DID YOU KNOW...?

Hello Children,

**Please read this article with an adult!  DO NOT test any of these claims as they could bring harm. This article is just to provoke thoughts and opinions for our in class experiment!!**

  Did you know that some things we do everyday can be harmful to our bodies?  For example, not wearing a helmet while riding our bicycle or not brushing our teeth after we eat. Well...

How many of you drink a glass of soda without thinking that it could be dangerous?

Lets take a minute to learn about some the strong effects of soda on non living things?
Please watch the following clip to see what soda can do to things that are not living,imagine what (this thing, that we drink all the time,) can do to our living bodies.

(Click on the imagie to view a clip)

The following article tells us of the many wonderful uses of soda.  After reading this please think, if it is strong enough to do this, is it good for our healthy bodies?

Great uses for soda & facts!!

1) To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet bowl. Let the "real thing" sit for one hour, then flush clean. The citric acid in Coke removes stains from vitreous china. No scrubbing, no sweat - guaranteed.

2) To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub the bumper with a crumpled-up piece of aluminum foils dipped in Coca-Cola. Much economical than the stuff from shop.

3) To clean corrosion from car batteries; Pour a can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion.

4) To loosen a rusted bolt; Applying a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola to the rusted bolt for several minutes.

5) To remove grease from clothes; Empty a can of Coke into a load of greasy clothes, add detergent, and run through a regular cycle.

6)  It will also clean road haze from your windshield.

7) It helps police clean the roadways after an accident.(The acid in the soda eats up any body fluids that may remain on the roadway that could cause illness.)

8) The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid. Its Ph is 2.8. It will dissolve a nail in about 4 days.

9) To carry Coca-Cola syrup (the concentrate) the commercial truck must use the Hazardous material place cards reserved for Highly corrosive materials.

10) The distributors of coke have been using it to clean the engines of their trucks for about 20 years.

Hey, what do we have here? A drink or a strong cleaner?! AHHHH, WE DRINK THIS STUFF!

ALARMING FACTS

The average pH of soft drinks, e.g. Coke, Pepsi is pH 3.4. This acidity is strong enough to dissolve teeth and bones! Our human body stops building bones at around the age of 30. After that it'll be dissolving about 8-18% of the bones each year through the urine, depending on the acidity of the food intake (acidity does not depend on the taste of the food, but on the ratio of potassium / calcium / magnesium / etc. to phosphorus).

All the dissolved calcium compounds accumulate in the arteries, veins, skin tissue, and organs. This affects the functioning of the kidney (kidney stones). Soft drinks do not have any nutritional value (in terms of vitamins and minerals). They have higher sugar content, higher acidity, and more additives such as preservatives and colourings.Some people like to take cold soft drinks after each meal, guess what's the impact? Our body has an optimum temperature of 37 degrees for the functioning of digestive enzymes. The temperature of cold soft drinks is much less than 37, sometimes quite close to 0. This will lower the effectiveness of the enzymes and put stress on the digestive system, digesting less food. In fact the food gets fermented. The fermented food produce bad smelling gases, decays and forms toxins, which are absorbed in the intestines, get circulated in the blood and is delivered to the whole body. This spread of toxins can lead to the development of various diseases. Think before you drink Coke or Pepsi or any another soft drinks.

Have you ever thought what you drink when you drink an aerated drink? You gulp down carbon dioxide, something that no sane person in the world would advise you to do. A few months ago, there was a competition in Delhi University "Who can drink the most Coke?". The winner drank 8 bottles and died on the spot because too much carbon dioxide in the blood and not enough oxygen. From then on, the principal banned all soft drinks from the university canteen.

Someone put a broken tooth in a bottle of Pepsi and in 10 days it is dissolved! Teeth and bones are the only human organs that stay intact for years after death. Imagine what the drink must be doing to your delicate soft intestines and stomach lining! To all SODA LOVERS, think again the next time before you chug a lug!!

Please write down your comments in your notebook so we can discuss them in class:)

Are you surprised???

Thank you for reading!!

Miss Noelle