Fwd:Re: [Peace-discuss] H20/coke responsible reporting

[jencart]

Good information, Raia, but don't you mean "fizzy" logic??

Jenifer C.


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mea culpa Raia. Many thanks for this.
L.
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From: "raia fink" <raiafink at students.uiuc.edu>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 10:46 AM
Subject: [Peace-discuss] H20/coke responsible reporting


> Obviously there are hundreds of reasons to choose water over cola. Water
> is essential and healthy, cola is unnecessary and unhealthy. And the
> fact that there even exists a political element to the argument proves
> that socially responsible folk ought to avoid coke.
>
> However, some of the statements made about cola in the original post were
> unfounded. Three of them were blatantly false. A piece of meat left to sit
> in a vat of cola will absolutely NOT dissolve. You can trust me on this,
> or you can waste the meat yourselves (not even getting into the politics
> and environmental devastation surrounding meat). Nor will cola dissolve
> even a tiny nail in 4 days (again, I did the experiment myself. But
> think about it, if it did, would they recommend putting it on cars and
> batteries and whatnot?) And, unfortunately, cola will not remove grease
> stains from laundry. Really, I have clothing with permanant cola
> stains, for pete's sake. I recommend abstaining from drinking cola, and
> don't buy it for any other uses either. sheesh.
>
> Alls I'm saying is that its irresponsible to be slanderous and uninformed.
> It leads to questions pertaining to the validity of the water facts, and
> allows for a quick and easy dismissal of the argument. There are plenty
> of horrible truths we could be voicing about cola, why rely on
> unsubstantiated rumor and urban legend?
>
> A few more facts for a bigger picture:
> -While cola has a pH of 2.8 and phosphoric acid content,
>  freshly squeezed orange juice has a pH of 2.9-3.4 and contains folic,
>  citric, and absorbic acid. Just cause its acid doesn't mean its
>  unhealthy.
> -Fruit juices, even the 100% fruit variety, have a sugar content eqivalent
>  to cola. It's mostly the high sugar content that makes cola extremely
>  unhealthy
> -Vinegar has the highly acidic pH of 2 (more acidic than cola), and its
>  one of the healthiest salad adornments you can use. Vinegar will
>  'rubberize' an egg, but only if the egg is left to pickle in the vinegar
>  for two months.
> -natural (right from the mother source) water is one of the highest
>  leading causes of bacteria and parasites in less developed nations
>  and causes thousands of outbreaks and diahrreah deaths in children under
>  five. This is preventable with simple filtration. Colas bottled in less
>  developed nations at least use filtered water.
> -arsenic is an element, 100% natural. That doesn't mean its good for you.
>
> I guess that's probably enough. The point is, there are enough reasons to
> promote healthy water consumption for all and fight cola consumption
> without making crap up and using fuzzy logic.
>
> -Raia
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