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Weight Loss Forum / General Topics / March 2004Water and Coke
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 1st 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. 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 aluminium 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 aluminium 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.  SignatureDiva ****** There is no substitute for the right food Urban Legends: http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/acid.asp Melissa > 1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. > 2. In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > Coca-Cola will help loosen grease stains. It will also clean road haze > from your windshield. Sources please > Sources please It was posted on MCS Canadian sources and here's why i love it myth or not. Last month our landlord installed a humungous Coke machine in the laundry room.To make way for it we got a smaller table for folding stuff and don't have room for the magazine and book rack we had been given permission to install. The landlord put machines in all their 200 buildings and gets a percentage of the profit. Many people in our building object to the machine and the landlord wants something in writing to that effect. I have signatures from those that oppose the machine but thought the urban kegend would make a good attachment. I wanted to see how credible it was and it look like you guys have nipped it in the bottle cap! SignatureDiva ****** There is no substitute for the right food > > Sources please > It was posted on MCS Canadian sources and here's why i love it myth or [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > I wanted to see how credible it was and it look like you guys have > nipped it in the bottle cap! I think that prefering a magazine and book rack and a larger folding table is enough reason not to have the machine in the laundry room. Let them move it into the office and then folks who want a coke could still have one and everyone, except the office staff who'd have to deal with the extra "traffic", would be happy! Tonia The section on coke was debunked in a recent episode of Mythbusters... However, I do think drinking water is good for you, and I don't think drinking a ton of soda is the best thing for a person... det > 1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. > 2. In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > Coca-Cola will help loosen grease stains. It will also clean road haze > from your windshield. I should have read the whole thread before I posted the same thing! My DH and I just love Mythbusters. Tonia > The section on coke was debunked in a recent episode of Mythbusters... > However, I do think drinking water is good for you, and I don't think [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] > > Coca-Cola will help loosen grease stains. It will also clean road haze > > from your windshield. > I should have read the whole thread before I posted the same thing! My DH > and I just love Mythbusters. > > Tonia Me too! Just saw the most disgusting episode regarding a corvetter and two pig corpses and about 3 months of hot sun ...ugh. Teri > > I should have read the whole thread before I posted the same thing! My DH > > and I just love Mythbusters. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > pig corpses and about 3 months of hot sun ...ugh. > Teri That episode was great. It reminded me of the "Stinky Meat Project": http://www.thespark.com/science/stinkymeat/day1/index.html Tonia The title of this thread is very topical as Coca Cola are in the news today in the UK. They've just launched their water called Dasani over here. According to the press, they've already come under attack by the public water utilities for implying that the water that we get from the tap isn't "pure" and for charging nearly 100 times the equivalent of the cost of a glass of tap water. They are also threatened with investigation as to whether their description of the product as "pure" water complies with our legislation on labelling. Basically, it seems to be London tap water with some fancy treatment, which isn't in itself illegal. Whoever's right, I don't feel too sorry for the company - I'm sure they can afford to defend themselves. Anyone know anything about this product? | wonder how it differs from the bottled waters we already get here. janice 233/177/133 >The title of this thread is very topical as Coca Cola are in the news >today in the UK. They've just launched their water called Dasani over [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >janice >233/177/133 Do you guys not have other bottled waters over there? I mean, that argument has been around for years - since bottle water became fashionable. (evian, perrier, etc). Personally I can't stand the taste of our city water and will run it through a filter and refridgerate for 24hrs before drinking. But as for bottled waters, Dasani is a good tasting brand. I can taste the difference in different bottled waters out there, and those generic store brand ones taste no different than tap water. Dasani is one that you can taste the difference in, It does have a "nontaste" to it. which is how water should taste. > >The title of this thread is very topical as Coca Cola are in the news > >today in the UK. They've just launched their water called Dasani over [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > that you can taste the difference in, It does have a "nontaste" to > it. which is how water should taste. I don't know... I like that mineral taste - the kind of crisp taste you might find in water from a mountain spring. Yeah, we have those around here... I don't like the non-taste, which is what distilled water tastes like to me. I prefer the bottled water that has had minerals added in, but I don't like the chemical taste of chlorine. det >> >The title of this thread is very topical as Coca Cola are in >> >the news today in the UK. They've just launched their water [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > > det I drank from a mountain spring once. I got giardia! (A parasite, if you didn't know already). The water was great, and free, but the treatment got a little expensive. > >The title of this thread is very topical as Coca Cola are in the news > >today in the UK. They've just launched their water called Dasani over [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > that you can taste the difference in, It does have a "nontaste" to > it. which is how water should taste. I prefer RO (reverse osmosis) water. It has the "nontaste" and is only $0.25 a gallon from the place we get ours. Lubbock tap water is almost undrinkable because it's so salty and mineraly. On the occasion when I go out shopping without my water bottle and I have to buy a bottle of water I chose Dasani over the other commonly found brand here, Ozarka, which I think tastes like it has a pinch of dirt in it. Tonia >>The title of this thread is very topical as Coca Cola are in the news >>today in the UK. They've just launched their water called Dasani over >>here. >>Anyone know anything about this product? | wonder how it differs from >>the bottled waters we already get here. