"[...] and the edges of the can are folded over it and welded shut."
I never thought there was any weld in a soda can... (and I still don't think there is any)
What Coke Contains (2013)
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#62I wish Coca Cola would make a acid free version of coke. The Phosphoric Acid adds a slight tang to the drink, but in exchange absolutely destroys your teeth over years of consumption. For regular drinkers like myself I'd happily pay a small premium to buy the "acid free" version of the drink. The sugar still does damage but with both the acid AND sugar it is like a double whammy of "badness" (acid which destroys your…
Try drinking water and eating fruit when you feel the urge to have a soft drink. Maybe you do already. It worked really well for me.
Try plain old soda water. It takes awhile to get used to it, but it's the most refreshing drink ever!
It helps to start by adding a little lime juice to the soda water, but after a few months you won't need it.
I started out bringing my own bottles from Safeway to the office, but other people started drinking it and now we go through about 40 liters a week.
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#63I wish Coca Cola would make a acid free version of coke. The Phosphoric Acid adds a slight tang to the drink, but in exchange absolutely destroys your teeth over years of consumption. For regular drinkers like myself I'd happily pay a small premium to buy the "acid free" version of the drink. The sugar still does damage but with both the acid AND sugar it is like a double whammy of "badness" (acid which destroys your…
> I wish Coca Cola would make a acid free version of coke.
Good luck with an acid-free version of a carbonated beverage.
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#64"[...] and the edges of the can are folded over it and welded shut." I never thought there was any weld in a soda can... (and I still don't think there is any)
It's true. There are some more in-depth details (with graphics and PDFs) here: http://www.canmakers.co.uk/education
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#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
Seriously I think outright rejection of all sweetened drinks is probably the best ROI for a dietary change one can make. The whole truth about what soda pop and other heavily engineered processed foods do to one's metabolism and general health is going to be shocking to people when it is finally revealed, and I think tooth enamel is the least of your worries.
Sodas are sugar water. We already know what sugar does: provide clean, metabolically efficient, allergen free calories. If you're on the road or out and about and hungry, a coke is often the healthiest choice you can make. The quality of options such as fruits and meat and baked goods are typically atrocious at convenience stores and fast food restaurants. Just get a coke and some milk. Available at McDonald's and ga…
This is borderline insane. Pure sugar results in huge swings of actual blood sugar levels. Coke has zero fat, protein or complex carbohydrates all of which are much better macronutrients than pure sugar.
If Coke is your only option, sure, but I've never seen a doughnut so terrible that I'd take a coke instead.
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#66> coca-leaf which comes from South America and is processed in a unique US government authorized factory in New Jersey to remove its addictive stimulant cocaine According to Wikipedia "The Stepan Company is the only manufacturing plant authorized by the Federal Government to import and process the coca plant, which it obtains mainly from Peru and, to a lesser extent, Bolivia. Besides producing the coca flavoring agen…
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#67Earlier quoted context omitted.
Seriously I think outright rejection of all sweetened drinks is probably the best ROI for a dietary change one can make. The whole truth about what soda pop and other heavily engineered processed foods do to one's metabolism and general health is going to be shocking to people when it is finally revealed, and I think tooth enamel is the least of your worries.
Sodas are sugar water. We already know what sugar does: provide clean, metabolically efficient, allergen free calories. If you're on the road or out and about and hungry, a coke is often the healthiest choice you can make. The quality of options such as fruits and meat and baked goods are typically atrocious at convenience stores and fast food restaurants. Just get a coke and some milk. Available at McDonald's and ga…
>If you're on the road or out and about and hungry, a coke is often the healthiest choice you can make.
Most people, particularly most biologists and health-care practitioners, would disagree with that.
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#68I wish Coca Cola would make a acid free version of coke. The Phosphoric Acid adds a slight tang to the drink, but in exchange absolutely destroys your teeth over years of consumption. For regular drinkers like myself I'd happily pay a small premium to buy the "acid free" version of the drink. The sugar still does damage but with both the acid AND sugar it is like a double whammy of "badness" (acid which destroys your…
> I wish Coca Cola would make a acid free version of coke. Good luck with an acid-free version of a carbonated beverage.
If you're referring to carbonic acid, it's too weak to cause tooth decay (at least, according to my reading of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid_erosion).
But, in addition to phosphoric acid, Coke also has citric acid. I'm not sure you could remove both and get a drink that's still tasty enough...
EDIT: See below. Carbonic acid may not be as meek as I thought.
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#69The same type of story as the classic "I, pencil," published in 1958: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%2C_Pencil
He edited the piece to note that one. I love this tool chain type piece. Someone should write one about computer tool chains.
Wow, yeah. Explaining how a goofy CSS animation appears on your screen after being sent from a disk on a web server, starting from rare earth metals and silicon purification.
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#70He forgot to mention the Colombian paramilitaries that break up Coke bottling plant unions by kidnapping their children. Funny how "globalization" is presented in a saran-wrapped, sanitized version.