Coke or Water

[Guest guest]

WATER OR COKE?

 

 

This is really an eye opener!

 

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. (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: 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 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!

 

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

 

 

[Guest guest]

Morning Friends-

I always check out snopes.com whenever something comes through that is just

a little quirky. I was forwarding this to friends when, on a whim, I

checked it out. There it was.

And, the site is a fun read when you've got some time.

Robin

 

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

 

 

Claim: The acids in Coca-Cola not only make it a handy household cleaning

product, but harmful to drink as well.

 

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. 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.

 

Last updated: 20 November 2001