rbox

I lost about 40 pounds when I stopped drinking 3-6 cans a day over a 8 month period.. only water and diet now, diet tasted horrible when I first stopped regular, but I don't even notice it now..

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G5_Todd

myth busters busted most those coke "facts"

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aphex140

I am with H12
I occ have coke with a spiritseg whisky. I only drink water other wise as part of a caffine free existance. Getting rid of the other junk that is in fizzys helps.

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i knew coke wernt good 4 u , my partner drinks it all the time ,and it rots ur teeth 2. my youngest daughter is only 3 and a half , and believe me i know when she have drunk coke ,cause she goes nuts,she is really on top form . i have stoped her drinking it now. myself though i prefer drinking water , i drink about 6pints a day , and the best bit of all , is that it is good 4 u . cool or what.

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Tomservo

Claim: The acids in Coca-Cola make it harmful to drink.

Status: False.

Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2001]

Origins: Many of the entries above are just simple household tips involving Coca-Cola. That you can cook and clean with Coke is relatively meaningless from a safety standpoint — you can use a wide array of common household substances (including water) for the same purposes; that fact alone doesn't necessarily make them dangerous to ingest. Nearly all carbonated soft drinks contain carbonic acid, which is moderately useful for tasks such as removing stains and dissolving rust deposits (although plain soda water is much better for some of these purposes than Coca-Cola or other soft drinks, as it doesn't leave a sticky sugar residue behind). Carbonic acid is relatively weak, however, and people have been drinking carbonated water for many years with no detrimental effects.

The rest of the claims offered here are specious. Coca-Cola does contain small amounts of citric acid and phosphoric acid; however, all the insinuations about the dangers these acids might pose to people who drink Coca-Cola ignore a simple concept familiar to any first-year chemistry student: concentration. Coca-Cola contains less citric acid than orange juice does, and the concentration of phosphoric acid in Coke is far too small (a mere 11 to 13 grams per gallon of syrup, or about 0.20 to 0.30 per cent of the total formula) to dissolve a steak, a tooth, or a nail overnight. (Much of the item will dissolve eventually, but after a day or two you'll still have most of the tooth, a whole nail, and one very soggy t-bone.)

The next time you're stopped by a highway patrolman, try asking him if he's ever scrubbed blood stains off a highway with Coca-Cola (or anything else). If you're lucky, by the time he stops laughing he'll have forgotten about the citation he was going to give you.

Last updated: 20 November 2001

Nimbletoe

The acid isnt what makes coke bad for you (although it IS true that it will slowly decay your teeth if you sip it every day). What makes it bad is the loads of sugar and empty carbs in it, that if you dont burn off get stored as fat.

But yeah, most of those coke facts are pretty funny.

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paulaboots

hi tomservo. i have been reading about the coke thing ,mad or what, and do tipping coke down the toilet really work or what,and it cleans it , i will have 2 try that and if it do really work, i shall stop buying bleach , lol.

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NoLa

I read this as I sit here drinking a coke...

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i dunno about all that i just know coke cant be that good so i rather have water

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apeman

Coke have just been on the news in the UK - they're trying to sell us tap water that they've filtered, but I've forgotten the brand name, its so unmemorable.

Didn't they make anyone do the "tooth in coke" experiment in high school? Dunno about T-bones but it's not good for enamel.

as for diet drinks, I'm not happy about a lot of these artificial sweeteners - just cos it tastes nice doesn't mean your body deals with it properly.

I stick with beer, or in exceptional cases, water.

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strange

Is it possible to be addicted to coke? I drink anywhere from 2 to 4 cans a day. Sometimes when we run out I really crave it. I've been known to go out in the middle of the night to get some when we've run out. I know I should cut down but I just can't. It tastes so damn good. In fact as soon as I'm done typing this I'm going to get one.

Nimbletoe

Its possible to get addicted to anything, but its a mental addiction, not physical. You wont get sick or anything when you stop drinking coke. In fact you'll get healthier :P

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Bowlcut

water all the way....drinking over a gallon of it a day now

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Vaultboy

Darusi, or something to that effect. Coke have been doing it for years here too. They claim that although its tap water, they add value by subjecting it to ta range of processes to make it more healthy, like reverse osmosis, etc.

Everyone gets so hyped up on the coke vs water argument. Its stupid. As if coke was ever vaunted as a substitute for water. A more compelling comparison would be Coke vs Fruit Juice. I know loads of people who jump on the "coke = bad" bandwagon, but those same people drink a liter or more of juice per day. Just becuase its "natural" and doesn't contain carbonation dont mean it aint bad for you.

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PenguinBoy

hehe, even though water may be healthy for u, who can resist the classic coke?

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Unga

I like the info up there.
I never bothered to do anything research.. since i never bothered to think that hard about it
Water for me, coke as a cleaning aid :P

diddagirl

Damn. That is some crazy stuff. Makes want to go chug 5 litres of water - and to never touch coke again with a ten foot pole!

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jbrooks544

Original post is almost 100% BUNK and mostly not even slightly true. I would like to reiterate this one thoughtful post that I saw, since I totally agree with it:
When I started riding a desk every day I quit my noontime can of coke and stopped gaining weight. I drink water.

alkaloid

Coke is very dangerous for your health because of its prime ingredient, dihydrogen monoxide. Find out more about the health risks posed by the "silent killer."
http://www.dhmo.org/

Spanxxx

I agree with someone's comment about incessant "weight-lossers/diet whores" always going on and on about some fad diet while sipping on a soft drink and never once mentioning <gasp> exercise. I'll leave exercise for a whole other discussion on another day, but as for soda... they just aren't good for us.

