Water Or Coke?
 

Ok, posted this in another thread about The benefits of water although this might've been going off track a bit?

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 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 every day?

COKE

1. 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.

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: 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 the ham is finished, remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mix with the Coke for 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 INFORMATION:

1. The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid. Its pH is 2.8. 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 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!

Interesting Fact: Coke outsells bottled water by 20 times in the USA

Now the question is, would YOU like a glass of water or coke?

edit: With that though, yiou'd think there'd be more people dying of coke poisoning or something? :hmm:

Yeah, it seems a bit extreme--but sodas are still a lot worse for you than a lot of people seem to realize. I dont drink them anymore, and dont drink anything other than water or milk (except for alcoholic beverages). The only time I drink soda anymore is in mixed drinks. Mmmm, Jack and Coke...

Hehe, this reminds me of the horse radish I ate for dinner earlier, Eatting a steak and I take a huge scoop of horse-radish instead of mashed potatos. My eyes were watering for like 10 mins looked like I was choking I was so red .. The only thing I had to say was I figured the crap burned off my entire dinner it was so spicy

Honestly, people dont realize how bad sodas are for you .. For some energy they are nice but they are just raw calories and really dont taste much better then water

Personally, I hate when people complain about weight but wont even take a critical yet simple step of cutting out soda entirely .. I see people drinking diet soda and honestly its good to see your concerned about calories however, sodas are raw sugar no matter how many calories it has if you cant drink water then drink a fruit juice or something that at least has some nutritional value.

Also, Im gonna use some coke to get this screw unstuck out of my weight machine since I cant seem to adjust weights since it broke inside there ><

A few of those coke facts are completely false, but I still avoid drinking soda as much as I can.

coke is still good if used under moderation.

I was watching a Myth Busters marathon a few weeks ago and they pretty much disproved the T-Bone steak in the bowl of coke thing. It did, however clean chrome fairly well. If I remember correctly it did ok with cleaning up blood.

Coke probably outsells bottled water just because most people have a cheap and easy water supply in their house.

For me I pick water almost 90% of the time. I drank coke like crazy when I was in college. I felt sick and packed on the pounds. I quit drinking coke and dropped a whole lot of weight.

Actually there is absolutely no nutritional benefit to drinking coke.

i heard you can get cancer from drinkin cola
:/


oh and yes theres no nutritional benifit, but you still wont dehydrate by drinking it

I've heard it said that anything is okay if taken in moderation including moderation. I still prefer water to Coke and funny enough I've been able to give up my addiction to antacids after giving up the Coke. Coincidence? Hmmmm....maybe. But water is still better for you hands down.

I've never been a soda drinker. When I was a kid, I remember going to freinds places and all they drank was pop. Bleh, I'll stick to water thanks.

Coke also dehydrates the body and can work as a crude diuretic. However it can also relive some headaches and migraines (those caused by high fluid levels around the brain).

I hate it when people spread rumors and lies with no scientific or research supported facts. I got this email from my friends several months back, and since seeing this post, I added all the emails in the chain under a distro list of "people that send me bullshit", and I plan on sending all of them a detailed counter-argument to their nonsense. That 75% statistic is bullshit, along with most of those other "facts". So what if the pH is 2.8. There's something they teach in high school in chemistry called "concentration". I think that's all that needs to be said.

<QUOTE>Many of the notions (and dubious "facts") presented in that e-mail seem to have been taken from the book Your Body's Many Cries for Water, by Fereydoon Batmanghelidj. He arrived at his conclusions through reading, not research, and he claims that his ideas represent a "paradigm shift" that required him to self-publish his book lest his findings "be suppressed.''</QUOTE>

Counter to first part: http://www.snopes.com/toxins/water.htm

Counter to second part: http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/tooth.asp and http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/acid.asp

@Stan
The tactics of this, albeit false :p are just used as a means of scaremongering in order to get poeple off of drinking coke and other soda's. Much like the excessive advertising soda compaines used in the first place to get people onto coke :) Namely identifying with someone (or some image) above the crowd.

Basically it was just trying to say (in terms of nutrition):
Water -> Good
Coke -> Bad

The only time I drink coke is with my other favorite hazardous substance... rum.

