Comments on: Citrus Sodas Have More Caffeine than Cola

By: Grewgills

Grewgills — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 08:22:01 +0000

Jackie,

Coffee generally has a pH in the neighborhood of 5, about the same as vinegar. For reference tomato juice has a pH of about 4 and lemon juice has a pH of about 2.

Cellulose, aka soluble fiber, is present in every plant. If you are truly worried about negative health effects of cellulose don't eat any vegetables, especially not raw vegetables, they are loaded with it.

Re: pesticides
Coffee is the roasted (at about 400oC) bean of the coffee plant. The first step in processing is a long soak in water to soften the thick skin that surrounds the beans to allow it to be more easily removed and discarded. After all this it is ground and soaked in near boiling water. By the time all of this is done there will not be any detectable pesticides, herbicides, or fungicides. You face a much greater risk (though still small) from the fruits and vegetables at your local farmers' market.

By: rodney dill

rodney dill — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 03:36:16 +0000

Citrus sodas like Mountain Dew and Vault have more caffeine than colas\

Which as far as Mountain Dew, at least, was known in the 70's when I was going to college. Why was there a study on this?

By: Anderson

Anderson — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 18:37:56 +0000

Mt. Dew is something I turn to when I realize that everything I've drunk that day has been brown.

By: Dantheman

Dantheman — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:21:42 +0000

This is news? I recall hearing this as part of a stand-up comedy routine in the early '90's. The comic then noted caffiene's tendency to (ahem) increase one's excretions, and said it gave new meaning to Mountain Dew's advertising slogan of the time, "Give Me a Mountain".

By: Jackie

Jackie — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:04:05 +0000

Coffee puts the system under the strain of metabolizing a deadly acid-forming drug, depositing its insoluble cellulose, which cements the wall of the liver, causing this vital organ to swell to twice its proper size. In addition, coffee is heavily sprayed. (Ninety-two pesticides are applied to its leaves.) Diuretic properties of caffeine cause potassium and other minerals to be flushed from the body. Advertising spam in violation of site policies deleted.

By: carpeicthus

carpeicthus — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:17:33 +0000

Mountain Dew is citrus? I always thought it was fermented evil.

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:00:10 +0000

So it was an Auburn study - but who actually funded it? Was it a Government grant or Auburn's own money to study the obvious?