Cola Consumption Can Lead To Muscle Problems 420
wjousts writes "As I'm sure many Slashdot readers live almost exclusively on cola drinks, a new warning from doctors:
'Doctors have issued a warning about excessive cola consumption after noticing an increase in the number of patients suffering from muscle problems, according to the June issue of IJCP, the International Journal of Clinical Practice. ... 'Evidence is increasing to suggest that excessive cola consumption can also lead to hypokalaemia, in which the blood potassium levels fall, causing an adverse effect on vital muscle functions.' And sorry, diet colas aren't any better."
Cool story bro (Score:4, Funny)
I drink mountain dew instead.
Shit (Score:5, Funny)
Define "excessive", please.
This stuff is b-a-n-a-n-a-s (Score:5, Funny)
Bananas contain lots of potassium.
Solution is obvious: drink all the cola you want, just make sure to supplement with banana ice cream. Added advantage of calcium and magnesium in the ice cream (also necessary for proper muscle function).
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Crap (Score:5, Funny)
I fear for Abby (NCIS).
Re:This stuff is b-a-n-a-n-a-s (Score:4, Funny)
Too late. A certain extremely large software company has already patented the banana ice cream Coke float (as well as a number of variations involve diet and Pepsi applications) in order to provide its programmers a permanent competitive advantage.
Re:This study sponsored by 7-Up - The Uncola! (Score:5, Funny)
But if you mix cola and uncola, they annihilate each other, producing huge amounts of pure energy. Be careful!
Re:Cool story bro (Score:5, Funny)
And Diet Caffeine free is just fine.
I wouldn't be as bold as to suggest that anything about Diet Caffeine free coke is "fine".
Re:Not gonna help you, bro (Score:4, Funny)
chemical-ultratoxin kills faster than bullet
That would explain the piles of dead bodies that I see stacked up next to every soda fountain and convenience store on a daily basis, what with it being faster than a bullet and all.
Okay, I just can't help it - I really hope you are a non-native English speaker. Otherwise, I'm afraid I'm going to have to rewrite your post:
What's the difference. Diet (sic!) drinks use aspartam (sic) as a substitute for sugar. Well, for anyone who has (sic) IQ higer (sic) than typical showel (sic) or (sic) brick, I must (sic) not to (sic) explain, (sic) that this chemical-ultratoxin kills faster than (sic) bullet.
If you are a native English speaker, you have the IQ of a showel.
Good thing I drink Mountain Dew... (Score:5, Funny)
http://www.snopes.com/medical/potables/mountaindew.asp [snopes.com]
Re:Not gonna help you, bro (Score:3, Funny)
I'll have to rewrite your post:
If you are a native English speaker, you have the IQ of a (sic) showel.
Re:Cool story bro (Score:5, Funny)
What's Next? (Score:2, Funny)
Next they'll tell us that pizza, lack of sun, and too much pr0n leads to painful death.
Re:Shit (Score:2, Funny)
I was going to type an awesome comment here.. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Cool story bro (Score:5, Funny)
It's a strange world where people say this as a way of convincing you to listen to them on health topics :)
You Can Pry My Cola (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Cool story bro (Score:3, Funny)
God damn, not this shit again. How do you tell people what they think tastes good and tastes bad? It's all up to the individual. I can't stand the taste of beer, any beer and I've tried my fair share, yet that's an absolutely huge industry so surely there are just a lot of people out there that just have bad taste right?
If you can taste the beer you're not drinking enough.
Re:Shit (Score:1, Funny)
No shit they are morbidly obese. These are Americans we are talking about.