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Put that Pepsi Down!
Posted:
Sat May 26, 2007 9:51 pmby Nobunaga
Caution: Some soft drinks may seriously harm your health:
A new health scare erupted over soft drinks last night amid evidence they may cause serious cell damage. Research from a British university suggests a common preservative found in drinks such as Fanta and Pepsi Max has the ability to switch off vital parts of DNA.
... can eventually lead to cirrhosis of the liver and degenerative diseases such as Parkinson's.
... Sodium benzoate has already been the subject of concern about cancer because when mixed with the additive vitamin C in soft drinks, it causes benzene, a carcinogenic substance.
http://news.independent.co.uk/health/article2586652.ece
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Razor-thin TV screen you can wear as a T-shirt: (This is cool!)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/a ... ge_id=1965
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Torture, Al-Qaeda Style: (from manual found in Al-Qaeda base of operations) .... (some disturbing images, so the queasy should perhaps avoid this site)
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/ye ... ture1.html
Posted:
Sat May 26, 2007 9:53 pmby freezie
As long as cream soda, coca-cola and Dr Peper are alright...
Posted:
Sat May 26, 2007 9:54 pmby hecter
Honestly, I don't care. *chugs Pepsi*
Posted:
Sat May 26, 2007 9:55 pmby Serbia
I don't like Pepsi anyway. And I know pop is bad for me. But, call it my tobacco.
Posted:
Sat May 26, 2007 9:55 pmby wcaclimbing
Pepsi is nasty
drink Coke.
Posted:
Sat May 26, 2007 9:55 pmby EvilPurpleMonkey
My opinion?
Sucks.
Cool!
Disturbing.
Posted:
Sat May 26, 2007 9:55 pmby pancakemix
Dr. Pepper is where it's at.
Posted:
Sat May 26, 2007 9:57 pmby EvilPurpleMonkey
Wow! In the time it took me to read that and write one post, this thread exploded.
Posted:
Sat May 26, 2007 9:59 pmby Serbia
haha I only skimmed the first part.
That torture thing is serious. Kinda puts things in perspective, when you talk about torture.
Al Qaeda terrorists - torture
Gitmo - not torture
can't call it both torture.
Posted:
Sat May 26, 2007 9:59 pmby Nobunaga
... I've been looking forward to Dr. Pepper for 10 years... It's not available in Japan, but I'm heading home soon . . . .
... It's "black-listed" as dangerous in this study, but I think I might risk my health for a huge, ice cold Dr. Pepper!
...
Posted:
Sat May 26, 2007 10:00 pmby Great Pretender
is "Dry Ginger Ale" ok to drink?
Posted:
Sat May 26, 2007 10:01 pmby pancakemix
Dr. Pepper is worth Parkinsons.
Posted:
Sat May 26, 2007 10:02 pmby Nobunaga
Great Pretender wrote:is "Dry Ginger Ale" ok to drink?
.... Look at the ingredients on the thing. If it says
sodium benzoate, it's gonna kill you!
Posted:
Sat May 26, 2007 10:03 pmby Serbia
anyone here familiar with Faygo?
Posted:
Sat May 26, 2007 10:06 pmby Nobunaga
... Faygo.... rings a bell.
.... Interesting that this study is from the UK. I wonder how much coverage this will get in the States. (and wonder how much Coke, Pepsi, etc... give as donations to congressmen) (always a cynic)
Posted:
Sat May 26, 2007 10:06 pmby chewyman
What about Diet Coke?
Posted:
Sat May 26, 2007 10:08 pmby pancakemix
chewyman wrote:What about Diet Coke?
I use Diet Coke strictly for use with Mentos.
Posted:
Sat May 26, 2007 10:09 pmby Serbia
pancakemix wrote:chewyman wrote:What about Diet Coke?
I use Diet Coke strictly for use with Mentos.
'bout all it's good for
Posted:
Sat May 26, 2007 10:14 pmby Nobunaga
... So... the terrorists should be adding Coke to that Torture Manual...
Posted:
Sat May 26, 2007 11:57 pmby strike wolf
Nobunaga wrote:... I've been looking forward to Dr. Pepper for 10 years... It's not available in Japan, but I'm heading home soon . . . .
... It's "black-listed" as dangerous in this study, but I think I might risk my health for a huge, ice cold Dr. Pepper!
...
As long as Coca-cola/sprite isn't blacklisted.
Posted:
Sun May 27, 2007 12:01 amby DirtyDishSoap
wcaclimbing wrote:Pepsi is nasty
drink Coke.
Posted:
Sun May 27, 2007 10:13 amby sfhbballnut
The reason we have these health scares is because the testing is illogical. Yes if you ate a 5 pound bag of artificial sweetener everyday you might get cancer or if you drank the preservative in those soft drinks by the gallon for years you'd have health problems, but no one does so theres not a problem
Posted:
Sun May 27, 2007 10:19 amby parno4u
i like coke and dr.pepper. and pepsi
Posted:
Sun May 27, 2007 11:11 amby JoeCorden
strike wolf wrote:Nobunaga wrote:... I've been looking forward to Dr. Pepper for 10 years... It's not available in Japan, but I'm heading home soon . . . .
... It's "black-listed" as dangerous in this study, but I think I might risk my health for a huge, ice cold Dr. Pepper!
...
As long as Coca-cola/sprite isn't blacklisted.
I think Sprite was one of the main ones, I'm not sure about coke, I only read the first few lines.
Posted:
Sun May 27, 2007 11:54 amby DirtyDishSoap
Sprite?
You're kidding me....