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Post by Soutpeel on Mar 29, 2017 21:01:44 GMT 7
Coca-Cola’s products Sprite and Fanta may be ‘poisonous’, rules Nigeria Court High levels of benzoic acid and sunset additives in the popular soft drinks could pose a health risk to consumers when mixed with vitamin C A high court judge in Nigeria has ruled that some popular soft drinks sold under the Coca-Cola brand could be poisonous. Bottles and cans of Fanta and Sprite in Nigeria may soon come with written health warnings after Justice Adedayo Oyebanji ordered the Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) - the local manufacturer of the soft drinks - to place labels on the beverages to inform consumers against drinking them with vitamin C, according to a CNN report citing local sources. www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/coca-cola-poisonous-spirit-fanta-court-nigeria-nigerian-bottling-company-vitamin-c-health-warnings-a7655766.html
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Post by Soutpeel on Mar 29, 2017 21:04:00 GMT 7
My dentist years ago said soft drinks like coke etc needed health warnings on the cans, just on the basis of what it does to your teeth
Coke has the double wammy of high sugar and phosphuric acid in the mix
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2017 21:31:53 GMT 7
I used to drink heaps of Schweppes Bitter Lemon, the mixer favoured by gin drinkers, until I compared the contents of it to Coke and found it contained more sugar than Coke did !
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Post by Soutpeel on Mar 29, 2017 21:35:59 GMT 7
I used to drink heaps of Schweppes Bitter Lemon, the mixer favoured by gin drinkers, until I compared the contents of it to Coke and found it contained more sugar than Coke did ! I can well believe it and like coke it also contains an acid, ie citric acid
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Post by mistermember on Mar 29, 2017 21:57:32 GMT 7
My guess is that the danger to health from the high sugar content of any similar drink is a more real and immediate danger to people drinking it. Diabetes, heart disease, obesity, high blood pressure, metabolic syndrome, Parkinson's, etc. etc. We have been warned for years now. These drinks are themselves, in effect, poison to our health.
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Post by siampolee on Mar 29, 2017 22:35:44 GMT 7
As I was born in 1945, I, in the first 5 or 6 years of life like most others of that vintage had little or no access to sweets, sugary foods and drinks etc, due to rationing which didn't end until 1953-54. Probably why now at 71+ years young I have all my own teeth too. Well that's apart from two I lost to a bomb throwing wog when involved in a difference of opinion and the ensuing altercation with assorted medium sized ordinance being used to settle the dispute between us and them.(We won by the way) Plus one I broke and due to the damage and subsequently lost due to a sausage containing a piece of bone at the Oakley Hunt Ball in 1968. Also, I have no fillings either. news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/5/newsid_2737000/2737731.stmnews.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/4/newsid_3818000/3818563.stm
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2017 1:20:51 GMT 7
Thats some good going SP, do you have sugar in your cup of tea?
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Post by AyG on Mar 30, 2017 5:30:15 GMT 7
When I read the article I thought it was going to be bunkum. However, a little further digging reveals that benzoic acid can be converted into (carcinogenic) benzene in the presence of ascorbic acid. Concern has been expressed in developed countries, and some drinks reformulated. More at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzene_in_soft_drinks
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2017 7:34:54 GMT 7
This actually works, I know I tried it with a 2ltr bottle of the stuff in a stained toilet bowl, came up like new.
When I had cancer I did a lot of research into it and the word "sugar" kept coming up. The theory is that the sugar affects the PH of the body and the cancer thrives on the sugar. Acidosis, in the long term, can lead to conditions like cancer, diabetes, arthritis and stroke.
About 12-13 months ago, not long after I got out of hospital and had a better control of my diet, I cut sugar out of my diet, probably by about 90% No added sugar in coffee, not a drop of soft drink or sweetened fruit juices etc, no cake, biscuits etc, no chocolate or candy. Noticed my weight dropped a bit and I lost a bit of belly fat.
Can't be good for you, consuming all that sugar. I am amazed at the amount the Thais eat, so much of their food and drinks is loaded with it.
