Water v Coke

[wombat2u2004]

False....

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

Well....you give your youngin whatever you want him to drink.....and I'll do the same for mine....k ????

[Lady's Human]

Wom, if you drink too much water it can poison you and kill you.

If you drink too much coke it can be bad for you.

The same goes for damned near anything.

There is an LD 50 (dosage at which 50% of the test population will die from acute effects) that has been lab tested for Corn Syrup, sugar and a few other innocuous foods. I could write up an article on them in such a manner that you'd be afraid to eat anything in your fridge.

The point is, as the old saying goes, all things in moderation.

[wombat2u2004]

Yes, true, all things in moderation is the go. But even then, some things are ok to consume, and others are not.
Am I to assume that Coca cola is not one of the products that is responsible for obesity and related problems in the USA ?????
Wom

[Lady's Human]

Coke, McDonalds, BK, KFC are in no way responsible for obesity in the US.

The responsibility lies (as far as food goes, there are exceptions who have no control over their metabolism) with those who have no self control and pay no attention to what they are eating. If you eat 4000 calories a day and sit on your butt, guess what? You're going to be overweight!

[wombat2u2004]

Coke, McDonalds, BK, KFC are in no way responsible for obesity in the US.

The responsibility lies (as far as food goes, there are exceptions who have no control over their metabolism) with those who have no self control and pay no attention to what they are eating. If you eat 4000 calories a day and sit on your butt, guess what? You're going to be overweight!

Well....I think differently mate. I don't let my kids eat or drink certain things, as I believe some things are harmful to them, particularly when they were young.
Wom

[Lady's Human]

Exactly my point.

If you know something isn't good for you, WHY EAT IT? Occasionally is okay, but there are people who eat fast food 3 meals a day.

There are other choices out there. No one is holding a gun to anyone's head forcing them to buy Coke, McD's, ad nauseum.

It's not the corporations' fault. It's the person's fault.

[wombat2u2004]

It's not the corporations' fault. It's the person's fault.

Ahhhhhhhhh....maybe. What of all of the advertising these people do ???
What of the all BS that they hit you with regards to nutrition in their products ? They don't tell us of what we really want to know, and that is, what harm it does us.
Wom

[Edwina's Secretary]

My grandfather, who disliked cola products, warned me about the evils when I was a child. Clean nails, tenderize meat, etc. He died in 1967. So those stories have been around quite a while....

The logic escaped me back then as it does now...a product that will dissolve nails...if billions of people drink it on a regular basis...wouldn't bunches and bunches of them DIE??? Even as ineffectual as most governments are...would people keep drinking an ACID that ate the stomach???

Didn't a woman in California (of course!) DIE recently from drinking too much water?

Never made any sense to me.

But then...any doctor who suggested to me that one practice was "more healthier" than another...well...I would go to a "more smarter" doctor right away!