Olympic swimmers drinking Coca-Cola to fight off bacteria after competing in polluted Seine River

NY Post ^ | 8/08/24 | Nicholas McEntyre

[Libloather]

French coke. And where does THAT water come from? No reason it can't work on the covid as well.

[know.your.why]

Rum should work great then

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Some say Coca Cola is "the pause that refreshes".

[EQAndyBuzz]

As a child, my parents would give me coke anytime I had stomach issues. Worked like a champ.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Yep, I remember when pharmacies stocked little bottles of coca-cola syrup for the exact reason you pointed out.

[jdt1138]

When I was in the military we would use coke to clean certain electronics that couldn’t handle ethanol. After that I stopped drinking the ‘cleaning fluids’ that are sold for humans.

[AzNASCARfan]

I wonder how discerning it is...
what happens to the good gut bacteria??

[rfp1234]

Invest in Probiotic Cola futures.

[Yo-Yo]

Coca-Cola. It removes rust from chrome, it kills e-coli.

Is there anything this miracle fluid cannot do?

[ClearCase_guy]

“I’m from the Coca-Cola company and I have 2 things to say to you:
1) We genuinely believe that our product can help your stomach. This is a traditional use of coke.
2) We’ll pay you to drink it.”

[Omnivore-Dan]

OMG. I took a boat tour on the Seine in ‘76. It stunk then, can’t imagine what it’s like now. Wouldn’t swim in it for all of the gold medals.

[FreedomPoster]

I remember as a teen we drove on a road that was freshly tarred, got black good all over the place on the bodywork. Coke and a rag took it off quite nicely!

[FreedomPoster]

/good/goop/

I think I got autocowrecked.

[Vermont Lt]

My Dad showed me how Coke would clean the corroded battery connections in my 1970 Maverick. I was 16, but I realized I did not need that in my stomach.

[maddog55]

“If you Google it, it says it can help.”

There’s a scary statement.

[odawg]

I always go buy a coke when I have a bit of stomach or intestinal discomfort. It works.

[yldstrk]

My parents gave me 7 Up.

[mewzilla]

I bet Deep State’s, plural, are really getting off convincing world class athletes to swim in a sewer...

[mewzilla]

But interesting. Case in point from 2015...

Antimicrobial Effect of Cola on Several Microorganisms

Now I still wouldn't go swimming in a sewer...

But if I fell in, and I couldn't get a prophylactic dose of antibiotics from a doc (it's easier to get opioids in my neck of the woods), I'd quaff cola. Not a Coke. I gave up Coke after it went woke. Drank it for decades. Now I haven't for years.

[mewzilla]

Note to said swimmers, if you’re on proton pump inhibitors for GERD and you’re swimming in that sewer while still on them, you need your heads examined.