# Colas....a health hazard?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [August 8, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colas-a-health-hazard/193886 "2003-08-08T19:21:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ladydisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@ladydisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladydisco)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colas-a-health-hazard/193886/21 "2003-08-10T14:59:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Epimetheus \* > \*\*My, my, the world must revolve around you. I wasn’t responding you, so there. \*\* :rolleyes: ^10 ---
**Author:** ![Epimetheus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c4cdca/32.png) [@Epimetheus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epimetheus)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colas-a-health-hazard/193886/22 "2003-08-10T14:59:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JThunder \* > \*\*I think that’s a vast overstatement. \*\* That is true, these were my words and they were not accurate representations. However the fact of the matter has similar effects. My statement was flawed, but that was due to my poor communications and over simplification. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colas-a-health-hazard/193886/23 "2003-08-10T16:27:57Z")
Pepsi is gross. Coke is the nectar of the gods. Take that, **Tars Tarkas**. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colas-a-health-hazard/193886/24 "2003-08-10T16:41:39Z")
Surely you’re not serious. Pepsi One is ambrosia in liquid form. ---
**Author:** ![InquisitiveIdiot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3ec8ea/32.png) [@InquisitiveIdiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InquisitiveIdiot)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colas-a-health-hazard/193886/25 "2003-08-11T15:47:29Z")
Pepsi and Coke are both overhyped swill. No cola can compare to the orgasm-in-a-can that is Sam’s Club Cola. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colas-a-health-hazard/193886/26 "2003-08-11T18:07:53Z")
I like Sprite. A little too sugary, but no caffeine, no carbonization. Just an explosion of fire and sweetness. I have one a week at the most. ---
**Author:** ![Dreaming\_of\_Maria\_Callas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@Dreaming\_of\_Maria\_Callas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dreaming_of_Maria_Callas)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colas-a-health-hazard/193886/27 "2003-08-11T19:48:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by smiling bandit \* > \*\*I like Sprite. A little too sugary, but no caffeine, no carbonization. Just an explosion of fire and sweetness. I have one a week at the most. \*\* Um, Sprite is carbonised… 😕 UnuMondo ---
**Author:** ![InquisitiveIdiot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3ec8ea/32.png) [@InquisitiveIdiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InquisitiveIdiot)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colas-a-health-hazard/193886/28 "2003-08-11T21:34:19Z")
No, Sprite is _carbonated_ as in “contains dissolved carbon dioxide gas.” I shudder to think about drinking any soda that actually is [carbonized.](http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/carbonized) ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colas-a-health-hazard/193886/29 "2003-08-11T23:12:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by InquisitiveIdiot \* > \*\*No, Sprite is _carbonated_ as in “contains dissolved carbon dioxide gas.” I shudder to think about drinking any soda that actually is [carbonized.](http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/carbonized) \*\* I only drink Soda that has been frozen in carbonite! Just like my buddy Han Solo! ---
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colas-a-health-hazard/193886/30 "2003-08-12T01:19:00Z")
All this talk about [Carbonizing](http://www.arstechnica.com/reviews/4q99/macos-x-dp2/macos-x-dp2-3.html) and [Sprite](http://www.usabilityfirst.com/glossary/main.cgi?function=display_term&term_id=744) makes me want to play Mac games. ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colas-a-health-hazard/193886/31 "2003-08-12T09:57:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Epimetheus \* > For a non-diet, caffine free carbonated beverage, well other than the empty calories and pure sugar/high sodium I cannot say. I don’t think soda has high sodium. Coke and Pepsi surely don’t. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colas-a-health-hazard/193886.md?page=1)