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 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 crumpled 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!

Ilse

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"It's kind of fun to do the impossible"
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Ilsa,

WOW - until you see it in print...!!

Glad I dont care for cola products

Terese
LCE Member since 12/00
My LC web site

Frightening........am going to show this to my boys.

OMG, shocking.

But yet I remember my Mother telling me stuff like this when I was a kid. I just never listened.

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Life is short, even on the longest days - John Mellencamp

Well, I hate to defend Coke, but most of the information about it's properties is not true, they come from a hoax e-mail.

DataFellows is one of several sites which collects internet hoaxes. This particular one is referenced here:

http://www.datafellows.com/hoaxes/cocahoax.shtml

Maggie
5'1"
Atkins since '98 (160)
Maintaining nicely (110)

Redhead until further notice!

Hi Ilsa, Your 'water' facts are very interesting, and I have no reason to doubt them. I'd like to use them in a newspaper column, but need a source. Could you tell me where you found them?

Thanks, Crone

Oh, that this too, too solid flesh would melt!

Yeah, but they taste soooooo gooood.