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Post by Soutpeel on Mar 30, 2017 7:38:50 GMT 7
This actually works, I know I tried it with a 2ltr bottle of the stuff in a stained toilet bowl, came up like new. When I had cancer I did a lot of research into it and the word "sugar" kept coming up. The theory is that the sugar affects the PH of the body and the cancer thrives on the sugar. Acidosis, in the long term, can lead to conditions like cancer, diabetes, arthritis and stroke. About 12-13 months ago, not long after I got out of hospital and had a better control of my diet, I cut sugar out of my diet, probably by about 90% No added sugar in coffee, not a drop of soft drink or sweetened fruit juices etc, no cake, biscuits etc, no chocolate or candy. Noticed my weight dropped a bit and I lost a bit of belly fat. Can't be good for you, consuming all that sugar. I am amazed at the amount the Thais eat, so much of their food and drinks is loaded with it. Well you do know they use phosphoric acid in toilet cleaners dont you ?....i am being serious btw, put a tanished copper coin in coke and see what happens, get a piece of steak cover in coke and leave for a few days...see what happens
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Post by Soutpeel on Mar 30, 2017 7:41:13 GMT 7
As I was born in 1945, I, in the first 5 or 6 years of life like most others of that vintage had little or no access to sweets, sugary foods and drinks etc, due to rationing which didn't end until 1953-54. Probably why now at 71+ years young I have all my own teeth too. Well that's apart from two I lost to a bomb throwing wog when involved in a difference of opinion and the ensuing altercation with assorted medium sized ordinance being used to settle the dispute between us and them.(We won by the way) Plus one I broke and due to the damage and subsequently lost due to a sausage containing a piece of bone at the Oakley Hunt Ball in 1968. Also, I have no fillings either. news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/5/newsid_2737000/2737731.stmnews.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/4/newsid_3818000/3818563.stmMy dad is similar except for the ones he got knocked out fighting in his early 20's
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Post by AyG on Mar 30, 2017 7:49:40 GMT 7
When I had cancer I did a lot of research into it and the word "sugar" kept coming up. The theory is that the sugar affects the PH of the body and the cancer thrives on the sugar. Whilst sugar isn't good for you - particularly refined sugar, (as opposed to than naturally occurring sugars in fruit) - it most certainly doesn't "affect the pH of the body". That's a pseudoscientific myth peddled by the scientifically illiterate*. The body's pH is incredibly tightly controlled and is completely unaffected by what one eats though a process of "acid-base homeostasis". Cancer doesn't "thrive on sugar" - that's another nonsense myth. See, for example, www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/cancer/in-depth/cancer-causes/art-20044714?pg=2* And those who profit from such myths - the likes of Mercola and Oz.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2017 9:10:26 GMT 7
There was a case in Australia years ago of a man who was so fat they had to get carpenters to cut the doorway out wider to get him out of the house, he weighed about 300 kg. He had won the lottery and quit work, lazy sod used to work for the council, leaning on a shovel all day. Decided to eat himself to death. At the end of his binge he was drinking 20 litres of Coke a day !
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2017 10:13:12 GMT 7
When I had cancer I did a lot of research into it and the word "sugar" kept coming up. The theory is that the sugar affects the PH of the body and the cancer thrives on the sugar. Whilst sugar isn't good for you - particularly refined sugar, (as opposed to than naturally occurring sugars in fruit) - it most certainly doesn't "affect the pH of the body". That's a pseudoscientific myth peddled by the scientifically illiterate*. The body's pH is incredibly tightly controlled and is completely unaffected by what one eats though a process of "acid-base homeostasis". Cancer doesn't "thrive on sugar" - that's another nonsense myth. See, for example, www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/cancer/in-depth/cancer-causes/art-20044714?pg=2* And those who profit from such myths - the likes of Mercola and Oz. Sorry Dr AyG, but I don't pay any attention to your idiotic opinions on anything medical related since you made that stupid comment that "acupuncture is not even a real thing" ! I have been going to the Buawan Patana Hospital at Saraphi for acupuncture treatment lately and I hate to tell you this but it has helped ease my pain a lot, so I don't really care what you think. Something that is not even real got rid of the terrible pain I had in my right hip and leg. Quoting the Mayo Clinic is hilarious, you may as well have used The Daily Mail. Notice there was no name on that article either. And as far as the sugar thing goes, a hematologist, a cancer specialist with many years of experience, in the Mater Hospital in Newcastle, told me it would lessen my chances of getting cancer again if I cut down on the sugar. What qualifications do you have other than an internet connection and links to scamming crooks like the Mayo Gang ?
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Post by AyG on Mar 30, 2017 10:35:43 GMT 7
Whilst sugar isn't good for you - particularly refined sugar, (as opposed to than naturally occurring sugars in fruit) - it most certainly doesn't "affect the pH of the body". That's a pseudoscientific myth peddled by the scientifically illiterate*. The body's pH is incredibly tightly controlled and is completely unaffected by what one eats though a process of "acid-base homeostasis". Cancer doesn't "thrive on sugar" - that's another nonsense myth. See, for example, www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/cancer/in-depth/cancer-causes/art-20044714?pg=2* And those who profit from such myths - the likes of Mercola and Oz. Sorry Dr AyG, but I don't pay any attention to your idiotic opinions on anything medical related since you made that stupid comment that "acupuncture is not even a real thing" ! I have been going to the Buawan Patana Hospital at Saraphi for acupuncture treatment lately and I hate to tell you this but it has helped ease my pain a lot, so I don't really care what you think. Something that is not even real got rid of the terrible pain I had in my right hip and leg. Quoting the Mayo Clinic is hilarious, you may as well have used The Daily Mail. Notice there was no name on that article either. And as far as the sugar thing goes, a hematologist, a cancer specialist with many years of experience, in the Mater Hospital in Newcastle, told me it would lessen my chances of getting cancer again if I cut down on the sugar. What qualifications do you have other than an internet connection and links to scamming crooks like the Mayo Gang ? You are probably unaware that the Mayo Clinic is one of the finest hospitals in the world, and their website is an excellent source of impartial, scientifically evidenced information. Yes, excess intake of sugar increases the likelihood of certain cancers. Cancers, however, do not "thrive on sugar", and sugar does not "affect the pH of the body" as you claimed. As for what qualifications I have, I have a degree from Cambridge in Natural Sciences, a Ph.D. in a medical subject, and worked for several years doing research for Britain's Medical Research Council. (Yes, that's all true.) I think that makes me more than competent to spot dodgy medical claims based on spurious science.
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