Water or Coke

[littlred]

WATER
>
> 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 fuzz
> 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.
>
>
> And now for the properties of COKE:
>
> 1. In many states (in the USA) 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 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?

[sbp]

I'd take Coke. The water in this area blows.

[VaLorie]

Ha! You couldn't get me to touch water from the tap with a 10 ft. pole. But I'm trying to phase out coke and I love a big glass of bottled water!

BUT..... I looked up the info on the Coke and it is all a urban legend!

http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/acid.asp

[JCole200]

I hate bottled water so much. What a ridiculous concept. Dasani (a coke product, I might add) has added Sodium (yes, that's Salt) in it for "nutritional value" even though there is no "nutritional value" in it. But Salt does make you more thirsty. If that's not an evil marketing scheme, I don't know what is.

Give me tap water anyday over any coke product. And the very rare times I do buy water (only for a trip, car or plane) I'll take Aquafina (pepsi product) over the evil empire.. I mean coca-cola.

[VaLorie]

Ha, I have a feeling you'd change your mind if you had to drink water from the tap in San Diego. YUCK!