If people stopped drinking soda, would it help save tin and plastic resources?
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I think you mean aluminum and plastic resources. Aluminum and plastic are highly recyclable, but in some areas, they are difficult to recycle because of economic, geographic, and government factors.\n\nThe answer would depend on what people drank instead of soda. If they are drinking milk, juice, bottled water, or alcoholic beverages, which also come in cans and bottles, the answer is no.   \n\nIf people drink less fluid in general (probably not healthy), or drink tap water out of containers they re-use (like glasses or nalgene bottles), then yes. How many consumers can we reasonably expect to do that, when many folks can't even be bothered to put their aluminum cans in a separate container?
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Not likely.  Might contain a bit of nitrates, dust and H2SO4, but no vitamins.
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Soda is carbonated.  That means they forced a gas (carbon dioxide) to become soluable in the liquid.  The gas is dissolved in the liquid; it just took a lot of pressure for it to happen at the soda plant.  This is a purely physical relationship, nothing chemical about it.  You can displace this gas by various means.  Heating the soda helps the gas to come out of solution.  You can shake the soda, to help dislodge the gas molecules.  Finally, by adding something else that can dissolve in the liquid you will force the gas molecules out of the liquid.  I think it should work with other dissovable substances.
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How about the effectiveness of different sodas on mold growing. Have you ever left a coke for a week and come back and it was molded? I've always wanted to do that project.
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Though it is of course ok to drink it, there is an argument that it is more healthy to drink tap water because of the minerals it has in it. Our bodies need trace ammounts of all kinds of minerals to survive that we don't always get from food. \n\nWe even need a small ammount of cyanide in our diet to survive. This was discovered as the technology to feed a person intravenously for a long period of time developed. Minerals that were not previously thought to be essential were found to get their way into our diets through dust that settles on our food and of course water sources, and our bodies are dependent on these minerals.
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If you are trying to stop drinking soda, first, congratulations as you are making an excellent decision for your immediate and future health and well-being. \n\nYou are, of course,  experiencing withdrawl symptoms. The headaches are quite common ( and can be bad),  when one also attempts to stop drinking coffee. If they are really bad, you might try weaning yourself off the sodas over 2-3 weeks--cutting the amount by 1/2 or so, although sometimes, it's best to "gut it out"--you must decide what is best for yourself. \n\nYou can also be experiencing withdrawal from the sugar within the sodas--this amount can often be up to, or more than, 10 teaspoons of sugar per can/bottle.\n\nTo help with this, eat small, high protein (chicken, fish, turkey, etc.) meals 4-5 times per day. Include low starch veggies (lots of greens), low glycemic fruits--berries, kiwi, grapefruit, nuts and seeds and drink plenty of water.\n\nIf you must have caffeine in your life, it may be easier for you to switch to a high quality Green Tea. This is available at a good health food store and has many healthy benefits. It is also available in a decaffeinated form.\n\nAvoid: sugar, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, artifical sweetners, white flour products, processed foods. EAT REAL FOOD.\n\nExercise. FInd something you enjoy.\n\nIn general, you'll be much better off, once you kick the caffeine/sugar addiction--and that's just what it is, a physiological addiction. Withdrawal is not always easy; hang tough and it will pass. Your pancreas, liver, adrenal glands, thyroid and heart, and virtually every other organ and system in your body  will thank you and you'll go long way in preventing future degenerative diseases. (i.e. heart disease, diabetes, hypoglycemia, cancers, arthritis, eye problems, memory problems, the list can go on and on.).\n\nBeen there, done that, it works.\n\nGood Luck!
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The sugar might turn into fat when it gets into your system, but not until then.\nKeep in mind, diet softdrinks aren't any better for you than the sugar loaded ones- the artificial sweeteners are suspected of causing mental problems and more.  the carbonation is bad for you too.  If anyone has the willpower to drink only water, milk, and maybe a little fruit juice (no sugar added)- will find themselves feeling and looking better in a few weeks.
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Maybe you aren't drinking enough water. You need at least 8, 8 oz. cups of water a day. When you don't drink enough you are smothering your blood cells. There is a lack of oxygen. I was doing really well drinking my 8 glasses a day and I was full of energy. I have stopped drinking the water though against my better judgment. I have never really been a fan and I love Pepsi. I end up drinking too much soda and not enough water. I need to get my act together too. It's funny, I know for a fact that more water means more energy but for some reason I choose to ignore this fact. Not very smart huh...
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eat less.and remember 'diet coke' is not working.
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There were tests done that say it isn't healthy and can cause a multitude of problems, but everyone has to drink their diet soda to make up for that candy bar they ate earlier... not me though, purity is my stance or at least as close as possible
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to save money on the plastic
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well you can put what you should recycle. how recycling will help. like it'll help air pollution,water pollution, and stuff like that. state all the bad things that will happen if you don't recycle.
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Hell no. In fact I've read online that diet beverages (especially diet soda) stimulate the appetite. I've been drinking nothing but diet soft drinks for the past 5 years and it doesn't help. In my case tho, I don't drink them because of the reduced calorie content, I drink them because I'm addicted to them and prefer the taste. I can't stand sugar sweetened soft drinks.
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Nothing.\nWhat happens w/ regular soda is that mentos have a large surface area of a matte glaze to which the CO2 gas molecules can attach. and they sink to the bottom of the bottle, ejecting the soda out. If there's no gas to attach to the mentos, nothing happens.\nThis is a process called nucleation.
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Hardly. Methane, ethanol (not yet for cars but already viable for power plants), vegetable oil etc.  If we really had to stop burning fossil fuel, the current service stations could distribute the new fuel.  One of the problems with bringing out alternate fuels is that in order to 'compete' with gasoline, it has to be reasonably available to people driving across the country.  Distribution is a tough issue for some of the products.
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No.\n\nNot everything in your trash will become a gas. For example, organics will become charcoal, the plastics will decompose into a tar like substance, and unless you are on the surface of the sun you won't be able to boil the steel. In the end you will be left with a glob of toxic waste in the bottom of your distillation tower. Definitely not good.\n\nThat said, recycling is an excellent thing. You just have to devise a different strategy for each type of material. That's why every recycling program begins by properly sorting your trash.
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Actually coca-cola cleans better the metal, because contains phosporic acid a more stronger acid that the acids on the "natural" fruit juice.