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Originally Posted by Wide-O
What I didn't know until recently is that they also add... salt to some soda drinks. Quite large amounts. Yes, to make you drink more. To mask that, they add a lot of ... sugar.
I forgot how much salt there was in normal coke, but it was astonishing.
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Please check your facts before making such statements. Coca Cola does not contain "salt" per se¹. A 16 oz. bottle of regular Coca Cola contains 60 mg (2% of Daily Value (DV) for healthy adults, 4% DV for adults with high blood pressure²) of sodium¹. Less than 5% is considered "Low Sodium"³
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Coca-Cola - Nutrition Facts
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MedlinePlus - Sodium in diet
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FDA - Lowering Salt in Your Diet
Compare that amount to these Low Fat/Low Sodium "Heart Healthy Foods":
Heart-Healthy Foods
They don't use sugar anymore -- they use HFCS, which is what causes the cravings for more, because it slows down the secretion of leptin.
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