Water vs. Coke...You decide!

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Subject: Coke or Water?
WATER
We all know that water is important but I've never seen it written down like this before. 75% of Americans are chronically
dehydrated. (Likely applies to half the
world population.)
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In 37% of Americans, the thirst
mechanism is so weak that it is
often mistaken for hunger.
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Even MILD dehydration will slow down
one's metabolism as much
as 3%.
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One glass of water shut down midnight
hunger pangs for almost
100% of the dieters studied in a
U-Washington study.
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Lack of water, the #1 trigger of
daytime fatigue.
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Preliminary research indicates that 8
- 10 glasses of water a
day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of
sufferers.
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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.
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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.
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Are you drinking the amount of water
you should everyday?
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No wonder coke tastes soooo good:
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In many states (in the USA) the
highway patrol carries two
gallons of Coke in the trunk to remove blood
from the highway after a car
accident.
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You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl
of Coke and it will be
gone in 2 days.
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To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coke
into the toilet bowl and
let the 'Real Thing' sit for one hour,
then flush clean.
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The citric acid in Coke removes stains
from vitreous China.
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To remove rust spots from chrome car
bumpers: Rub the bumper
with a crumpled-up piece of Reynolds Wrap
aluminum foil dipped in
Coke.
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To clean corrosion from car battery
terminal: Pour a can of
Coke over the terminals to bubble away
the corrosion.
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To loosen a rusted bolt: Apply a cloth
soaked in Coke to the
rusted bolt for several minutes.
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To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of
Coke into the baking pan,
wrap the ham in foil and bake. Thirty
minutes before the ham is
done,
remove the foiland allow the drippings
to mix with the Coke for a
sumptuous
brown gravy.
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To remove grease from clothes: Empty
can of Coke into a load of
greasy clothes, add detergent, and run
through a regular cycle.
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It will also clean road haze from your
windshield.
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FYI:
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The active ingredient in Coke is
phosphoric acid. Its ph is 2.8.
It will dissolve a nail in about 4 days.
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To carry Coke syrup (the concentrate)
the commercial truck must
use the Hazardous materials place cards
reserved for highly corrosive
materials.
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The distributors of Coke have been
using it to clean the
engines of their trucks for about 20 years!
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Now the questions is, would you like
a glass of water or a
Coke?”

“Crack coke is best!”

“Pretty cool facts there Buddur. I never drink soda because of the tooth decay issues, but drink so much water I feel like I'll float away.”

“You could kill some one, and lie there corps in a bath tub filled with coke and have it gone in a week.”

“I heard they used to put coca extract in coke long ago.”

“They used to put cocan in it”

“Wow, what an eye opener!! Thanks Buddur, I had recently started drinking sodas again...I think I just stopped.”

“umm, nice spam, dude.”

“The phosphoric acid in sodas (not just Coke) leeches calcium from your system. So, not only are you NOT getting anything good--but you are taking away something that is vital. I am a recovering Diet Pepsi holic. I am a water girl now and drink more than a gallon a day. At work they consider the cost of toilet paper during my annual review. My raises are affected by the cost. And my husband set up our budget like this:
Mortgage
Car Payment
Charmin
Electric”

“I drink water most of the day but I'll usually have a coke at supper. Mello Yellow is my poision.”

“I?ve heard that in studies, laboratory mice will forego food, water, and even sex in favor of coke.”

“When I was in the fifth grade, we put a tooth in a bottle of Coke and watched it disappear over a period of a few weeks.

I think about that alot when drinking soft drinks. I mostly drink water.”

“So noone else thinks the Coke info was slightly overexaggerated?

"I am a water girl now and drink more than a gallon a day." (Ms. Running (to the bathroom) Girl) lol”

“Slightly exaggerated? Any chemistry people here? Is 2.8 a reasonable ph, or would that possibly be slightly fatal? Sounds fishy to ken.”

“2.8 pH isn't that low. That means the acid concentration in coke (actually the H3O concentration) is on the order of 3.17*10^-3 or 0.00317M. Stomach acid is 0.01M HCl and has a pH of 2.”