I, like many american children through the 80s grew up and became addicted to the colas (mostly a coke household). Well, after college and marriage, and 40 pounds later.. I had to make some changes, and I looked at my diet. When I realized that I was putting away over 100 ounces of soft drinks a day (talk about excess), that was the first thing to go. I went soft-drink free, cold turkey style, in the summer of 99. It made a HUGE difference. When you look at the carbohydrates and calories in one can of coke or mountain dew alone, not to mention the caffeine that your body really doesn't need either, it's sickening. As in my case, most people get plenty o' plenty of their calories and carbs through their day through their generous diets of americana favorites and don't need the extra sugar those colas pump into our system.

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apeman

good to see someone is aware of the dangers...

by the way, the Coke bottled water is Dasani, it's now famous for being withdrawn for having a high level of bromate - a carcinogen (4 times permitted level I think) - in UK this is

Coke is favoured by programmers when they've been working late and need a simulatenous sugar-and-caffeine hit. But they tend to go for Jolt Cola for the extra caffeine.

Even coffee with 2 sugars is probably not as bad as Coke.. no wonder it make people fat and kids go hyper. Pity they had to stop putting Coca extract in it though

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Coke is bad.

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water all the way!

superiorrain

I ran away from coke about 4 years ago now and its been water, tea and alcohol all the way. But i done it to save my teeth after having to to have a about 6 fillings on one visit to the dentist (cost much $$).

Not sure about all those 'facts' about coke but still they have re-affirmed (sp) my faith in my decision. Oh and the weight lost made me happy to.

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cokelvr

Being a Coke junkie I must reply to this nonsense. Go to www.snopes.com and see more for yourself.

Claim: The acids in Coca-Cola make it harmful to drink.

Status: False.

Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2001]


1. In many states 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 . . . Let the "real thing" sit for one hour, then flush clean.

4. The citric acid in Coke removes stains from vitreous china.

5. To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub the bumper with a crumpled-up piece of Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil dipped in Coca-Cola.

6. To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion.

7. To loosen a rusted bolt: Applying a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola to the rusted bolt for several minutes.

8. To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coca-Cola into the baking pan;rap 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.

9. 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.

FYI:

1. The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid. It's pH is 2.8. It will dissolve a nail in about 4 days.

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! Drink up! No joke. Think what coke and other soft drinks do to your teeth on a daily basis. A tooth will dissolve in a cup of coke in 24-48 hours.


Origins: Many
of the entries above are just simple household tips involving Coca-Cola, as provided by Joey Green in his 1995 book Polish Your Furniture with Panty Hose and on his web site. That you can cook and clean with Coke is relatively meaningless from a safety standpoint — you can use a wide array of common household substances (including water) for the same purposes; that fact alone doesn't necessarily make them dangerous to ingest. Nearly all carbonated soft drinks contain carbonic acid, which is moderately useful for tasks such as removing stains and dissolving rust deposits (although plain soda water is much better for some of these purposes than Coca-Cola or other soft drinks, as it doesn't leave a sticky sugar residue behind). Carbonic acid is relatively weak, however, and people have been drinking carbonated water for many years with no detrimental effects.

The rest of the claims offered here are specious. Coca-Cola does contain small amounts of citric acid and phosphoric acid; however, all the insinuations about the dangers these acids might pose to people who drink Coca-Cola ignore a simple concept familiar to any first-year chemistry student: concentration. Coca-Cola contains less citric acid than orange juice does, and the concentration of phosphoric acid in Coke is far too small (a mere 11 to 13 grams per gallon of syrup, or about 0.20 to 0.30 per cent of the total formula) to dissolve a steak, a tooth, or a nail overnight. (Much of the item will dissolve eventually, but after a day or two you'll still have most of the tooth, a whole nail, and one very soggy t-bone.)

Besides, the gastric acid in your stomach is much stronger than any of the acids in Coca-Cola, so the Coca-Cola is harmless.

The next time you're stopped by a highway patrolman, try asking him if he's ever scrubbed blood stains off a highway with Coca-Cola (or anything else). If you're lucky, by the time he stops laughing he'll have forgotten about the citation he was going to give you.

cokelvr

As for this rumor

"2. To carry Coca-Cola syrup (the concentrate) the commercial truck must use the Hazardous Material place cards reserved for highly corrosive materials. "

I work for the Union Pacific railroad and we haul Coke syrup and NO hazardous material placards are needed. I love the bullishshit people try and spread about things.

Slavakion

Whatever the risks may be, I hate coke. I just hate the taste of it. I'd rather have good old reliable water any day.

thriolith

Water is still obviously better for you than Coke. But, Coke isn't as bad for you as some claim it to be.

Yes, most of those Coke "facts" are in reality "urban legends" and have been disproven many times. Now, go watch Myth Busters.

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VitaminH

For the record, ALL carbonated beverages contain carbonic acid, because that's what makes them Carbonated. Dissolve CO2 in water and you get Carbonic acid. Pressure keeps it in there, so when you release the pressure opening the can, thats why all those bubbles appear, its the Carbonic acid returning to CO2. After the initial fizz it takes time for it all to get out of there, making the beverage "flat".

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jason87

i drink way to much cola, but im trying to cut back and drink more water

sierrajunkie

yea, my aunt got aids from a coke can once, plenty of water took care of that though