Water or Coca-Cola? Preparing and Training… Andrew Castiglione Founder of Ken Aston Referee Society

This is really an eye opener... Water or Coca-Cola?

We all know that Water is important... but I’ve never seen it written down like this before.

WATER...

1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated.

2. In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is often mistaken for hunger.

3. Even... MILD dehydration will slow down one’s metabolism as much as... 30%.

4. One glass of water... will shut down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a
    University of Washington study.

5. Lack of water, the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.

6. Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up
    to 80% of sufferers.

7. 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.

8. 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.

How Soda Affects Each Body Part As You Drink

Soda is one of the most consumed beverages in the United States, second only to water. Here in the States, Americans guzzle 57 gallons of soda per person every year, as if it wasn’t full of sugary calories.

But what’s happening inside the bodies of soda consumers with each sip?

As soon as soda's swallowed, the pancreas is notified and rapidly begins to create insulin in response to the sugar. Insulin is a hormone the body uses to move sugar from food or drink into the bloodstream, where cells are then able to use sugar for energy. Within just 20 minutes, blood sugar levels spike and the liver responds to the insulin by turning sugar into fat for storage.

Within 45 minutes of gulping down a single 20-ounce glass of soda, caffeine from the drink is fully absorbed, and as a result your pupils dilate and blood pressure rises. The body produces more dopamine, which stimulates the pleasure centers of the brain — just like a low-grade line of cocaine.

When the hour chimes, the body begins to experience a blood sugar crash, which is around the same time a person reaches for their second soda, or for another sweet and sugar snack to suffice. Soda’s connection to the obesity epidemic is so intertwined, Harvard researchers have calculated each addition soda consumed increases the risk of obesity 1.6 times.

In addition to the threat of reaching obese levels, researchers also found after following 40,000 men for two decades, those who drank a sugary beverage each day had a 20 percent increased risk of having a heart attack. The high fructose corn syrup — a cheap replacement for cane sugar — has been associated with increased risk of metabolic syndrome, which leads to diabetes and heart disease.

Beverage companies know the haphazard sugar cycle all too well.

In the United States, they spend approximately $3.2 billion in marketing each year in an effort to tempt consumers to pick up a liter of brown bubbly sugar with their pizza, or a case of cans for their child’s next birthday party. Those little children have an 80 percent increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes if  they become regular soda drinkers. Their future will be one of kidney problems, reproductive issues, osteoporosis, asthma, and bad teeth with dissolved tooth enamel.

Drink up!

And now for the properties of... COCA-COLA

1. In many states (in the USA) the highway patrol carries two gallons of Coca-Cola in the truck to remove blood from
    the highway after a car accident.

2. You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of Coca-Cola and... it will be gone in two days.

3. 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 Coca-Cola removes stains from vitreous china.

4. To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub the bumper with a rumpled-up piece of aluminum foil dipped
    in Coca-Cola.

5. To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubble away the
    corrosion.

6. To loosen a rusted bolt: Applying a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola to the rusted bolt for several minutes.

7. 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 Coca-Cola for a
    sumptuous brown gravy.

8. To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of Coca-Cola into a load of greasy clothes, add detergent, and run
    through a regular cycle. The Coca-Cola will help loosen grease stains.

9. It will also clean road haze from your windshield.

For Your Info...

1. The active ingredient in Coca-Cola is... Phosphoric Acid. Its pH is... 2.8. It will dissolve a nail in about 4 days.
    Phosphoric Acid also leaches calcium from bones and is a major contributor to the rising increase in osteoporosis.

2. To carry Coca-Cola syrup (the concentrate) the commercial truck must use the Hazardous material place cards
    reserved for Highly Corrosive Materials.

3. The distributors of Coca-Cola have been using it to clean the engines of their trucks for about 20+ years!

Now the question is, would you like a glass of Water or Coca-Cola?...

STILL THIRSTY...?