Water or Coke?



1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated.

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 (egad,
where's the water!) 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.

---- And now for the properties of 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: 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.

9. 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 coke or a glass of water?

..and byron actually loves the stuff.

Mazerati said:

I prefer Diet Coke with Lime plz

Diet Coke with Lime is awesome...but sadly I've had to give it up as I have dicovered that I'm addicted to it-literally...so its just water for me now....

diet coke

I don't smoke.
I don't drink liquor.
I don't even know HOW to use drugs.

...but I can't go a day without at least one can/glass of original COCA-COLA!

That's my addiction.

BTW: the new Black Cherry Vanilla Coke is AWESOME!

i see.
[Edited 2/26/06 21:02pm]

i wish they had regular lemon coke! oh well

Mazerati said:

I sent u that! Thief!!

Mazerati said:

eww lemon coke tasted like soap..

I prefer ice water. But that black cherry vanilla Coke sounds good, too...

It will dissolve a nail in about 4 days.
2. You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of coke and it will be gone in two
days.

Diet coke:

catpark said:

On mythbusters they tried this and it didn't do either, and teeth did not dissolve in coke either although it tenderised the meat quite well

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.

Actually sounds quite nice!

It's all crap, ever hear about the show "Mythbusters" ? They bust those myths all to hell on one episode.

Teacher said:

that's what I said! Is that show canadian?

Teacher said:

i know some of it is crap but not all! believe!!
cuz its 'the real thing'
[Edited 2/26/06 23:24pm]

I drink water or tea. I was never a big soda drinker.

Soda I give to my children as a treat, which is usually once every three or four months. Not only will it make you gain weight because of the high sugar content and screw with your glucose levels, but it is also very unhealthy, especially diet, due to the aspartame.

I'll take water over coke anyday. Coke is nasty.

I can drink the mess out of some Dr. Pepper though.

i wonder what the orginal formula for coca-cola would have cleaned, removed, enhanced the flavor of, loosened up, or removed?
i found this interesting historical tidbit of coca-cola's original formula:
Cocaine-Cola
Claim: Coca-Cola used to contain cocaine.
Status: True. http://www.snopes.com/cok...ocaine.asp
Origins: Coca-Cola
was named back in 1885 for its two "medicinal" ingredients: extract of coca leaves and kola nuts. Just how much cocaine was originally in the formulation is hard to determine, but the drink undeniably contained some cocaine in its early days. Frederick Allen describes the public attitude towards cocaine that existed as Coca-Cola's developers worked on perfecting their formula in 1891:
The first stirrings of a national debate had begun over the negative aspects of cocaine, and manufacturers were growing defensive over charges that use of their products might lead to "cocainism" or the "cocaine habit". The full-throated fury against cocaine was still a few years off, and Candler and Robinson were anxious to continue promoting the supposed benefits of the coca leaf, but there was no reason to risk putting more than a tiny bit of coca extract in their syrup. They cut the amount to a mere trace.
Allen also explains that cocaine continued to be an ingredient in the syrup in order to protect the trade name "Coca-Cola":
But neither could Candler take the simple step of eliminating the fluid extract of coca leaves from the formula. Candler believed that his product's name had to be descriptive, and that he must have at least some by-product of the coca leaf in the syrup (along with some kola) to protect his right to the name Coca-Cola. Protecting the name was critical. Candler had no patent on the syrup itself. Anyone could make an imitation. But no one could put the label "Coca-Cola" on an imitation so long as Candler owned the name. The name was the thing of real value, and the registered trademark was its only safeguard. Coca leaves had to stay in the syrup.
How much cocaine was in that "mere trace" is impossible to say, but we do know that by 1902 it was as little as 1/400 of a grain of cocaine per ounce of syrup. Coca-Cola didn't become completely cocaine-free until 1929, but there was scarcely any of the drug left in the drink by then:
By Heath's calculation, the amount of ecgonine [an alkaloid in the coca leaf that could be synthesized to create cocaine] was infinitesimal: no more than one part in 50 million. In an entire year's supply of 25-odd million gallons of Coca-Cola syrup, Heath figured, there might be six-hundredths of an ounce of cocaine.
So, yes, at one time there was cocaine in Coca-Cola. But before you're tempted to run off claiming Coca-Cola turned generations of drinkers into dope addicts, consider the following: back in 1885 it was far from uncommon to use cocaine in patent medicines (which is what Coca-Cola was originally marketed as) and other medical potions. When it first became general knowledge that cocaine could be harmful, the backroom chemists who comprised Coca-Cola at the time (long before it became the huge company we now know) did everything they could with the technology they had available at the time to remove every trace of cocaine from the beverage. What was left behind (until the technology improved enough for it all to be removed) wasn't enough to give a fly a buzz.
thanks to the author of this post...total benificial info...

i do my best to drink a full litre of water a day... good for the inner body...and great for the skin.
[Edited 2/27/06 2:17am]

hAS TO BE THE COOL REFRESHING TASTE OF COKE COLA.
NEVER TOUCH WATER DON'T YALL KNOW WHAT THEY PUT IN THAT STUFF
TO CLEAN IT WHAT SOME CYINDE,A FEW MORE CHEMICALS WATER COULD KILL U...

catpark said:

I've heard of similar recipes using chicken w/ Coke instead. As much as I love Coke, I'm hesitant to try it.

I love Coke, but it's been a while since I've had it...or any soda for that matter. I've been drinking lots of water, low sugar juice, and Crystal Lite lately. My brother just found out he was a diabetic not too long ago.....other than hereditary, the main cause was most likely drinking regular sodas. He'd go through can after can like it was nothing.....that's just as bad as eating candy all day long.

Teacher said:

The Mythbusters rock!

I actually skipped my lunchtime can of Coke today...and by 2:00pm the wind was out of my sails.

Now I have a headache.



...it's rough being an addict....!

ThreadBare said:

It really isn't. If you like your tongue blanketed with an impenetrable sugar coating then maybe you'd like it. It's very artificial tasting. Bleh.

RipHer2Shreds said:

Chemical-ish?

ThreadBare said:

Yeah, pretty much. It's worse than the cherry vanilla Dr. Pepper.

water

Ugh, I gave up cola at the end of the 80s and now I can't tolerate any kind of carbonated drink. Water all the way.