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Comment: A new hoax is brewing about Coca Cola. A picture is being circulated of a bogus Coke product named "Coke Burn" claiming it will burn 500 calories a day. It is also replete with warnings of liver damage and cancer. It's obviously a spoof, but some are begining to think it's real.
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I love the fact that it's on the same table as Oreos, Cheetos and of course the all important can of squueze cheese. Along similar lines my sister-in-law's sister used to think that by buying a bag of cookies and Diet Coke that she woulnd't gain any weight. "But it's Diet !" she used to argue.
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Oh it would be totally great! I've been looking for a way to damage my liver, while still enjoying the refreshing taste of Coke for some time now.
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quote:Originally posted by candy from strangers: Oh it would be totally great! I've been looking for a way to damage my liver, while still enjoying the refreshing taste of Coke for some time now.
That's why you mix it with rum, of course!
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I thought the polymerized cornstarch bit was interesting, googled it. Apparently there are such things as "envirobeads" that are made from polymerized cornstarch, but they dissolve in water.
Not the best packing for a coke, methinks.
Oh, and when did Coke start using "carbonated desalinated sea water" to make Coke products? Barf.
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I doubt the picture in the OP is real but it is true that the Coca Cola company is about to debut a negative calorie beverage.
It's not a cola but a carbonated, caffienated green tea based beverage called Enviga that is reported to burn between 50 and 100 calories per 12 oz serving.
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If you ever go to the Dutch Caribbean, you'll be able to enjoy a beer made out of desalinated sea water - it's actually pretty good. No reason not to use it for soft drinks, except that it's probably too expensive.
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This is obviously a joke, but what would be the real-world effects of ingesting something that "increased one's mitochondrial activity, sped up the Krebs cycle, and overclocked your transport proteins"? It sounds pretty dangerous.
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quote:Originally posted by bethntim: I love the fact that it's on the same table as Oreos, Cheetos and of course the all important can of squueze cheese. .
You mean you've never made cheezeos?
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Unless there are anti-calories that I've never heard about, the calorie count of "negative 500 calories" simply can't be real. I realise that the photo is a fake but I just felt the need to comment on that.
A product may contain 0 calories and it may in fact do something to help your body burn additional calories... but that doesn't mean the product contains negative calories.
If people are willing to believe that though, I might make a 0 calorie drink and claim that it burns 1000 calories with no ill effect (and in very small writing mention that the product contains 1000 calories... 1000 - 1000 = 0).
ETA: The warning "contains retroviral RNA" is rather amusing though.
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quote:Originally posted by Pseudo_Croat: This is obviously a joke, but what would be the real-world effects of ingesting something that "increased one's mitochondrial activity, sped up the Krebs cycle, and overclocked your transport proteins"? It sounds pretty dangerous.
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Correct me if I'm wrong (TGirl??) but from my recollections of bio class, all of those things are just related to cell metabolism. I think those phrases are just fancy ways to say that it speeds up your metabolism.
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While I don't doubt that this is a hoax, I don't think the concept of a drink that "burns" energy intake is impossible.
Here is how I see it:
Energy basically comes from three sources, fat, sugar and carbohydrates. These are well known chemical compounds. I can imagine it being possible to create a substance which either breaks them down into something that the body can't extract energy from, or bonds with it to achieve the same effect. In other words, the energy will just pass straight (OK, not straight, the intestines are kind of curvy) through the body without being absorbed. Preferably, the resulting products after the breaking down/bonding should be harmless, but I suspect it would be a major selling success either way...
Hmm, to bad one can't patent concepts, there might be some money in this.
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quote:Originally posted by Troberg: Energy basically comes from three sources, fat, sugar and carbohydrates.
[picking nits] Sugar is a carbohydrate. [/picking nits]
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Troberg, there are three macronutrients - fats, carbs, and protein.
I'm not sure if protein is an energy source or not, since high protein diets are based on the idea that with no carb intake, only protein and fat, that the body then has to burn it's fat cells. - but the body can burn it's muscle, so maybe protein IS an energy source. Hmm. Anyway, the other thing you are looking for, I think, is protein.
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High protein diets are actually based on the fact that protein and fat act as an appetite suppressant and therefore the diet is actually just a low calorie one.
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