Important Health Information- Water or Coke?

[Cheryle Geiger]

Important Health Information- Water or Coke?When you are thirsty which beverage will you choose Water or Coke?This information about water is so important I have to share it with you.WATER#1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated.(Likely applies to half the world population)#2. In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weakthat it is mistaken for hunger.#3. Even MILD dehydration will slow down one’s metabolism as 3%.#4. One glass of water will shut down midnight hunger pangsfor almost 100% of the dieters studied in a University ofWashington study.#5. Lack of water, the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.#6. Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses ofwater a day could significantly ease back and joint painfor up to 80% of sufferers.#7. A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-termmemory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing onthe computer screen or on a printed page.#8. Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk ofcolon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breastcancer by 79%., and one is 50% less likely to developbladder cancer. Are you drinking the amount of wateryou should drink every day?Coke#1. In many states the highway patrol carriestwo gallons of Coke in the trunk to remove blood fromthe highway after a car accident.#2. You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of Cokeand it will be gone in two days.#3. To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola into thetoilet bowl and let the ‘real thing’ sit for one hour,then flush clean. The citric acid in Coke removesstains from vitreous china.#4. To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers:Rub the bumper with a rumpled-up piece of ReynoldsWrap aluminum foil dipped in Coca-Cola.#5. To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Poura can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubbleaway the corrosion.#6. To loosen a rusted bolt: Apply a cloth soaked in Coca-Colato the rusted bolt for several minutes.#7. To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coca-Cola intothe baking pan, wrap the ham in aluminum foil, and bake.Thirty minutes before ham is finished, remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mixwith the Coke for a sumptuous brown gravy.#8… To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of Cokeinto the load of greasy clothes, add detergent, and runthrough a regular cycle. The Coca-Cola will help loosengrease stains. It will also clean road haze from yourwindshield.FOR YOUR INFORMATION:#1 the active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid.It will dissolve a nail in about four days. Phosphoricacid also leaches calcium from bones and is a majorcontributor to the rising increase of osteoporosis.#2. To carry Coca-Cola syrup! (the concentrate) thecommercial trucks must use a hazardous Material placecards reserved for highly corrosive materials.#3. The distributors of Coke have been using it to cleanengines of the trucks for about 20 years!Now the question is, would you like a glass of water?or Coke?

[Ronold F. Wallace]

Dr. Geiger
I have a queston.
You said that drinking to much water can flush out the minerals and hence an imbalance. I live down under where the drought has been long going for 11+ years so we drink lots of water. My favorite is carbonated mineral water.
What is too much?
Is there a weight to body ratio amount or what. It is sometimes hard to rely on what the bottled water companys are actually putting in what they sell because of patents, trade secrets etc. but the fizzy water always makes me feel better with burping rights and all. Most of all I feel hydrated. Good topic.

[Cheryle Geiger]

I also drink sparkling, here's what I've been thinking, I live in AZ so I have stopped drinking plastic
bottled water for now just because of the chemicals in the plastic, when it gets heated it gets in the water.
Pellegrino is the only glass bottled water I can find here, so I do drink that for a treat since stopping Arrowhead.

Come winter time though I will probably start drinking the Arrowhead Sparkling again, it really is good stuff.

I found Dick's Sporting Goods (12.00) or Wal Mart (2.50) have bottles free of the chemical. So I've started drinking our reverse osmosis water from home and fill up BPA Free bottles from Wal Mart you can even freeze 3/4 full with water or green tea and you have cold water for quit a while. I freeze several at a time.

An acupuncturist told me a while back drinking water is of course very important but you have to add minerals to your body and not just keep flushing them out with plain water. So green tea works great as a thirst quencher and it puts back into your body those important trace minerals.

I hope that helped to answer your question. Drink lots of water and green tea. Green Tea is an antioxidant so it really is good for you.

[Joe Kriston]

Good suggestion, Steve...The ingredients say "water, cyclamates, saccharine, DDT, lead, asbestos powder, strychnine, snake venom, Clorox and Prestone...Are any of those things bad for me? :)

Actually, the ingredients say "carbonated water"

[Frank Abissi]

Flavoring is my salvation. I sweat all day at work and I dread the taste of water, Perrier, Fuji or Stop and shop it all tastes the same to me. My trainer had me start putting 50% of what is suggested into my water of propel so at least I would stay hydrated. I climbed a total of 1600feet vertical yesterday in 84 degree heat. The moment I show any signs of dehydration I am rehydrating with cheaporade. I think I downed 6 liters yesterday and I am sure i could have gone quite a bit more. Do you think God would start putting strawberry flavoring in water naturally for me?

[Joe Kriston]

I got a question...I've been on a sparkling water kick the last few months...Not the fancy stuff like Pelligrino or Perrier---just the cheap house brand I get at the local Fry's super-market for 79 cents a 2-liter bottle...Like Ronnie, I drink a lot of water to stay hydrated---but water can get pretty boring...So i go through a liter or two of sparkling water every evening...Good or bad idea?...

[Cheryle Geiger]

EXACTLY thanks for sharing.

[Ronold F. Wallace]

Cheryle,
Thanks for the topic as I drink a lot of water each day to stay hydrated. I didn't know there were different types of water, especially the alkalize type. I once in a blue moon have a cola but that is about it. Ten years ago I got in the habit of drinking diet pepsi. For a number of weeks I felt very ill and it was that sugar free junk that is put in it I later read was making me ill. I stopped drinking it altogether and felt better. I later read that many people were going to doctors about the same feeling and the docs couldn't find anything wrong. That sugar free stuff many of you may know was discovered by a chemist looking for a cure for cancer by chance and now it is in everything. Good topic and it really makes you think about (GIGO) garbage in garbage out.

[Bernie Smith]

Sweet! You're funny, Frank! Really, you only need to drink 1/2 your body weight in ounces...then you're done!
You put the pedal to the metal! If you can find some good water, after awhile, you probably won't crave as much sugar. I know...I was raised on desserts, and hated drinking water! The info that I posted was really meant for everyone. For some people that have health issues, it's a simple thing that they can do that may change their life. Blessings!!

[Frank Abissi]

OK, I drank 3 liters of water today, I put Propel powder into two of them because I needed the taste. I'm going back to work this evening so I'll have at least one more liter (sorry, with propel powder but I only put in 1/2 the amount the package says. I put in 1 packet for a full liter, not two) after I am done I plan on drinking a Sprechers rootbeer. BTW, I have no weight to melt off. I am 5 feet 11 inches tall and weigh in at 174 ( I was 6 foot until last summer) I truly believe that God wants me to have my rootbeer and ice cream after 14 hours of climbing today

[Cheryle Geiger]

Love It, especially "Alkalize and watch the weight melt off"