X-Message-Number: 17687
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 06:34:25 -0700
From: Kennita Watson <>
Subject: Re: Water or a Coke

> From: James Swayze <>
> 
> Water or a Coke?
> 
> We all know that water is important but have you never seen it written down
> like this before?
> 
> 1.  75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated...
> ...
> 8.  Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by
> 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast cancer by 79%, and one is 50% less
> likely to develop bladder cancer. ...

Fascinating, but where did these numbers (which might as well be randomly
generated from my standpoint) come from?

I also note that the Coke section says nothing about negative effects of Coke
in vivo.  It's not a big deal that 

> 2.  You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of coke and it will be gone in two
> days.

-- if I put it in my stomach, it's gone in two hours.  Except the bone, I
think.  Definitely don't use the Coke as a mouthwash :-) .
-- 
May you live long and prosper,
Kennita
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