Why coke is bad for you. [Archive]

Derek

19-05-2009, 12:39

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8056028.stm

Excessive cola consumption can lead to anything from mild weakness to profound muscle paralysis, doctors are warning

Yep somehow scientists have managed to work out that drinking up to 10 litres of very sugary caffeine each day might not be the best idea in the world.

Next up they examine the effect of removing the head from a living human body to see if there are any side effects.

mentalis

19-05-2009, 12:46

Apparently an Australian was drinking 4 - 10 litres of the stuff each day. Drinking 4 - 10 litres of anything is going to make you feel unwell - even water.

Gary L

19-05-2009, 13:07

Next up they examine the effect of removing the head from a living human body to see if there are any side effects.

Mild hunger and trouble breathing.

Druchii

19-05-2009, 13:47

Hugh

19-05-2009, 13:58

:LOL:

How did he manage 10l a day though? I'd be peeing for Australia at that point if i were him...

I also recall waching HOW2 (Or w/e it was called) and they left a tooth in coke overnight, only to come back to a severely damaged tooth.
I believe that to be an urban myth....

Snopes (http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/tooth.asp)

The experiment was on Brainiac Science Abuse, and I believe it showed the tooth discoloured, not dissolved.

Druchii

19-05-2009, 14:02

I believe that to be an urban myth....

Snopes (http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/tooth.asp)
Odd, it was on the popular kids TV Show: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_2

Taf

19-05-2009, 15:03

It's really bad for you mixed with rum or vodka.....

And it causes osteoporosis? ???

tweetypie/8

19-05-2009, 15:07

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8056028.stm

Yep somehow scientists have managed to work out that drinking up to 10 litres of very sugary caffeine each day might not be the best idea in the world.

Next up they examine the effect of removing the head from a living human body to see if there are any side effects.

it is bad for you,until you throw a charge of vodka into it.;)

Saaf_laandon_mo

19-05-2009, 16:17

Even 5 litres of Coke would mean either consuming 15 cans (330ml) or 10 bottles (500ml). Thats a hell of a lot of coke to be consuming a day!

Maggy

19-05-2009, 17:32

Trying to work out how anyone can twist that old proverb of 'a little of what you fancy does you good' to 'overindulgence in what you fancy must be even better'.

:rolleyes:

rogerdraig

19-05-2009, 17:43

Even 5 litres of Coke would mean either consuming 15 cans (330ml) or 10 bottles (500ml). Thats a hell of a lot of coke to be consuming a day!

lol i could manage that amount of diet / light cola a day prefer it to coffee or tea anyday

but i doubt i could manage 10L :shocked:

TheNorm

19-05-2009, 21:05

... examine the effect of removing the head from a living human body ....

Mild hunger and trouble breathing.

You mean, you tried this at home?

Does it unscrew or something?

Hugh

19-05-2009, 21:36

Apparently the self-experimentation led to total cessation of brain stem activity.....

Gary L

19-05-2009, 22:19

You mean, you tried this at home?

Does it unscrew or something?

Just a few nuts. it was an accident I had when I was a kid.

danielf

19-05-2009, 22:24

Just a few nuts. it was an accident I had when I was a kid.

Is that what your parents told you? :erm:

Gary L

19-05-2009, 22:28

Is that what your parents told you? :erm:

They really did drop me on my head (arguing about who was going to hold me) but that's a different accident.

Callumpy

19-05-2009, 23:53

Coca Cola is all I drink, oh dear.

lauzjp

20-05-2009, 13:46

They should do an experiment to find out why it just tastes so perfect sometimes, especially in a tall glass, with ice. ;)

Hugh

20-05-2009, 15:59

They really did drop me on my head (arguing about who was going to hold me) but that's a different accident.
I can imagine the conversation.....

"You have him!"

"No, you have him!"

No, you have him!"

"No, you hav...... oops! - quick, pick him up and wipe the blood off his head, no one will notice. It probably won't affect him......."

Gary L

20-05-2009, 16:14

I can imagine the conversation.....

"You have him!"

"No, you have him!"

No, you have him!"

"No, you hav...... oops! - quick, pick him up and wipe the blood off his head, no one will notice. It probably won't affect him......."

That was it.