Water vs Coke

[PurpleHeather]

WATER

#1.   75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated..
(Likely applies to half the world population)


#2.     In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak
that it is mistaken for hunger.


#3.    Even MILD dehydration will slow down one's metabolism as 3%.


#4.   One glass of water will shut down midnight hunger pangs
   for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a University of
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 drink every day?

COKE

#1.    In many states the highway patrol carries
     two gallons of Coke in the trunk 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.
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#6.   To loosen a rusted bolt: Apply 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 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 the 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
windscreen.


FOR YOUR INFORMATION:

#1     the active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid.
It will dissolve a nail in about four days. Phosphoric
acid also leaches calcium from bones and is a major
contributor to the rising increase of osteoporosis.

#2.   To carry Coca-Cola syrup! (the concentrate) the
commercial trucks must use a hazardous Material place
cards reserved for highly corrosive materials.

#3.    The distributors of Coke have been using it to clean
engines of the trucks for about 20 years!

   Now the question is, would you like a glass of water?

or Coke?

[PurpleHeather]

[reddyreddy]

and if you like a diet coke:

http://www.theecologist.org/green_green_living/behind_the_label/268924/behind_the_label_diet_coke.html

:o

[Jeannine]

I don't drink coke but I do use it. When I china paint it makes a lovely outline for filling in, then it burns off in the kiln..the diet doesn't work it has to be the sugared one. The real thing works a treat for artists!! XX Jeannine

[artichoke]

Leave brown coins in it overnight.....

[Mortality]

Hummm..I better cut down drinking 2-3 cans of diet coke a day.. ::) This means Caffine with drawals too I presume..

[Palustris]

Before you post these sorts of claims you really should check out the Snopes Urban Myth pages.
http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/acid.asp
By the way, the last time I drank coke was from a glass bottle when I was mid teens, say 50 years ago?

[Jeannine]

My one is true!! XX Jeannine

[PurpleHeather]

Paulustris to Note:-

Stopes does not disagree other than the Highway Patrol man cleaning away blood stains.

However, it does clear away blood. As does salty water.

What it says is that the hints are already in a book written in 1995. That the acids are also in other products we consume.

It also cleans brass very well, if any one has any they want to soak in it over night, it will be lovely and shiny in the morning.

It is all in the way it is written, too much of anything is not good for you. People have died from drinking too much water.

Personally I think Cola tastes of burnt sugar and dislike it. I would rather have a glass of water. Preferably with a good dash of brandy in it.

Reddyreddy is quite right about the sweeteners in diet coke. It is also featured in Stopes as a myth attempting  to discredit the medical professionals who are trying to stop the use of these artificial sweeteners.

There is, as usual, no smoke without fire...

[SamLouise]

I do like the odd bottle/glass/can of coke and/or diet coke.  I never take much notice of these things that are said because as Palustris has pointed out, people have been drinking it consistently over a long period of time and are still going strong.  It can also be said for a lot of things that people scaremonger about these days too methinks  :-\
(I do prefer water though!)

[Chrispy]

I think I will have to start drinking diet coke......

'psychoaddictive caffeine' sounds so much more exciting then the caffeine in my coffee  ;D

[Palustris]

Also forgot to mention that the Mythbusters TV programme had a go at many of these Coke 'myths' and disproved most of them.

[cocopops]

I was talking about water v coke with a friend today.  When I lived in the UK we drank loads of sugar free orange squash and I bought about 30 litres over with me.  This did eventually run out so I tried the French syrups... yuk, your teeth seem to rot as you drink it.  Our water is direct from a bore hole in our garden and tastes lovely.  Now all of us drink tonnes of water and never miss the squash.  My parents have bought squash over and stayed in the cupboard for months.  It is amazing how your tastes change.

There is a localled made Breton cola which is yum.  I try not to buy it often as I do rather like it.  Just a treat now and then.  I think my mums theory on coke being really bad for you must have rubbed off on me ::)

[telboy]

Before you post these sorts of claims you really should check out the Snopes Urban Myth pages.
http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/acid.asp
By the way, the last time I drank coke was from a glass bottle when I was mid teens, say 50 years ago?

About the last time I drank it also. I was working on an Island in the North Atlantic that had no natural water - only desalinated. Went well with 'Dutch Geneva' though - that's about all it did!!

[Jeannine]

Oh Dutch Geneva,,,that brought back memories.. better kept to myself though but thank you for the reminder XX Jeannine

[TrikiDiki]

What a load of tosh.

Please quote your sources. Otherwise they are totally meaningless urban myths.


As said before all the coke claims were disproved by experimentation on Mythbusters. Even the dissolving of teeth that is the usual one to be quoted but was missing from this list.

Re. the dying of various forms of cancer or whatever. How did they retrospectively test these people who were dying to show they were dehydrated to cause them to contract cancer. Did they test for dehydration 10 years ago then discover those that were dehydrated got cancer?

Incidentally I hate Coke.

[Pesky Wabbit]

Its better by the gram.  :-X

[telboy]

Or the inch?
8)

[PurpleHeather]

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