two gallons of Coke in the truck to remove
> blood from the highway after a car accident.
>
> 2. You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of coke
> and it will be gone in two days.
>
> 3. To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola
> into the toilet bowl and let the "real thing" sit for
> one hour, then flush clean. The citric acid in Coke
> removes stains from vitreous china.
>
> 4. To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers:
> Rub the bumper with a rumpled-up piece of Reynolds
> Wrap aluminum foil dipped in Coca-Cola.
>
> 5. To clean corrosion from car battery terminals:
> Pour a can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to
> bubble away the corrosion.
>
> 6. To loosen a rusted bolt: Applying a cloth
> soaked in Coca-Cola to the rusted bolt for several
> minutes.
>
> 7. To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coca-Cola
> into the baking pan,wrap the ham in aluminum foil,
> and bake. Thirty minutes before the ham is finished,
> remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mix with
> the Coke for a sumptuous brown gravy.
>
> 8. To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of
> coke into a load of greasy clothes, add detergent, and
> run through a regular cycle. The Coca-Cola will help
> loosen grease stains. It will also clean road haze from
> your windshield.
>
> For Your Info
>
> 1. The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric
> acid. Its pH is 2.8. It will dissolve a nail in
> about 4 days. Phosphoric acid also leaches calcium
> from bones and is a major contributor to the
> rising increase in osteoporosis.
>
> 2. To carry Coca-Cola syrup (the concentrate) the
> commercial truck must use the Hazardous material
> place cards reserved for Highly corrosive materials.
>
> 3. The distributors of coke have been using it to
> clean the engines of their trucks for about 20
> years!
>
> Now the question is, would you like a glass of
> water or coke?
> *name info removed to protect the originator (although perhaps they would be happier if it was kept, not sure)*
 
The water half is probably pretty close to the truth. The coke half is pretty clost to fantasy.
 
From a person with a 4 can a day habit, can say that Coke hasn't caused any health problems for me aside from a mild caffeine addiction, which is probably more due to my love of strong coffee. Besides, Coke is probably more than 80% water anyway. Do check out the Snopes link posted earlier, it debunks pretty much everything said about the Coke (except for the ham part, which depending on your tastes can be pretty good).

ZV
 
. To carry Coca-Cola syrup (the concentrate) the
commercial truck must use the Hazardous material
place cards reserved for Highly corrosive materials

My brother fills vending machines for a living.
He carries many gallons of coke syrup every day,the above statement is BS.
 
Hehe cool, now I can forward this link back to my friend.

I thought the 'cleaning the highway with coke' sounded a bit odd....
 


<< I recieved this from my friend via email, so that sometimes kills the legitmacy of it. >>



Oh really?
 


<< Besides, Coke is probably more than 80% water anyway. >>

Probably 95%+!

Most of those coke things are crap. I once put my tooth into a bottle of coke and left it 24 hours. Know how much of the tooth was gone? That's right - none.

Some of that water stuff is accruate, but much of it isn't. Most people do not get enough water, but if all of those facts were true the human race would have died out long ago from being a bunch of total panzies. From that link:

<< The only people who proffer the ridiculous statements that Coca-Cola will dissolve a steak, a tooth, or a nail in a matter of days are people who have never actually tried any of these things, because they just don't happen. (Anyone who conducts these experiments will find himself at the end of two days with a whole tooth, a whole nail, and one very soggy t-bone.)
>>

LOL that's exactly what I did!
 


<<

<< Besides, Coke is probably more than 80% water anyway. >>

Probably 95%+! >>

Yeah, but much like Porsche and acceleration times, I found it best to err on the conservative side.

ZV
 
*waiting for EpsiIon to show up* My bf goes for the best (?) of both worlds. Little more than half glass of soda, little less than half glass of water, combined. *shrug*
 


<< *waiting for EpsiIon to show up* My bf goes for the best (?) of both worlds. Little more than half glass of soda, little less than half glass of water, combined. *shrug* >>



Now that is disgusting. Nothing like ruining a glass of Coke or a glass of water... 😛

amish
 
Well Skoorb, I think the Water facts are true, but I think they are decieving.

3,5,6,7 are all symptoms of dehydration, which just happens to be #1.

2 & 4 are similar in that they insinuate that someone not drinking enough water eats more to compensate (this seems to make sense to me).

I don't know about 8, but drinking more water would make you pee more which would clean out your bladder more often, making stagnant urine more unlikely.

So basically the facts talk about dehydration, which I wouldn't be suprised if a lot of people suffer from on a regular basis and food substitution (which occurs whenever you arn't eating what you should).




<< << I recieved this from my friend via email, so that sometimes kills the legitmacy of it. >>
Oh really? >>

Well what do you expect Lars, I recieved something, read it, and questioned it. At least I didn't come here and say "AHA I TOLD YOU COKE WAS BAD FOR YOU". A great once in awhile I do recieve SOMETHING true from email, so I havn't given up on it yet.
 
wow, i'm glad to hear that that all coke stuff isn't true. i got this email a looong time ago and was serioulsy freaked out hahai'm a dork. anyways, i vowed to drink a glass of watever every day. that lasted less than a week. i just can't do it!! i hate water. blech.
 
water is good for you, that stuff just stretches the truth.. a bit too much.

coke is bad for you. because it has lotsa sugar. that's pretty much it. heh. i've tried to stop drinking soda all together.... i get enough sugar from other foods 😛
 
coke contributes to obesity and diabetes. cut out the soft drinks and there'd probably be a lot less of each.
 


<< wow, i'm glad to hear that that all coke stuff isn't true. i got this email a looong time ago and was serioulsy freaked out hahai'm a dork. anyways, i vowed to drink a glass of watever every day. that lasted less than a week. i just can't do it!! i hate water. blech. >>



A pirate that hates water?!?!
 


<< *waiting for EpsiIon to show up* My bf goes for the best (?) of both worlds. Little more than half glass of soda, little less than half glass of water, combined. *shrug* >>



Did your bf fall out of South Jersey or what? Sounds like he's trying to make Boost anyway possible...

For you uncouth, non jerseyans, from some magazine:


<< Walk into any house in Burlington, and a proper hostess--whether she's a Todd or a Sozio, a Hutton or a Janson--will ask what sounds like a baffling question: "Want a Boost?" This is good manners, not an off-color suggestion or an invitation to climb up on the roof. Folks in the river towns sip, slurp, and swallow nearly 2.5 million glasses of the flat cola-like drink that is Tak-A-Boost! every year, according to Charles Dugan, owner of the River-side-based beverage company that makes it.

Boost may be an acquired taste, but it's an essential part of the small-town ex-perience here. It is a daily necessity, and has attained the status of a minor folk cure in some circles. "You have to make it with shaved ice," Bubs tells me. "And you have to have a pretzel with it. That's how I drink my Boost. I have a quart bottle at home right now." In fact, every man at the firehouse reports that he has a bottle of Boost at home. Everyone knows how to mix the drink, sold as a concentrated syrup, to the right 4-to-1 proportions. And each person holds strong opinions about the proper size of the ice chunks needed to chill it, and whether or not a pretzel is a necessary or an optional accompaniment. At Ummm Ice Cream Parlor, a block east of the firehouse, Boost outsells Coke, Diet Coke, and 7-Up. >>



Too bad their real site, takaboost.com has been MIA for some time...for awhile they would ship Boost concentrate anywhere in the world.

My favorite is the fact that the label reads: "Tak-A-Boost: Concentrated blend of fruit syrups." And the back reads "Contains no fruit juice." There are lemons and limes on the label 🙂
 
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