My cross country coach gave this email to me a while ago and
thought I should post it here.
This is really an eye opener.... Water or Coke?
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We all know that water is important but I've never
seen it written
down
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1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated.
2. In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so
weak that it is
often
Quoted message said:mistaken for hunger.
3. Even MILD dehydration will slow down one's
metabolism as much as
3%.
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4. One glass of water will shut down midnight
hunger pangs for almost
Quoted message said: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
Quoted message said: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,
Quoted message said:trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on
the computer
screen
Quoted message said:or on a printed page.
8. Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the
risk of colon
cancer
Quoted message said:by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast cancer
by 79%, and one is
Quoted message said: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
Quoted message said:Coke in the trunk to remove blood from the highway
after a car
accident.
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2. You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of coke and
it will be gone in
Quoted message said:two days.
3. To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola into
the toilet bowl and
Quoted message said:let the "real thing" sit for one hour, then flush
clean. The citric
acid
Quoted message said:in Coke removes stains from vitreous china.
4. To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers:
Rub the bumper with a
Quoted message said:rumpled-up piece of Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil
dipped in Coca-Cola.
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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
Quoted message said:rusted bolt for several minutes.
7. To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coca-Cola
into the baking pan,
Quoted message said:wrap the ham in aluminum foil, and bake. Thirty
minutes before the ham
Quoted message said:is finished, remove the foil, allowing the
drippings to mix with the
Quoted message said:Coke for a sumptuous brown gravy.
8. To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of
coke into a load of
Quoted message said:greasy clothes, add detergent, and run through a
regular cycle. The Coca-Cola will help loosen
grease stains. It will also clean road haze
Quoted message said:from your windshield.
For Your Info:
1. The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric
acid. Its pH is 2.8. It
Quoted message said: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
Quoted message said:osteoporosis.
2. To carry Coca-Cola syrup (the concentrate) the
commercial truck
must
Quoted message said:use the Hazardous Material placards reserved for
Highly corrosive materials.3. The distributors of Coke have been using it to
clean the engines of
Quoted message said:their trucks for about 20 years!
Now the question is, would you like a glass of
water or coke?
--
unidude9
"There's a 300 pound bald man sewing in my garage!!!" -Monster House
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