Actually, a glass of tap water contains 77 possibly carcinogenic substances. EVERYTHING thesedays can give you cancer, including organic vegetables.

And Coke actualy rehydrates you faster (if consumed with water) than any non-isotonic drink. Coke contains highj amounts of Potassium and Sodium, which are essential for re-hydration. Wanna drink water only? Well, without any salts in your body, you'll just piss it all out again. Have a Coke, then drink your eight glasses of water.

I avoid all forms of caffine and this includes soda however as Rockzilla say sometimes with a choice of poison.

It is due to caffine efecting me and the positive benefits of drinking more water - I no longer suffer with headaches .

I feel that science can say anything and then change it's mind - just try it for a while

I didn't know that Coke was so corrosive, and yet "helpful" in some situations...

I suppose that I'd rather have some water than Coke. Water is the best thing for you, and I also didn't know that your metabolism lowers even when you're slightly dehydrated.

All soda is bad for your body and total wellness. So go for the glass of water next time!:thumbsup:

wait, can i really clean my toilet with coke, because i dont want to put my hand down there, or did they just get the word order wrong and mean you need to clean the toilet bowl before you blow coke off of it?

Yeah.. thats why I try to stay away from Coke if I can.. Caffiene & Phosphoric Acid.. I try to drink things that don't have Phosphoric Acid in them. Personally I love Squirt. No caffiene, no Phosphoric acid and still tastes great. Then to top it off that grapefruit juice in it gives me the same kick that the caffiene would do. :)

Now, after reading that guys, this is why you want to be VERY careful not to spill soda near a computer.. aside from getting inside.. which I'm sure you could understand some implications, well think of the keyboard? Spill coke in there, and wait a day.. and see if the metal wires are still there.... Coke is powerful stuff!

Interesting read. Doesn't shock me at all though. I've been drinking nothing but water (instead of coke) for almost 9 months now. And eating the same crap, being my lazy self....I've lost 40 pounds. I would suggest it to anybody who lives on the stuff. :P

My thoughts too. I also like to partake in some whiskey.

Fully (or not so funny) thing, Coke gives me "the wind" something aweful.

I used to drink pop all the time at my job. I started to drink only water and lost about 20 pounds in 3 months.

I have watched with growing concern the world community's increasing obsession with the demon liquid water and its cousin "New Water". Though I take great personal risk in speaking out I feel I must, for it is the truthsayer that brings us the light. This world has suffered in darkness for far too long. It is time for a new dawn.
We have only to look to one of our greatest drinking thinkers Pope John Paul George Ringo II who said in his 1969 address to the masses - "Drink not the unfermented liquids, for only in the blissful stupor of alcohol do we, … hey Dexter!, is that you? Where is…? Who?…- Oh yeah, Drink not the poodle of,… Where's my sandwich? I'm Not Drunk!! Woo Hoo! I'm King of the World!" A powerful message from a powerful man.
History itself provides ample confirmation of the truth, or lest we forget the thousands that died in World War II so Ernest & Julio Gallo could freely produce their delightful variety of wines and wine-like spritzers. Was their sacrifice for naught?
Now lets really look at this, why is it doctors are so hep to push the benefits of water on us all? Maybe we should examine the board of directors of the major bottled water companies. Did you know that DOCTORS have a 90% controlling interest in all bottled water companies and that water is secretly known to be the greatest cause of cancer, emphysema, bed-wetting, rickets, baldness, acne, leprosy, malaria AND Hypotoxiglygen
Anemia Sulfinitis. Its true. Of course the medical community would rather we not know this disturbing truth. The medicos make a lot of money treating these unfortunate conditions and when one finally gets well what do they recommend? THAT WE DRINK PLENTY OF WATER! The conspiracy threatens us all.
I say we must look to the noble homeless winos and booze hounds of this great land for guidance. It is in their grizzled features, bloodshot eyes, and smelly garments that we may finally, at long last, find our way home.

Although doctors might be on the water board or whatever, don't buy bottled water with fancy names at inflated prices! Just drink it out of the tap. How much does it cost nowadays (out of the tap)?

