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- From: mdiffin@crc.ac.uk (Dr. M.C. Diffin)
- Subject: Re: Pos/Neg Benefits of CO2 in pop (soda)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov15.182957.13053@crc.ac.uk>
- Keywords: pop
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- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 18:29:57 GMT
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- jk>I am wondering if there are any positive or negative effects of having carbon
- jk>dioxide in pop or soda. Specifically, it seems that if the body gives off CO2
- jk>when we exhale, it makes sense that to drink carbonated beverages with
- jk>CO2 could be less than beneficial to the human body.
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- Why?
- jk>In place of the CO2, I am wondering if putting oxygen into the pop would
- jk>be better for the body as it could maybe use the O2 in a beneficial way.
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- How? As we are not loaches, we cannot absorb O2 through the gut.
- What else is it going to do?
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