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[fermin25]

Well I am a loyal coke drinker since some years ago. I have heard about all the harmful about the coke and all the diseases that it can cause to our health. But until today I have no evidence about this. So I decided to start this topic to learn a little more about this popular drink and if it is harmful or not?

I have years drinking Coke in the lunch. It taste is awesome and it takes sugar so sometimes when I fell tired I drink a little coke and it stimulates me and give me more strength to do my work or study. So I know that the coke is a drug like the coffe but I don´t know if it is harmful and can cause some diseases like cancer or tumors or something like that or can harm to the kidney system. I am studying medicine and I never heard a real and serious study about the harmful or benefits effect of Coke. So please can someone tell me if the Coke is really harmful or not???

Please.

[Shahrukh]

Nah, I don't think so.
I drink a lot of coke too. Nothing happened to me.

In addition, I was visiting a doctor and he said drinking 1-2 glasses per day is not a problem.
Of course, over-dosage of everything is harmful...

[DodgyPhil]

Fear mongers and readers of tabloid newspapers can pretty much create a bad image for anything. I know there's a campaign on the internet that says people shouldn't drink milk because it gives you bowel cancer (???) and there seems to be loads of government funded scientific research labs that publish weekly reports condemning various meats.
Pretty much any food or drink-stuff that is accused of being bad for your health is harmless. Sure, Coca Cola will cause your teeth to rot- if you happen to be holding a mouthful of the drink for about 30 minutes a day. Cigarettes and Coffee stain the teeth about a thousand times worse..
Coca Cola contains some caffeine and quite a lot of sugar, but in comparison to most candy on the market and the average espresso it's nothing.
In terms of harmful chemicals, definitely not. Coca Cola is acidic and sugary, but most of it is natural. If you're really averse to chemicals, you should check out: Pepsi Raw. They've just introduced it to England, and while it tastes like crap, it's made with pure Cane Sugar.

I wouldn't worry about drinking Coca Cola, or any other product that's legally and openly sold (I'm excluding Alcohol and Tobacco for obvious reasons). Most of the research that condemns products like this doesn't really give a fair comparison. Your mouth is in greater danger when you're eating acidic fruit like lemons and oranges than artificially flavoured treats like Coke and Chocolate Cakes. Have fun, and drink up!

[Shahrukh]

DodgyPhil, on 18 July 2010 - 05:40 PM, said:

Fear mongers and readers of tabloid newspapers can pretty much create a bad image for anything.

Yup.
Some people at my place say that drinking Coke makes your complexion darker and drinking milk makes it fairer!
While this is true for milk, because of its nutrients not its colour, its totally not true about Coke making you darker.

And sometimes, when a person gets some ailment, he blames it on his habits that he doesn't like. Or some of his companions blame it on such a habit.
So, if you mother doesn't like you drinking Coke and you happen to have sore throats often, she'll say its the Coke.

[tinoymalayil]

I think it may harmful.Because every coca cola bottle we can see that Caffine is inside..Caffine is harmful to our body.That's why doctors prescribing drinking too much coffee is not googd for your body.

[Shahrukh]

SK, on 22 July 2010 - 12:07 PM, said:

I think DIET Coke is far worse for you than, say, classic Coke in a glass bottle with cane sugar.

In my experience, I have observed that a lot of diet Coke drinkers are overweight. Why?

Their feeling on the subject is that they can drink lots more diet soda than regular soda because it has 1/2 the calories or zero calories or other such BS....

It turns out that their bodies are way too smart to let a zero calorie drink go un-metabolized. Eventually, they adapt to the new formulation in the diet soda, and their bodies treat it as though it is a pure sugar drink--only they aren't drinking one or two. They are drinking it all day long.

I know several people, personally, that have dropped 20-30+ pounds just giving up diet soda with no other change to their habits.

I don't think there is anything wrong with enjoying a Coke at lunchtime (I am against high-fructose corn syrup/excess sugar in my own diet so I don't drink soda too often, but again, moderation is key), and I happen to think that a pure sugar Coke in a glass bottle is delicious...

Just remember to take it in moderation (as you should take everything), and if you are worried about your teeth, wash your mouth out with some plain water after you finish your soda...

I agree with that. But thats not Coke's fault. Its the drinker's fault.

[rpgsearcherz]

SK, on 22 July 2010 - 12:07 PM, said:

I think DIET Coke is far worse for you than, say, classic Coke in a glass bottle with cane sugar.

In my experience, I have observed that a lot of diet Coke drinkers are overweight. Why?

Their feeling on the subject is that they can drink lots more diet soda than regular soda because it has 1/2 the calories or zero calories or other such BS....

It turns out that their bodies are way too smart to let a zero calorie drink go un-metabolized. Eventually, they adapt to the new formulation in the diet soda, and their bodies treat it as though it is a pure sugar drink--only they aren't drinking one or two. They are drinking it all day long.

I know several people, personally, that have dropped 20-30+ pounds just giving up diet soda with no other change to their habits.

I don't think there is anything wrong with enjoying a Coke at lunchtime (I am against high-fructose corn syrup/excess sugar in my own diet so I don't drink soda too often, but again, moderation is key), and I happen to think that a pure sugar Coke in a glass bottle is delicious...

Just remember to take it in moderation (as you should take everything), and if you are worried about your teeth, wash your mouth out with some plain water after you finish your soda...

I disagree with your view of how the diet coke is bad because a lot of people who drink it are overweight. Why would you go on a diet if you *weren't* overweight? That's the whole point of it.

[mahesh2k]

Be it coke or pepsi or other drinks the problem is in pesticide contained in it. The amount in it makes worst for the drinkers. In india coke and pepsi found guilty of adding amount which way above acceptable level. Besides that in india they don't care for the storage of the drinks. You'll find that these drinks are there for more than 2 years and i don't know how they managed to drink all that. There are many legal cases against coke and pepsi in india. They infected rivers and water reserves with their poison and now they have large percentage of pesticides in it.

Still people drink all that and life goes on.

[Shahrukh]

mahesh2k, on 27 July 2010 - 01:46 PM, said:

Be it coke or pepsi or other drinks the problem is in pesticide contained in it. The amount in it makes worst for the drinkers. In india coke and pepsi found guilty of adding amount which way above acceptable level. Besides that in india they don't care for the storage of the drinks. You'll find that these drinks are there for more than 2 years and i don't know how they managed to drink all that. There are many legal cases against coke and pepsi in india. They infected rivers and water reserves with their poison and now they have large percentage of pesticides in it.

Still people drink all that and life goes on.

Thats not good. I always check the expiry date.
Again, storage is not the drink's fault. Anything handled like that would go bad.