# sick kids and soda pop

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick-kids-and-soda-pop/117230>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 3, 2002, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick-kids-and-soda-pop/117230 "2002-07-03T18:27:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![kendra\_not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kendra\_not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kendra_not)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick-kids-and-soda-pop/117230/1 "2002-07-03T18:27:55Z")

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not that i’m complaining, or that i mind the extra work, but why am i saving all the tabs from the top of a can of pop? does it really help kids with cancer? how?  
kendra

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**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick-kids-and-soda-pop/117230/2 "2002-07-03T18:36:14Z")

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[http://www.snopes.com/business/redeem/pulltab.htm](http://www.snopes.com/business/redeem/pulltab.htm)

Not usually.

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**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick-kids-and-soda-pop/117230/3 "2002-07-03T18:58:40Z")

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How about giving gingerale to sick kids? Is there a reason to use that soda in particular?

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**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick-kids-and-soda-pop/117230/4 "2002-07-03T19:18:41Z")

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Generally, ginger is supposed to help nausea. Also, when you are nauseated and throwing up it is hard to get enough liquids and calories. Gingerale is that magical combination of anti-nausea, liquid, and high-calorie. Cola also combats nausea (you can buy straight up cola syrup in a lot of pharmacies for this purpose).

Recently I had a rather… vigorous reaction to some muscle relaxants. I ate nothing but flat, caffeine-free Pepsi and bananas for 2 days.