As for the other conspiracy crap; are you serious?

Serious? How could that possibly be serious? Just thought I'd inject a little humor. Sorry if it was inappropriate. Actually I drink drink about a gallon of water a day. I work out a lot and need the hydration. Don't buy the bottled stuff either tap water works fine.

I love how some people actually come to defend coke on a health forum. I have a friend that lost 20 pounds by simply not drinking the 3-5 cans of coke a day he drank anymore. Its loaded with carbs, sugar and calories that if you don't exercise off, will turn in to fat. If you want to lose weight and drink pop, you aren't going to be nearly as successful as you are if you drink water, if at all.

Every tap water is different, especially depending on if you drink well water or city water.

And as for the sodium bit, do you know how much sodium is in your food? EVERYTHING is packed with sodium. Especially processed foods that people that drink coke probably eat. The cons of drinking coke outweigh the pros (if you can call them that) by far.

hear ye, hear ye.
when you think about all the people that drowned each each. All the ships that are lost in the see. All the naval battles that are fought. Water is evil, and so is NaCl which is in see water. The only way to clense these water drinking sinners is to ban water all together.

mmmmm coke

I try to stay in as good of shape as possible and I never really thought that a can of soda would hurt until like 6 months ago, and I practically stopped drinking all soda. I try to stay to water, tea, and juice.

I dont like cola, its too sweet.
I dont like water, theres no taste.
I dont like juice, just because of the name.
Iced Tea, now theres a drink!!

Don't want to hijack or anything, but is stuff like Fresca, which has no calories and no sugar bad for you?

My thoughts, not yours:

1. regular coke is loaded with refined sugar, which turns to fat, and caffine, which is a diuretic - good for a headache of a certain type but not for fluid balance
2. your stomach used some pretty strong acid that trumps phosphoric acid in a NY minute
3. water is better but, as with anything, overdoing it will kill you; water will kill you if you drink too much, too fast. Also, too much will deplete your electrolite balance and make your body think it needs to conserve. This is where a hangover originates when you drink and then pee a lot. And why a (diet) coke is good for a hangover - or a cup of coffee or a cup of tea.
4. There is tons of sodium in everything processed. You only need

Everything in moderation creates a balance. That's what you're going for!

Coke is by no means good for you. It also contains no Potassium as far as I can tell (reading a can right now). There is sodium in that, but most people in westernized cultures get more than enough of that already in your diet. Water is by far the better choice. Coke will dehydrate you both because of the caffeine in it which acts as a diuretic, and because it is hypertonic, or put simply the stuff dissolved in the water:water ratio is higher than that of our bodies, so our cells actually lose water to balance out the ratio.

The water/coke facts at the beginning of the article I am fairly sure are either exaggerated or totally fabricated, but I can't disprove them, mostly because I don't feel like taking the time to do the research.

Oh, and just about everything gives you cancer ;)

And finally, I gave up sugary pops a little over a year ago, lost 30 pounds. We get an ungodly number of empty calories from pop.

After talking with my dad, who's a diabetic and has nutrition classes, he says either water or diet coke is the best. Juice is filled with sugar and other bad stuff (more bad stuff than Coke). Same with alcoholic drinks.

And when you think about it, Diet Coke is just some sodium and phenylalanine.

Here, here for diet coke! Good stuff and no greasy sugar! Diet Mountain Dew if you need a caffine boost.

I was amazed at how many guys lost weight just by quiting coke. then i remembered how much soda americans drink on average. 3 to 5 cans a day is really bad. you should blame yourself, not the coke.

I haven't had a coke in almost 3 years, simply by choice of stopping for the sake of stopping.

So I'll take water.

wow i didn't know coke was such a multi purpose product. =D

I agree with those who say Coke is evil...Pepsi is where it's at.:cool:

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..

myth busters busted most those coke "facts"

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.

Re: Water Or Coke?
 

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.

Debunking from Snopes.com!
 

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

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.

Re: Debunking from Snopes.com!
 

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.:hmm: :crazy:

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.

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

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

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!

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.

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/

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.

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 :(

Coke is bad.

water all the way!

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.

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.

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. :)

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.

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.

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".

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

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