20-01-2002 23:14									#31
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I drink plenty of Beer. I just have difficulty thinking about drinking anything other than pepsi (C-C =yuck)

So I go through aout 60 Pepsi cans a week (2 cases with 6 more)

	20-01-2002 23:44									#32
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quote: Originally posted by Sagacious Dolphin You reckon carbonic acid in fizzy drinks is more acidic than the hydrochloric stuff in your stomach?

Let's find out. Take one corroded car battery and pour coke on it, then take another and vomit on it. If anybody performs this experiment, please report back on the results.

	21-01-2002 00:00									#33
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Never have I vomited on a car battery before...but I have many car-seats and dashboards


btw: Why waste a good pepsi?

	21-01-2002 03:25									#34
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quote: Originally posted by Eli Fill a cup with your Pepsi and put there a steak. Return a day later to see what happened to it. Btw, it's also a great material for washing toilets.

I think that's Coke Eli... higher acid content than Pepsi. They also use coke to wash blood off of the streets after an accident. I loves my Coke!

	21-01-2002 03:52									#35
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Yes, carbonated drinks are nasty. I won't touch them. They are toxic in so many ways:

1) Caffeine is in the same chemical family as cocaine, and it basically does the same thing. Caffeine is actually more powerful per gram than cocaine; if you snorted a line of it it you would die. So the thread title "Addicted to Coke" is much more than a pun; many of you are suffering the equivalent of a low-level cocaine addiction. Studies have shown that children who have their soft drinks taken away suffer clinical withdrawal symptoms.

2) Refined sugar is death to teeth, waistlines, and metabolisms. Just say no.

3) The phosphorus and other chemicals in these drinks will leach all the calcium right out of your bones. Say hello to osteoporosis.

Add this up and you get a prduct that offers nothing but drug addiction, empty calories, and health problems. Normally I'm pro-business, but I agree with the leftists on this one. Coca-Cola and Pepsi are merchants of death. I view them the same way I view tobacco companies.

We need to attack this pestilence; a surgeon general's warning on every can or bottle would be a good place to start. Then they should work toward advertising restrictions and eventual regulation as a drug by the FDA. Sound familiar?

	21-01-2002 04:46									#36
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To quote a great writer:

They both (Coke & Pepsi) taste like malted battery acid.

It's hard to think of a more commonly consumed product that is so detrimental to health.

	21-01-2002 05:43									#37
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Somthing like 300-500 million cokes are drank everyday?

	21-01-2002 05:51									#38
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While we are talking about the evils of soft drinks, did you know that one in five (or was it four...) toddlers (between ages of 1 and 2) in the USA are fed some kind of soft drink?

Why anyone would feed pop to a baby is beyond me.

	21-01-2002 06:17									#39
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Sprite maybe......other than that...your right ozzie.

That baby would be belching all night, and crapping like an elephant that swallowed a laxative factory

	21-01-2002 06:20									#40
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quote: While we are talking about the evils of soft drinks, did you know that one in five (or was it four...) toddlers (between ages of 1 and 2) in the USA are fed some kind of soft drink?

Nice try

But I think its prety universal. (Not just USA)

	21-01-2002 06:45									#41
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Guess what Im drinking now?


Pepsi !!!

	21-01-2002 06:52									#42
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quote: The daily headaches I'd had for well over ten years were gone within two weeks of going cold turkey and my constant heartburn went away. I could now sleep through the night without waking up multiple times a night. One of the smartest things I ever did.

Wow!!!

No wonder your chemists/pharmacies what have you are virtual supermarkets in the US - everyone must be suffering the effects of soft drink consumption!!!

When I was in Boston I had heartburn for some reason and visited one of the gigantic pharmacies there - you guys have entire aisles of antacid tablets where we only have a little shelf or two...

Still, it happens here too - a couple of my friends reckoned they drank about 1.5ltrs of coke a day...

Luckily although I like the taste of coke (Pepsi - UGH!), I can take it or leave it. My favourite drink is the one my Gran introduced me to over 20yrs ago - LUCOZADE!

Yep, although it may have suddenly become cool to drink it these past few years, the lucozade original flavour (The BEST!) glucose drink was developed for old people to keep their blood sugar levels up...

It's my favourite 'soft' drink, but I only average out to a few 330ml bottles every week - hardly the stuff of addictions...

Nope, my drink (food) of choice these days is a blended fruit drink with whatever's in the house (bananas, strawberries & grapes today) in a juice base (orange today) with some spirulina and maybe an egg added... Mmmmmmmmmm!

Try it! Tastes gorgeous and is very good for you - sets you up for the day!

BTW about the tooth in Coke trick - I tried that when I was about 12 or so with a molar!

Maybe the lesson learned that day is why I've never had a filling in my life!

	21-01-2002 06:53									#43
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quote: Originally posted by faded glory Guess what Im drinking now?

Hey! You could be playing a CtP turn instead!

	21-01-2002 06:56									#44
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My soft drinks of choice are Vernors ginger ale (apparently the oldest soft drink in the USA) and Brio (it's Italian, and everywhere in Canada; do you have it in the U.S.?). Normally, however, I just have iced tea or lemonade. Enough sugar to keep you going, and far less toxic.