“Thanks for clearing that up. You never can tell with these Internet chain letters.”

“I knew a girl who worked at a salmon cannery in Alaska to earn money over the summer. She said everyone there washed their clothes in Coke b/c it was the only solution that would rid clothing of the fishy smell.”

“Hmmmmmmm...maybe the Coke info wasn't exaggerated afterall!”

“Buddur, I can't believe you fell for that urban legend. Go to the website that debunks urban legends and you'll find that all of those "facts" you quoted are a load of manure.”

“Thanks Mr.Cubicle Man...I had a feeling someone was shuckin' some jive with that info!”

“P-E-P-S-I

However, sometimes I get an upset tummy and just have to stop drinking it. I usually have a couple cans a day. But after I lay off it a couple days, tummy is OK. I KNOW it's the chemicals in it........BUT I'M A PEPSI ADDICT!! Help!?!?!?!!!!!!”

“maybe the site that debunks "urban legends" is a bunch of crap. Believing what you read on the internet has it's risks to be sure, so why would I believe a different site?”

“So its all crap???

Consider the wisdom or lack thereof of pouring sugar into one's body the way that some of the "Coke" guzzlers do.

Did you ever notice how SO many 300 lb people are waddling around with a "Big Gulp".

These suckers are feeding an industry which is every bit as insidious as the tobacco industry.

I wonder if the reason that "Coke" guards its "formula" so carefully is for reasons similar to the tobacco industry's.

There may be more than just the sugar(corn sweetener) in that sh!t to ensure addiction and greater and GREATER sales.

I see soda ADDICTS as zombies wondering this great wasteland of our's in search of the next bottle to SUCK ON!!!

The definition of SUCKERS....some poor addicted slob slurpin' down another Big Dew!”

“Yup. Caffiene is know to have addictive properties.”

“Heard it'll remove paint from the hood of a car.”

“Im not saying it's all crap. But how do you know what to believe?

Budder posts something scary and everyone goes "Omygosh!", then Cubicleman posts a website that syas it's crap, and everyone goes "o, whew!, I knew that sounded wrong".

Who do you believe?”

“I Do believe in spooks, I DO believe in spooks. I Do, I Do, I Do.

Cowardly Lion,
W-o-O, F. Baum”

“In the world of crime I have learned some fundamentals....from TV!
In order to commit a crime the perpetrator must have;
Motive
Opportunity

If the Anti-Coke forces are lying(lying is the "crime" in this instance) what be their MOTIVE?
Would it be profit?
Hell no, its more like self-righteousness which is not exactly a "crime".

Well, in the case of televangelists, I DO believe that self-righteousness IS a CRIME!
That is a matter for another thread though......like a "Religious Sqabbling Thread".

Who, in the case of misleading the public about the TERRRIBLE effects of SODA ADDICTION, has the MOTIVE here???
Again, much like the tobacco industry, the Soda Industry HAS the motive to lie and mislead the public......THE PROFIT MOTIVE!~!~!~!

Next crime, please.....Oooo, Oooo, how about ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION???”

“Sounds like Coke is pretty useful; gotta get some, I can always drink it.”

“hey Tom, WHAT ARE YOU ON THAT REALLY GETS YOU GOING SO YOU USE A LOT OF CAPS??!?!?!?!?

Here's the way I figure it (I know you all can barely wait to hear this, the rationalization!): I know drinking Pepsi is an addiction. I figure it's a lesser one. No worse than coffee drinkers (and I have never touched coffee in my life)..... don't smoke (never touched a cigarette in my life).... don't do drugs (never done drugs in my life, not even to not inhale!)... OK, I drink a few beers and margaritas once in a blue moon. And typically do not drink to oblivion.

Ohhhhhhh... I better admit..... I live for junk food, too. Pick your addiction!”

“Old joke...
I don't smoke, drink or cuss. Aw, sh!t. I left my m$^%&-%^*$ing smokes at the bar.”

“Saw a study (no I don't have the cite, it was in a Sunday paper)recently that found a connection between the higher incidenc of obesity in today's children (and all of the bad things that go along with that, including early onset puberty), was directly connected to significantly higher consumption of carbonated/sweetened beverages ie Coke.

