It's good for you if you dilute it with captain morgan! :)

Coke is one of the worst products we feed our kids.

Here is the link on Snopes debuking the "Tooth" urban legend

http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/tooth.asp

I quit soda back in February and lost weight from it. Since then I've taken up Kempo and I've lost 55 pounds.

I've never felt better physically since I kicked the cola habit and began kempo.

diet RockStar!!! :thumbsup

You folks are missing the major issue with Coke and all soft drinks made in the USA. They DO NOT CONTAIN SUGAR. Sugar is not bad for you in small quantities, they do contain HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP. This stuff is just plain evil.

washingtonpost.com
Sweet but Not So Innocent?
High-Fructose Corn Syrup May Act More Like Fat Than Sugar in the Body

By Sally Squires
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, March 11, 2003; Page HE01

From fruit-flavored drinks to energy bars, a huge array of sweetened foods and beverages crowds grocery shelves, vending machines, restaurant menus, school lunches and kitchens. According to the latest figures from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), consumption of various sweeteners, often in calorie-dense foods and drinks, has risen in the United States from an estimated 113 pounds per person in 1966 to 147 pounds in 2001.

Last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended limiting intake of added sugars found in food and drink to no more than 10 percent of daily calories, a step the WHO said could help stop the worldwide rise in obesity that is fueling the growth of such chronic diseases as type 2 diabetes. The WHO recommendation is far stricter than any that U.S. groups have produced.

But increasingly, it's not just the growing consumption of foods with added sugars that concerns some nutrition experts. What has also changed during the past four decades, the USDA figures show, is the type of sweeteners consumed -- a trend that some studies suggest may help to undermine appetite control and possibly play a role in weight gain.

In 1966, refined sugar, also known as sucrose, held the No. 1 slot, accounting for 86 percent of sweeteners used, according to the USDA. Today, sweeteners made from corn are the leader, racking up $4.5 billion in annual sales and accounting for 55 percent of the sweetener market. That switch largely reflects the steady growth of high-fructose corn syrup, which climbed from zero consumption in 1966 to 62.6 pounds per person in 2001.

While soft drinks and fruit beverages such as lemonade are the leading products containing high-fructose corn syrup, plenty of other items -- including cookies, gum, jams, jellies and baked goods -- also contain this syrup.

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Fructose is a different story. It "appears to behave more like fat with respect to the hormones involved in body weight regulation," explains Peter Havel, associate professor of nutrition at the University of California, Davis. "Fructose doesn't stimulate insulin secretion. It doesn't increase leptin production or suppress production of ghrelin. That suggests that consuming a lot of fructose, like consuming too much fat, could contribute to weight gain." Whether it actually does do this is not known "because the studies have not been conducted," said Havel.

Another concern is the action of fructose in the liver, where it is converted into the chemical backbone of trigylcerides more efficiently than glucose. Like low-density lipoprotein -- the most damaging form of cholesterol -- elevated levels of trigylcerides are linked to an increased risk of heart disease. A University of Minnesota study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in 2000 found that in men, but not in women, fructose "produced significantly higher [blood] levels" than did glucose. The researchers, led by J.P Bantle, concluded that "diets high in added fructose may be undesirable, particularly for men."

Other recent research suggests that fructose may alter the magnesium balance in the body. That could, in turn, accelerate bone loss, according to a USDA study published in 2000 in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp...nguage=printer

Several people have already answered this question with the right answers:

1. High Fructose Corn Syrup is the Devil for sure. Go Google it and learn why.

2. In Diet drinks, Asparatame have been shown to produce negative effects in many animals, including residual deposits in the brain itself that produced alzheimer-like symptoms in rats far younger than should ordinarily be the case.

3. To replace Asparatame, Pepsi's people ram-rodded the chemical Sucralose (Splenda) through FDA approval in record time using heavy amounts of paid lobbying and donations to the right key figures. No one really knows what the effects of Splenda are on the brain, because no significant long-term clinical testing has been performed in large numbers.

Moderation is always key for sure, none of you should be drinking more than one regular or diet 12oz. drink a day.

yeah.. it maybe unhealthy and all, but it is still coke, i can't quit drinking it..

if you want proof try it yourself, I've done it before and it works.

i drink it every day! and yes. its terrible for you

drink moderately.

EDIT: 51 :1orglaugh

Do you really need us to tell you how bad it is for your body?

Same here. I have tried it, and it works like a charm.

If youve ever puked you know how acidic your stomach contents are due to the acid naturally in your stomach - hell - it has to dissolve steak in a few hours - a lot more acidic than anything you drink unless youre into 30% hydrochloric acid for appetizers.
The vinegar in pickles, as mentioned before - any fruit juices, tea, coffee - I could go on and on - all have high levels of acid components - hell even the new water drinks that are flavored and gatorade, crystal light - all have acid as well

But none come even close to whats already in your stomach naturally.

As far as the co2 - its in everything natural you eat - cant grow something without it retaining the carbon dioxide

:thumbsup

Of course, cluless newbies who believe everything they read on the internet
won't believe it. :pimp

For one thing... it can't be healthy for you.. ;)

what you mean caffeine? c'mon it isn't that bad...
http://www.emory.edu/BUSINESS/images/coke_can.GIF

umm yeah well the best way i can explain it is that if you put a dime in a 20 oz bottle for a day or so it will disolve it in that time, kinda scary heh

The MASSIVE amount of sugars (corn fructose is a sugar) in soda can be a cause for concern specially for kids.

It depends, it's unhealthy for the body because of acid and sugar.

You have stock in Coca Cola or something. You're protecting it like the tobacco companies. lol

I do agree with you though. I drink about 200 oz a day of Diet Coke and no drain bamage yet. :thumbsup