	21-01-2002 07:02									#45
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	21-01-2002 07:50									#46
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quote: Originally posted by MOBIUS When I was in Boston I had heartburn for some reason and visited one of the gigantic pharmacies there - you guys have entire aisles of antacid tablets where we only have a little shelf or two...

Nice try, arse, but it is your country's lack of space that prevents large things. Did you happen to notice how big everything else around you was there, as well?

	21-01-2002 08:10									#47
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The concentration of caffeine in coke is too low to satisfy my addiction; espresso is far superior.

Of the various soft drinks, IMO Dr. Pepper is the best in terms of taste, but it has way too much salt (in addition to all of the other unhealthy crap soft drinks generally have). You don't want to physically exert yourself after having one of those.

I generally stick with iced tea given the option.

	21-01-2002 08:19									#48
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i only occaisonally drink sodas anymore...

during the winter is the only time i have caffeine, from tea.. then when it warms up i go through withdrawl.... its the same every year...

i find i'm more tired when drinking things with caffeine than when not....

	21-01-2002 08:26									#49
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quote: Originally posted by Eroberer Nice try, arse, but it is your country's lack of space that prevents large things. Did you happen to notice how big everything else around you was there, as well?

Not so, bell end, several of the shops in London are the World's largest of their categories actually!

Next you'll be telling me you've got hypermarket sized McDonald's over there with 100+ cash registers!

No, compared to Boston at least - our shops are comparable in size to yours, except maybe the largest of your super/hypermarkets...

We're just obviously not as big a nation of hypercondriac pill poppers as you guys!

	21-01-2002 08:31									#50
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I like a nice soda (generally Coke or Sprite) every now and then, but I don't have any addiction problem. I don't understand people who are addicted to any form of food. I mean, I understand that many people have trouble resisting the urge to eat and drink whatever it is they like, but I've never felt so strongly about any food or group of foods that I couldn't give them up if I were so inclined. In fact, it would be very, very hard for me to drink even a quarter as much soda as FG does on a regular basis, since it would do weird stuff to my metabolism and appetite.

	21-01-2002 09:08									#51
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quote: Originally posted by Natan I don't understand people who are addicted to any form of food.

The fact that caffine is a drug might explain it. Imagine if they still spiked it with cocaine like they used to.

	21-01-2002 09:14									#52
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What ratio of cokes do you think is safe?

1 a day? 2 or day?

And if you really need caffeine, would you think that coffee or tea is better?

	21-01-2002 09:17									#53
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quote: Originally posted by Shi Huangdi What ratio of cokes do you think is safe?

I usually only drink 2 a day, if that.

quote: And if you really need caffeine, would you think that coffee or tea is better?

I like the taste of soft drinks better. But a good pot of iced tea is pretty good as well.

	21-01-2002 10:12									#54
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quote: Originally posted by SlowwHand Find a car battery with corrossion all over it, and pour some coke on it. . Watch. That could be your stomach.

Considering that coke has a pH of 4/5 and your stomach has a pH of 0.5/1 I'd say that corroding your stomach is not going to happen in a million years. In fact, I'd recommend it if you have stomack ulcers!

	21-01-2002 10:52									#55
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I think you all should be glad to have withdrawels from coke. With all the stupid **** I do to my body, I would never recognize coke withdrawels from anything else!

	21-01-2002 19:29									#56
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quote: Originally posted by El Awrence Considering that coke has a pH of 4/5 and your stomach has a pH of 0.5/1 I'd say that corroding your stomach is not going to happen in a million years. In fact, I'd recommend it if you have stomack ulcers!

Your stomach's closer to 2, and coke seems to be 3.4 (some people claim 2.8, but these seem to be less credible sources).

By the way, something tells me your logic is slightly flawed...

	21-01-2002 19:47									#57
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quote: Originally posted by KrazyHorse Your stomach's closer to 2, and coke seems to be 3.4 (some people claim 2.8, but these seem to be less credible sources). By the way, something tells me your logic is slightly flawed...

Meh. The coke here's vinegar compared to your American/Canadian battery acid

	22-01-2002 01:35									#58
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Diet pepsi taste's like piss

Coca-Cola= too sugary

	22-01-2002 06:32									#59
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I remember a long while back that some US govt body decided to impose a requirement upon foods to carry a health warning for acid content above a certain level (deemed damaging I suppose). Soon Coke was on the case and that level was adjusted so that Coke didn't have to carry the warning. I guess that they must have had some new insight into the results of that govt report.


I say that Osweld has it absolutely correct:

quote: It's simple, instead of pouring a glass of pepsie, pour a glass of nice cold ice water, and drink that instead. I used to drink as much as 2 litres of sprite everyday, all it took was a brita water filter to get me drinking water again (not very good water where I lived)

I think it is the advertising that has confused my mind - when I get thirsty, I think... "Where can I get a Coke?" ... "or maybe a beer?" ..."what can I buy?".
If I ignore these thoughts and drink much water, it goes away - it is called thirst, but advertising has turned it into a money spinner.

...so how much are you spending per year, Faded? ...and do you really enjoy drinking the stuff? Why not try an enjoyable vice like quality chocolate?

I only drink it when I am feeling weak.

	23-01-2002 02:19									#60
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I'm a serious Cokeaholic too. I drink in spurts though, I usually go months at a time without drinking, then when I go back, its a case every day or two. Then it starts making me feel like crap, so I go off of it for another month or two.

I love all of these Urban Myths about cola in this thread!