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Bumox
07-23-2001, 09:52 AM
I rolled on the floor when I read this!!


I've always heard a lot about how water is really better for you than soda, but I never really thought to much about it. I mean, cola has water in it right? Sure it does, but there is a lot about both water and cola that many people don't know.

Did you know that over half of the world's population is chronically dehydrated? It's true, and 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. That's 3 out of every 4 people. In your family alone, one if not more of you are not getting enough water.

Even a mild dehydration will slow down one's metabolism as much as 3%. Don't think it's a lot? Well, what about those 10 pounds you've been trying to lose? Start drinking a lot of water, and it will help you lose them.

Lack of water is the number one trigger of daytime fatigue. A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory, trouble with basic math, and great difficulty with focusing on reading from a book or from the computer screen you are looking at right now.

So water is good for you. Research shows that those 8-10 glasses a day you have been hearing about can significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers. Drinking just five glasses of water a day decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast cancer by 79%, and also one is 50% less likely to develop bladder cancer.

Now think about those cans of cola that you drink on a daily basis. Even one can a day add up to a lot of cola. Do you even know what that stuff can do?

-If you put a T-bone steak in a bowl of cola it will be gone in only two days.
-If you put a nail in cola, like the kind you hang your pictures up with, the phosphoric acid in it will completely dissolve the nail in four days.
-If you want to clean a toilet bowl, pour a can of cola into the toilet bowl and let it sit for just one hour, then flush clean. The citric acid in cola removes stains from vitreous china.
-To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers you can rub the bumper with a crumpled-up piece of aluminum foil dipped in cola.

So the next time you reach for that ice cold Coca-Cola that has more than just a purpose of a soft drink, why not reach for pure, non acid filled water instead? I know I'm not about to drink cola anymore…though I do have some rusty nails on the shed that I could use it on.

-SreyPich



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Koliedrus
07-23-2001, 12:26 PM
It's an evolutionary reaction. Hopefully by the time the water supply is completely contaminated we won't need much. Water is a crutch. Drinking too much of it is substance abuse.

*opens a beer*

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SouthernOracle
07-23-2001, 01:32 PM
<FONT COLOR="Teal"><FONT size="5">WATER</FONT c> = good </FONT s>


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Rabble Rouser
07-23-2001, 01:44 PM
<BLOCKQUOTE><HR>-If you want to clean a toilet bowl, pour a can of cola into the toilet bowl and let it sit for just one hour, then flush clean. The citric acid in cola removes stains from vitreous china. [/quote]

I've done that...it really works!

I like soda, but water is the best...I can't go anywhere without having a bottle of water with me.

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Skeet
07-23-2001, 02:35 PM
Wow. I haven't drank any colas in over 5 years. It was just because I didn't like the way they make me feel. I guess it was a good thing.

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Kayla
07-23-2001, 03:48 PM
soda is just plain nasty....i drink about 8 glasses of water a day and it really does help you feel better

DRINK WATER!!

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Dog Breath
07-23-2001, 04:06 PM
I don't drink more than a gallon of water a month. If I get dehydrated I drink Gatorade. Sometimes coffee or iced tea. My life support fluid is Diet Pepsi. I drink up to a 12 pack a day. *Slurps Pepsi* (Burp).

The acid in your stomach is about 100 times stronger than the acid in Pepsi. Most water is alkaline. Drinking Pepsi aids in digestion. See above example of the steak.

Pepsi cures all forms of cancer, piles, warts, fungus, AIDS, pneumonia, scabies, rabies, back ache and female problems.

Yes Pepsi is the perfect food.

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Billyman
07-23-2001, 04:36 PM
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Dog Breath
07-23-2001, 04:53 PM
I have that red can on the left next to my monitor here at work. It's always good to keep a can of WHOOPASS handy in social situations.

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Mr. Snrub
07-23-2001, 11:25 PM
Bah. If i just keep drinking cola, I will mutate and adapt to it.

i AM the kwisatz haderach.

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MuffyTheVampyreLayer
07-24-2001, 04:16 AM
apparently, in chinese (or some language close) cocacola translates to 'bite the wax tadpole' ... hahahahahaha.

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