Medicinal Soft Drinks and Coca-Cola Fiends: The Toxic History of Soda Pop (2014)

Post by village-idiot » Thu, Sep 13, 2018, 6:22 PM UTC

brightball wrote: post #19

DoreenMichele wrote: post #10

While the dosages were small, they were certainly habit-forming, and soda fountains stood to profit from such consistent customers. People typically eat breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. You might even say habitually. Around that time, it became obvious to the medical profession that there weren’t any health benefits to carbonated water on its own, so people started selling it as a treat With my first pregnancy, I t…

I had a biology professor tell us in college that both Pepsi and Dr. Pepper were very high in phosphate, which settles your stomach. I've actually tried it on several occasions when I was sick or nauseous for one reason or another and it really does work well. Just keep the bottle around and take a quick sip when you need some relief. For me it works a lot better than ginger ale, even though that's supposed to help t…

Post by smileysteve » Thu, Sep 13, 2018, 8:05 PM UTC

ginko wrote: post #3

smileysteve wrote: post #2

Sodas even became ubiquitous in our offices! And Hackathons! But to be real; offices having free soda available has its own health downsides; A cola at lunch can quickly become a cola for lunch and afternoon snack -- and maybe even a pick-me-up when tired or stressed. Only, it leads to weight gain through its sugars and the full supressing carbonic acid; acids lead to bone, nail, and organ side effects; and sugars, h…

I'm mostly with you, but carbonic acid is harmless. If anything it might raise the pH in your stomach.

Post by chillacy » Thu, Sep 13, 2018, 10:06 PM UTC

elboru wrote: post #13

AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #8

I switched to OpenCola[0]. It tastes pretty close, given that it's based on a reverse-engineered/prototype of the Coca-Cola recipe. I like knowing what goes into it. Plus I put about half the sugar into it that the recipe calls for. There's a UK vendor that sells the concentrate of oils premade. I keep about a liter of the syrup (concentrate + water + sugar) in my fridge and add a tablespoon of so to 8oz of seltzer/m…

There must be a market for less sweet sodas. I don't like excessively sweet food nor excessively sweet drinks, I like sweet stuff but not on the level must products are. It's really difficult (at least in my city) to find balanced stuff, most of the time I only have two options: regular soda or zero-sugar soda (even sweeter).

Post by milesvp » Fri, Sep 14, 2018, 2:52 PM UTC

elboru wrote: post #13

AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #8

I switched to OpenCola[0]. It tastes pretty close, given that it's based on a reverse-engineered/prototype of the Coca-Cola recipe. I like knowing what goes into it. Plus I put about half the sugar into it that the recipe calls for. There's a UK vendor that sells the concentrate of oils premade. I keep about a liter of the syrup (concentrate + water + sugar) in my fridge and add a tablespoon of so to 8oz of seltzer/m…

There must be a market for less sweet sodas. I don't like excessively sweet food nor excessively sweet drinks, I like sweet stuff but not on the level must products are. It's really difficult (at least in my city) to find balanced stuff, most of the time I only have two options: regular soda or zero-sugar soda (even sweeter).