Would you like a glass of water or a glass of coke?

Mia62

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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 U-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.

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. 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 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 placards 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!
 
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Awww crap, I'm not gonna have any bones left when I'm older. :(
 
http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/acid.asp

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 doesn't necessarily make them dangerous. The fact is that 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 such 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, in a word, stupid. Coca-Cola does contain small amounts of citric acid (from the orange, lemon, and lime oils in its formula) 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 cause harm. The only people who proffer the ridiculous statements that Coca-Cola will dissolve a steak, a tooth, or a nail in a day or two are people who have never actually tried any of these things, because they just don't happen. (Anyone who conducts these experiments will find himself at the end of two days with a whole 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 cleaned blood stains off a highway with Coca-Cola. If you're lucky, by the time he stops laughing he'll have forgotten about the citation he was going to give you.
 
morninggirl5 said:
The only people who proffer the ridiculous statements that Coca-Cola will dissolve a steak, a tooth, or a nail in a day or two are people who have never actually tried any of these things, because they just don't happen. (Anyone who conducts these experiments will find himself at the end of two days with a whole tooth, a whole nail, and one very soggy t-bone.)

Actually, the one about the nail IS true. We did it as a science experiment in grade 6 and the nail dissolved...but I think it took more like a week.
 
MG5, thanks.

Anyone who has worked on a rusted bolt with liquid wrench, a cheater bar, and finally a torch knows all that stuff is a bunch of crap.
 
morninggirl5 said:
http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/acid.asp

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 doesn't necessarily make them dangerous. The fact is that 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 such 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, in a word, stupid. Coca-Cola does contain small amounts of citric acid (from the orange, lemon, and lime oils in its formula) 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 cause harm. The only people who proffer the ridiculous statements that Coca-Cola will dissolve a steak, a tooth, or a nail in a day or two are people who have never actually tried any of these things, because they just don't happen. (Anyone who conducts these experiments will find himself at the end of two days with a whole 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 cleaned blood stains off a highway with Coca-Cola. If you're lucky, by the time he stops laughing he'll have forgotten about the citation he was going to give you.

That's an excellent well researched answer, but it still tastes like shit........:D

Thankgod for Pepsi Max, now there's a road cleaner with taste!!!;)
 
Mia62 said:
Actually, the one about the nail IS true. We did it as a science experiment in grade 6 and the nail dissolved...but I think it took more like a week.

There had to have been something other than Coke in with the nail.

We did the same experiment last summer with my kids. After a month (and a few coke changes) nothing happened to the nail.
 
Mia62 said:
Actually, the one about the nail IS true. We did it as a science experiment in grade 6 and the nail dissolved...but I think it took more like a week.

What else did you put in with the coke?

Every year, i do a science experiment with eggs and different liquids to encourage my students to brush their teeth and to choose milk as a drink. One of the liquids is always Coke and after 3 or 4 weeks, the eggshell is nasty and brown, but it's not cracked or broken.

If Coke alone won't disintegrate an eggshell, it's not going to disolve a nail.
 
I didn't read these replies, but it sounds like BS to me. Concentration is the key here, people. I bet there's more concentrated acid in orange juice than there is in Coke.

Edited for spelling and to say I'm being redundant now...after reading the posts!
 
Hell...that was eons ago...I have no idea. As far as I remember, there wasn't anything in with the coke. Mind you...it WAS before the whole new Coke deal went through...could the Coke from 1973-74 have had a different chemical makeup than now?
 
BTW...this was just a copy n paste thing that I received from my Grandma in email.

I do agree that people need to drink more water and less pop, tho.
 
Mia62 said:
Hell...that was eons ago...I have no idea. As far as I remember, there wasn't anything in with the coke. Mind you...it WAS before the whole new Coke deal went through...could the Coke from 1973-74 have had a different chemical makeup than now?


Yeah, back in '73 coke actually burned people's stomachs out but it was so yummy no one ever complained.
 
Problem Child said:
Yeah, back in '73 coke actually burned people's stomachs out but it was so yummy no one ever complained.

Ahh...the good ole days.
 
Mia62 said:
Hell...that was eons ago...I have no idea. As far as I remember, there wasn't anything in with the coke. Mind you...it WAS before the whole new Coke deal went through...could the Coke from 1973-74 have had a different chemical makeup than now?

I don't believe so.

They went back to their "original formula" after the New Coke was a huge failure.
 
Problem Child said:
Dr. Pepper is actually 89 octane unleaded gasoline.

You know, it tastes like I would imagine 98 octane to taste like as well..........
 
Why do people need to be told the most exagerated bullshit to get them to realise simple truths? COKE IS NOT A HEALTHY BEVERAGE. It's pretty simple. Is is dangerous? In a way. Sugar is bad for you and many people have a hard time kicking the soda habbit. Is it hazardous? Come on. People have been drinking it for what? 60 years? And yet there are still morons out there that buy into this shit. lol People, in gerneral, are gullible as fuck.
 
sunstruck said:
Why do people need to be told the most exagerated bullshit to get them to realise simple truths? COKE IS NOT A HEALTHY BEVERAGE. It's pretty simple. Is is dangerous? In a way. Sugar is bad for you and many people have a hard time kicking the soda habbit. Is it hazardous? Come on. People have been drinking it for what? 60 years? And yet there are still morons out there that buy into this shit. lol People, in gerneral, are gullible as fuck.

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