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The other thing in coke used to be some extract of the Kola nut (hence the name Coca-Cola) but they say coke no longer contains that. I wonder if there’s a soda out there that still contains Kola?
“US people don’t realize how ridiculously degraded their standard of living has become. ”
This part of the quote can be expanded in so many, if not every, direction. I won’t derail the topic. Let’s stick to Coke.
Let’s say pre-World War II: Coca-Cola was organic cane sugar, unfluoridated water, in a glass bottle. Every element of it has been degraded to the point it is poisonous: GMO corn, sprayed with glyphosate (gut destroyer), public water supply contains fluoride and other chemicals, plastic bottles and aluminum cans leach.
This that you said about the fluoride @Lilac is the main reason I heard for the better of Mexican Coke. Mexico does not fluoridate their water.
This is good to know. Mexican Coke has become much more expensive now in my area I’ve opted out from ever buying it again.
Personally, I’ll go for any soda made with real sugar. Real Sugar Pepsi is easily found, so I’ll drink that most of the time, and it’s usually pretty cheap. Jarritos Mexican Sodas are also real sugar, and have many different flavors, if you can find them. I’ve also gotten the “Kosher for Passover” Coke, the one’s with yellow caps. I guess the processing of corn for HFCS is considered “leavening.” There are other real sugar sodas out there, but those generally are most expensive, and less widely available.
I will drink HFCS if I’m on a trip or something. I’d prefer to avoid it, I think it may have some issues from the way it’s processed, but I generally think of it as one of the least bad of the “additives” or “modern foods” now. I think high PUFA oils are to be most avoided, followed by anything iron fortified (which is probably one of the main reasons for issues with wheat and gluten sensitivity, IMO, but one that’s largely ignored, Davis didn’t even mention it in “Wheat Belly”). Since I rarely eat at restaurants, I don’t worry too much about those either, if I’m on vacation, but I do try and stay away from anything “Deep Fried,” unless it’s at Buffalo Wild Wings (they supposedly use Beef Fat or Tallow for all their frying), or if a place explicity states they use Tallow or Coconut Oil (which is very rare), or I fry it myself in CO.
Some (most?) of the Coke made and sold in Mexico is made with HFCS. The Mexican Coke that is Imported into the United States is made with real sugar, as it’s main selling point. I think it’s one particular distributor in Mexico that does this.
Cane sugar sweetened sodas are so delicious. Do you think the phosphoric acid used in the sodas upset the calcium phosphate balance we strive to maintain? Please say no……lol. 🙂
“Much of the current concern about the dangers of fructose is focused on the cornstarch- derived high fructose corn syrup, HFCS. Many studies assume that its composition is nearly all fructose and glucose. However, Wahjudi, et al. (2010) analyzed samples of it before and after hydrolyzing it in acid, to break down other carbohydrates present in it. They found that the carbohydrate content was several times higher than the listed values. “The underestimation of carbohydrate content in beverages may be a contributing factor in the development of obesity in children,” and it’s especially interesting that so much of it is present in the form of starch-like materials.” -Ray Peat, PhD
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