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >that you can taste the difference in, It does have a "nontaste" to >it. which is how water should taste. Thanks for the info jay jay. Yes, we have lots of different bottled waters but this is being marketed as something entirely different which is why it's getting attention in the press. Most of our bottled water is spring water. Dasani is apparently London tap water which has been through some purifying process. I guess I'll try it once, although I don't usually buy still water - I drink a glass of sparkling mineral water with my evening meal because I enjoy it. janice 233/177/133 > >The title of this thread is very topical as Coca Cola are in the news > >today in the UK. They've just launched their water called Dasani over [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > that you can taste the difference in, It does have a "nontaste" to > it. which is how water should taste. I can also tell the difference between water in different municipalities. We have well water and I can even tell a difference between our water and someone who lives in another part of town. Dasani is one of the few bottled waters I like. Most places up here carry Ice Mountain and it tastes terrible! Jenn > > >The title of this thread is very topical as Coca Cola are in the news > > >today in the UK. They've just launched their water called Dasani over [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > Jenn we've got well water at home, but its so hard and in FL we get alot of salt and stuff, so I prefer filtered even at home. Even the fridge has a filter built into it. Here in FL we get Zephyrhills (Fl bottled) as wel as dasani and others, and I now buy the dasani or ZH. There are sme that as soon as they get warm they taste funny. > we've got well water at home, but its so hard and in FL we get alot of salt > and stuff, so I prefer filtered even at home. Even the fridge has a filter [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > I now buy the dasani or ZH. There are sme that as soon as they get warm > they taste funny. We have a water softener. My hair was literally turning red from the iron. I'm used to the taste, though I do put it in a pitcher and leave it sit out overnight, then refrigerate it. I read somewhere that leaving tap water to sit out overnight (open container) makes it more palatable. I don't know if it's true or not. Jenn > > we've got well water at home, but its so hard and in FL we get alot of > salt [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Jenn I don't know about making it taste better but leaving a jug of water out overnight is necessary before putting in the aquarium here or it'll kill the fish very quickly! I think the chlorine dissipates or something. I still have to add the water conditioning chemical but if the water hasn't sat out for several hours the fish will die. Tonia > > > we've got well water at home, but its so hard and in FL we get alot of > > salt [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > Tonia Since I got chemical sensitivities I have used a product called the Crystal Bath ball from Rainshowrs. It needs a replacement filter once a year. You place it under the faucet and drag it through the bath water for a few seconds and the water becomes soft, silky and chlorine free. I got a lot of static for mentioning this a few years ago but please accept my word that it works and works well and is great for babies. I have no $$ interest. http://www.naturalsolutions1.com/rainbal1.htmt SignatureDiva ***** The Best Man for the Job May Be A Woman >Since I got chemical sensitivities I have used a product called the >Crystal Bath ball from Rainshowrs. It needs a replacement filter once a [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >http://www.naturalsolutions1.com/rainbal1.htmt LOL... I remember the whole crystal ball controversy... Dasani is simply tap water from your area, 'purified' (although in London, Thames Water purify it ANYWAY....) - and minerals added. I don't know why in god's name people buy Dasani, all of a sudden..is it because coke make it?! The blue bottle with the eastern-font writing on it?! Jesus knows...but I keep seeing people with it lately, it just tastes like....liquid with everything removed. By the way, take note, many waters that have been purified actually aren't as 'good for you' - as your immune system needs so many bacteria to incase your immune system throughout your life. >Dasani > >The title of this thread is very topical as Coca Cola are in the news > >today in the UK. They've just launched their water called Dasani over [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > argument has been around for years - since bottle water became > fashionable. (evian, perrier, etc). Uh, yeah, they do. Where do you think Evian and Perrier come from? That's right, Europe. : ) Martha > The title of this thread is very topical as Coca Cola are in the > news today in the UK. They've just launched their water called [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > janice > 233/177/133 There's a saying over: "Evian" is "Naive" spelled backwards. Ounce for ounce (or ml for ml, if you prefer) bottled water costs more than gasoline (Br: petrol). > 1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. > 2. In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > Coca-Cola will help loosen grease stains. It will also clean road haze > from your windshield. There's a tv show on the Discovery channel here in the USA called Mythbusters that "busted" most of the above as untrue. Especially #2. Tonia > There is no substitute for the right food |
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