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Coca-Cola to remove controversial drinks ingredient
BBC.com ^ | May 6, 2014 | BBC

Posted on 05/06/2014 12:13:55 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Do NOT mess with my Diet Coke or there WILL be trouble!


21 posted on 05/06/2014 12:31:45 PM PDT by Ken H
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To: Exit148
If I want soda, I use plain seltzer with juice or lemon in it.

You can get a gallon for the cost of a can that way. And none of the artificial ingredients.

22 posted on 05/06/2014 12:31:54 PM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
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To: tumblindice

Big Lots sells Cokes made in Mexico with real sugar..........


23 posted on 05/06/2014 12:33:00 PM PDT by Red Badger (Soon there will be another American Civil War. Will make the first one seem like a Tea Party........)
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To: albie

Mt. Dew, in spades. Diet or regular.


24 posted on 05/06/2014 12:33:15 PM PDT by Obadiah (I like Krabby Patties.)
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To: FatherofFive

I gave up drinking pop going on four years ago now.
Best health decision I ever made.


25 posted on 05/06/2014 12:36:05 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Buckeye McFrog
I gave up drinking pop going on four years ago now.

A racquetball buddy drank 6 diet sodas a day. When he started with us, we convinced him to stop. He switched to unsweet tea with lemon. His health, stanima and game improved significantly.

26 posted on 05/06/2014 12:41:04 PM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
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To: Red Badger

Really? Thanks, my only rule with Big Lots is `nothing with moving parts’, general rule, so I’m going to buy some Big Lots Coke!


27 posted on 05/06/2014 12:41:16 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: albie

http://www.parchem.com/chemical-supplier-distributor/Brominated-Vegetable-Oil-002880.aspx


28 posted on 05/06/2014 12:42:21 PM PDT by nascarnation (Toxic Baraiaq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
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To: F15Eagle
During Passover, get some kosher Coca Cola....pure sugar. I think some, if not all, Mexican soft drinks use sugar. And in some European countries, HFCS isn't allowed.

Try it. The "real deal" without the HFCS tastes much beter.

29 posted on 05/06/2014 12:43:23 PM PDT by grania
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

From the article:
“According to medical researchers at the Mayo Clinic, excessive consumption of soft drinks containing BVO has been linked to negative health effects, including reports of memory loss and skin and nerve problems”

From the Mayo Clinic:
“There also have been a few reports of people experiencing memory loss and skin and nerve problems after drinking excessive amounts (more than 2 liters a day) of soda containing BVO.”

From Wikipedia:
“However, there was no evidence that the symptoms were caused by that particular ingredient. [16]”

From the article cited in Wikipedia:
“One extrapolation from the pig studies was the estimate that a 165-pound adult would have to drink 353 12-ounce cans of soda per day for 42 days to have detectable bromine in his/her fat. Laughable, you say? Your intrepid investigator has read the medical report of a man whose diet included three or four liters of BVO’d soda every day. In a month, he was in the ER with confusion, headaches, tremors, memory loss, and fatigue. By the time he was correctly diagnosed two months later, he couldn’t walk and was pretty much down for the count. Luckily, the diagnosis of bromism and six hours of hemodialysis brought him around.”

You guys figure it out.


30 posted on 05/06/2014 12:43:43 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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To: FatherofFive

Beer & wine. You forgot beer & wine.


32 posted on 05/06/2014 1:02:58 PM PDT by vpintheak (I will not comply!)
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To: tumblindice

Maybe it’s just our Big Lots, cause we have a lot of Mexicans around.................


33 posted on 05/06/2014 1:07:14 PM PDT by Red Badger (Soon there will be another American Civil War. Will make the first one seem like a Tea Party........)
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To: FatherofFive

If you can’t pronounce it, or spell it, don’t drink it......................


34 posted on 05/06/2014 1:08:09 PM PDT by Red Badger (Soon there will be another American Civil War. Will make the first one seem like a Tea Party........)
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To: Cicero

Don’t drink anything you can’t spell, pronounce or is referred to by letters and numbers.................


35 posted on 05/06/2014 1:09:35 PM PDT by Red Badger (Soon there will be another American Civil War. Will make the first one seem like a Tea Party........)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Well there goes the zing.... in Coke.


36 posted on 05/06/2014 1:10:44 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: Buckeye McFrog; Obadiah; Ken H

Bring back CYCLAMATES! They actually tasted good!..............


37 posted on 05/06/2014 1:11:30 PM PDT by Red Badger (Soon there will be another American Civil War. Will make the first one seem like a Tea Party........)
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To: VanShuyten
One extrapolation from the pig studies was the estimate that a 165-pound adult would have to drink 353 12-ounce cans of soda per day for 42 days to have detectable bromine in his/her fat.

The new Alar scare of our times.

Just to sharpen the point a bit, a 165-pound man would have to consume 33 gallons of soda every day for 42 straight days just to have any detectable bromine.

Man, people are gullable. I'm beginning to think people like to be scared. They like to be frightened just so they can do SOMETHING and thereby feel in control.

38 posted on 05/06/2014 1:13:59 PM PDT by Obadiah (I like Krabby Patties.)
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To: Red Badger

you are dating yourself...trouble being - I remember that whole thing too


39 posted on 05/06/2014 1:14:36 PM PDT by Revelation 911
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40 posted on 05/06/2014 1:16:17 PM PDT by twister881
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