Two conspiracy theories about cola
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Two conspiracy theories about cola
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Re: Two conspiracy theories about cola
#2Maybe Emetrol is placebo, but it has worked for me in the past on a couple of occasions. This included 8 hours of vomiting no mater how hard I willed it to stop or other remedies I tried, and it didn't work on the first dose. It didn't seem like placebo to me, but I am grateful it worked either way.
One thing to note that isn't in the article, is that concentration can matter, so comparing one can to a 30ml dose of medication might not be a great comparison (although this still supports for the author's position that phosphoric acid is not added to cola to prevent vomiting).
Is the placebo effect applicable in infants? I would think that infants would not be capable of the understanding that something will make them better, and thus placebo wouldn't apply to them. Unfortunately this paper is pay-walled so we dont have details about the methods used, but the summary seems relevant.
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#3Great piece. This starts out talking about a silly conspiracy theory, and after solving that, causes me to question a few things I have believed about sugar/hfcs/coke.
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#4Kind of tangential to the article but regarding phosphoric acid and its use as anti-nausea, is this why bubbly white sodas are a household cure for upset stomachs? This was a go-to for my family in the US as a kid when I had a stomach flu (saltines and 7-up), and i guess it was pretty common
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#5I wonder how much phosphorus in the wastewater stream can be laid at the root cause of soft drinks instead of the fertilizers usually blamed.
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#6Ginger is also anti-nausea, but I eat it with sushi just because it tastes good.
From their study link:
>And, the reason most people say that they prefer Mexican Coke is that it contains real cane sugar instead of corn syrup. But according to this Time article, a study done by Obesity journal found that Mexican Coke did not contain sucrose
What does this mean? Last I looked many years ago, Mexican coke has two formulations you can notice *just by looking at the ingredients*: sugar or corn syrup. Did they not look? Did they not trust it?
The taste difference is noticable, because less-refined cane sugar is very tasty.
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#7> conspiracy theories
Aren't those “urban legends” more than conspiracy theories? (Non-native English speaker here)
Re: Two conspiracy theories about cola
#8Maybe Emetrol is placebo, but it has worked for me in the past on a couple of occasions. This included 8 hours of vomiting no mater how hard I willed it to stop or other remedies I tried, and it didn't work on the first dose. It didn't seem like placebo to me, but I am grateful it worked either way. One thing to note that isn't in the article, is that concentration can matter, so comparing one can to a 30ml dose of m…
Apparently placebo works even with dogs: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19912522/
Given that I would not find surprising if it worked for infants too
Re: Two conspiracy theories about cola
#9Maybe Emetrol is placebo, but it has worked for me in the past on a couple of occasions. This included 8 hours of vomiting no mater how hard I willed it to stop or other remedies I tried, and it didn't work on the first dose. It didn't seem like placebo to me, but I am grateful it worked either way. One thing to note that isn't in the article, is that concentration can matter, so comparing one can to a 30ml dose of m…
> Unfortunately this paper is pay-walled
not when you use sci-hub
https://sci.bban.top/pdf/10.1016/s0022-3476%252851%252980084...
Re: Two conspiracy theories about cola
#10Maybe Emetrol is placebo, but it has worked for me in the past on a couple of occasions. This included 8 hours of vomiting no mater how hard I willed it to stop or other remedies I tried, and it didn't work on the first dose. It didn't seem like placebo to me, but I am grateful it worked either way. One thing to note that isn't in the article, is that concentration can matter, so comparing one can to a 30ml dose of m…
This included 8 hours of vomiting no mater how hard I willed it to stop or other remedies I tried, and it didn't work on the first dose
It seems very plausible that after 8 hours vomiting would stop without intervention.