Water or Coke?

WATER
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• 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated.
• In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is often
  mistaken for hunger.
• Even MILD dehydration will slow down one's metabolism as much as
  3%.
• One glass of water will shut down midnight hunger pangs for almost
  100% of the dieters studied in a University of Washington study.
• Lack of water, the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.
• Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of water a day could
  significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers.
  (Wow! never knew this one!)
• A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory,
  trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on the computer
  screen or on a printed page.
• 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.

• In many states (in the USA) the highway patrol carries two gallons of
  Coke in the truck to remove blood from the highway after a car accident.
• You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of coke and it will be gone in two
  days.
• To clean a toilet:
  Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet bowl and let the "real thing" sit
  for one hour, then flush clean. The citric acid in Coke removes stains
  from vitreous china.
• To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers:
  Rub the bumper with a rumpled-up piece of Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil
  dipped in Coca-Cola.
• To clean corrosion from car battery terminals:
  Pour a can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubble
  away the corrosion.
• To loosen a rusted bolt:
  Applying a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola to the rusted bolt for several minutes.
• To bake a moist ham:
  Empty a can of Coca-Cola into the baking pan, wrap the ham in aluminum
  foil, and bake. Thirty minutes before the ham is finished, remove the foil,
  allowing the drippings to mix with the Coke for a sumptuous brown gravy.
• To remove grease from clothes:
  Empty a can of coke into a load of greasy clothes, add detergent, and run
  through a regular cycle. The Coca-Cola will help loosen grease stains.
  It will also clean road haze from your windshield.

• The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid. Its pH is 2.8. It will dis-
  solve a nail in about 4 days. Phosphoric acid also leaches calcium from
  bones and is a major contributor to the rising increase in osteoporosis.
  Wow!
• To carry Coca-Cola syrup (the concentrate) the commercial truck must
  use the Hazardous material place cards reserved for Highly corrosive
  materials.
• The distributors of coke have been using it to clean the engines of their
  trucks for about 20 years!