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 -- Kennita Watson | Way Cool Internet Radio: http://www.live365.com | http://www.kennita.com | Great Minds Think Alive! -- Lee Corbin Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=17687