OT: Water or Coke

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Water or Coke?

This is really an eye opener.... Water or Coke? We all know that water
is important but I've never seen it written down like this before.

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 fuzzy short-term memory, trouble with basic maths, 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?
 
Visited the local power plant a while back. The guys in the lab asked if we knew whether Coke or Pepsi had the most acid. Everyone typically guesses Coke. Pepsi is actually more acidic than Coke.
So why don't the above mentioned carry Pepsi instead? If the highway patrol used it to clean the highway would it eat through the highway?
 
Back in the 60's, when the rain was falling hard,
my Dad would stop the car and buy a Coke
then pour/rub it onto the front window.
Caused the rain to bead up and give better vision.
Hadn't thought of that in years.
 
Thanks for the post, Beo! I've seen the Coke info previously but had forgotten a good bit of it, but the Water info is great. If Coke is less acidic than Pepsi, I wonder what the Ph of Coke is? I know from personal experience that the Ph of Pepsi is 4. (portable Ph tester and a little curiousity:D ) I drink a lot of water and probably too much Pepsi for my own good!

-Craig
 
It's all a matter of moderation. I have a Coke maybe twice a week, and I drink a fair amount of water and juice. If you were to try to subsist on Coke, you'd be in trouble, but once in a while it's no big deal. Thanks for the list of cleaning solutions though!

On a side note, not many people realize that too much water can be dangerous as well. It's a very rare and little known problem, but drinking massive amounts of water (on the order or several gallons in a day) while sweating excessively, as when running a marathon or other strenuous activity, can dilute the concentration of electrolytes in a person's blood causing severe illness and often death. This condition is known as hyponatremia. The biggest problem with this is that the symptoms are similar to dehydration, so the first aid rendered is usually just to give the victim more water, compounding the problem. I got this information from several articles written in Runner's World magazine BTW. It's mainly been a problem in ultra-marathons, 50 or 100 mile races in which people rehydrate with just water and no sports drinks. There have been several deaths due to hyponatremia, and apparently the military also has had a few (largely unreported) deaths from hyponatremia. During Basic training recruits are often forced to drink water so they won't become dehydrated; since they don't have access to sports drinks and some of them can't eat due to stress and the fact they only have 5 minutes to stuff themselves at each meal they can run out of electrolytes fairly quickly. From what the article said they've fixed this problem by not forcing people to drink so much and I know when I went through we were encouraged to drink Gatorade at the chow hall. So if any of you ever run an ultra-marathon be sure to drink a little Gatorade along the way.
 
True, in basic they made us drink water continously. The last person who died in Air Force basic training died from a mix of taking allergy pills behind his TI's back and too much water.

- D
 
When I was in Army basic training (July-Sept., 1964) they handed out salt tablets at each break to avoid heat stroke etc. There were some who still were overcome by the humidheat of lovely Ft Dix, NJ.
 
Does it have to be Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil to remove rust from the bumper, or will other brands do??

And Beo, be careful if you go to Atlanta.
 
Drinking lots of water has helped dramatically reduce (by 50%!) the time between my potty breaks...



:p
 
Haven't bought a coke in many years. Pound down water as a matter of habit having served in three desert campaigns. Ah, but when it's a "beverage" I want, for me that's spelled G-u-i-n-n-e-s-s.

Sarge
 
Remember from the Air Force days one of the guys in my shop who used to drink a case of Coke a day. Wonder where he is these days,,,,
 
Originally posted by Roadrunner
On a side note, not many people realize that too much water can be dangerous as well. It's a very rare and little known problem, but drinking massive amounts of water (on the order or several gallons in a day) while sweating excessively, as when running a marathon or other strenuous activity, can dilute the concentration of electrolytes in a person's blood causing severe illness and often death. This condition is known as hyponatremia.

I can speak from experience on this!!!! A year ago last March I was hospitilized with Potassium depletion.
I was limited to 1 six ounce glass of water every eight hours and for someone who was used to drinking several Quik-Trip 32 ounce cups of ice and water all day long it was pure torture to have my water supply cut off that suddenly!!!!:( :grumpy:
And I'm not a runner of any kind.
I had been told to drink lots of water for my well being and it totally backfired on me!!!!
I've been working on cutting the quanity of water I drink to 2 of the Quik-Trip cups a day, somedays I make it, but most days I drink 3 or 4 which is still considerably a whole lot less than the 7 or 8 and occasionally the 10 I drank beforehand!!!!:D

Early this morning, about 4:00 a.m. I woke up with a familiar feeling that I don't like so I ate a banana and then asked Barb if we had any grapefruit juice, also high in Potassium, our power also went out about that time because of high winds due to a thunderstorm.
I drank the whole dayumed can and weighed in a pound more at the Drs than I did 2 weeks ago.:(
Lots of liquid can also throw your weight off when you're on a diet.:eek: :(
The Physician's assitant, Mr.Campbell, told me to up my intake of Potassium which I had already done, but now I'm on 50% more than I was previously.
I sure don't want to wind up in the hospital again!!!!:rolleyes: :eek: :(
 
Yvsa, we don't want you to go to the hospital either. Take care of yourself. By the way, how is your daughter, she is in my thoughts along with you and the rest of your family.

Sarge, I approve of your alternative to soft drinks! I'd love to get together and debate choices with you.
 
The surgeon who is going to replace my hip said that water acts as a lubricant for the joints. No water or too little water will really help to wear away the joints. And...if you're only drinking cokes...imagine what that is doing? Oww...my hip hurts...guilty, yes, of drinking too many sodas. That, however, has changed.
 
Originally posted by firkin
Does it have to be Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil to remove rust from the bumper, or will other brands do??

And Beo, be careful if you go to Atlanta.

The truth be known, wadded up aluminum foil will remove rust whether it's dipped in Coke or not. I don't think it has to be Reynolds.:p
 
Originally posted by Yvsa
...... and for someone who was used to drinking several Quik-Trip 32 ounce cups of ice and water all day long........

Yvsa, what the heck is a Quik-Trip cup??
 
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