My 5 year old has never tasted the stuff, and WON"T anytime soon.”

“the way I figure it, this stuff can't be good for living organisms, so it would kill off bacteria in your mouth. I wonder if there was ever a study on this. Too bad the sugar provides something for the new bacteria to eat. Can bacteria digest nutrasweet? If not, then Diet Coke could prevent tooth decay.”

“In the Coke vs. Pepsi war, I'm a Coke man myself. Despite a 5th grade Sunday school teacher doing that ol' voodoo of pooring a saucer full and then putting raw hamburger in it to show us how it got "cooked, just like your insides are getting cooked!" Was that what Pink Floyd meant by "A Saucer Full of Secrets"?

Is Vernor's ginger ale okay? That stuff is the best ginger ale of all, and my mom used to heat it up and have us drink it when we were sick. Midwesterners should know Vernor's, especially around southern Michigan (plant was/is? in Detroit -- had a glass wall so you could see the workings).

For a scout project once we made sassafras rootbeer from scratch. Darned if we didn't let it set to long to get a fizz and it turned a bit "hard." Yum, that's my kind of merit badge.”

“Ginger Ale is good for tummy aches, and Tonic Water Quinine water) is good for muscle cramps.

My Mom swears she was addicted to Coca-Cola when she was a teenager!”

“I prefer my single malt Scotch unpolluted and undiluted.”

“My wife use to drink a couple diet pepsis a day and suffered from chronic headaches. She went to one doctor who told her if she enjoyed the pepsi she should drink one when she felt a headache coming on. Didn't help.

Another doctor tole her to quit drinking pepsi because it was hard for the kidneys to process. Her headaches disappeared almost immediately. She has tested this a couple times and always gets headaches when she drinks pop. Now I get headaches because she gripes about not being able to drink soda.

Something to think about for you addicts.”

“2nd paragraph, that should be 'told'.”

“DEATH BY COKE!!”

“There was a special on the discovery channel last night about sontanious human combustion. Very interesting.”

“Coincidently saw a piece in Cook's Illustrated last night on cooking a ham. They played with the "Coke" as a brine soaking substitute method. Said it was delicious. Consulting with a chem professor from UMASS:

Coke has a ph of 3.3.

(In the original stats from the beginning of this thread is was quoted that Phosporus, an ingredient of Coke has a ph of 2.8. While that may be true, the overall ph of Coke is 3.3 (or at least that's what Cook's consultant said)”

“Ok, here are the facts. Since reading these posts I was sort of alramed cause I drink at least 2 diet Dr. Peppers a day, so I wanted to find out for my self. I searched over several sites about Coke and its effect, and all of them said the same thing: it's harmless. Most of those stories about it are just urban legend. Orange Juice has more ph acid in it than coke does. Here are some links, read up.

Coke Acid legend

Coke Legends”

“Well, at least one of the links worked. The first link was supposed to take you to the section of the second link that directly deals with the same Coke statements that started this post. Just scoll down to the Coke acid line.”

“Pekka, the Vernors bottling plant is gone from Detroit. They tore it down about 12 years ago.

Have any of you heard of the book "Fast Food Nation"? I bet you all would be amazed and never eat another McDonald's hamburger again! Hyper has been telling me about it lately. McDonalds is the largest buyer of beef in the world. They process it soooo much that when they're done they have to add beef flavoring so it'll taste like a hamburger! Appetizing eh?”

“I like drinking Coke. Pepsi tastes like flat Coke. D.P. and Root beers are good too.

I like that battery acid taste that Coke provides. Drinking to much caffeine/sugar will give anybody a headache I believe, and will also set you up for that late afternoon energy crash.

Tom T. it is good to know you get all your info from the TV, I guess that explains it!!!
I'm surprised you didn't blame it on the Republicans or the NRA.”

“Coke = sour Pepsi. :-)”

“I blame it on the Democrats and NPR.”

“Joy, I guess Woodward Ave. will have to settle for other types of scenic wonders.

I still love Vernor's though. And Squirt lately.”