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How to Build a Stove Out Of Soda Cans – Video

I wish I had known this little trick before investing all that money in that generator! I would have saved a bundle!

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Why Soda Is Bad for You

Is soda really bad for you? Yes. Very bad. All of it: Pepsi, Coke, Sprite, Seven Up, Mountain Dew, Root Beer. It’s all bad for you. How do you know? Pick up a can or bottle and read the ingredients. 2-methylimidazole. Do you know what that is? You’re not supposed to know. You’re not supposed to read the ingredients.

Let’s start with how much sugar there is in soda. Except they don’t say sugar. Aspartame, cyclamate, saccharine, acesulfame-k, sucralose, by any other name it’s sugar and it’s all nutritionally empty and it all contributes to obesity and diabetes. And it’s addicting. Those soda execs are no dummies.
Consider also that all colas contain phosphates or phosphoric acid. Too much of these can lead to heart or kidney problems and trigger accelerated aging.

The artificial sweeteners don’t break down in our bodies. They end up in waste treatment facilities and then in our waterways. The bromated vegetable oil in Mountain Dew (called BVO) is an industrial chemical known to cause memory loss and nerve disorder.
Aspartame raises blood glucose levels and when your liver has too much glucose, the excess becomes body fat. Non diet sodas can cause fat build up around your liver and your skeletal muscles.

Aluminum cans are lined with a resin called bisphenol. It’s known to interfere with hormones and linked to obesity, diabetes and some kinds of reproductive cancer.
The caramel coloring in brown colas contains 2-methylimidozole and 4-methylimidazole. They have been found to cause cancer in animals.

There are so many other things you can drink besides soda. Is the health risk worth it? Read the ingredients on your next can of soda. Do you know what they are? Do you know what effect they have on your body? Do you trust the big soda companies to have your best interests in mind?

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Super Cool Your Soda To Make A Slushie In Seconds

This is a great party trick or anytime cool-down treat — by shaking up an unopened bottle of soda before cooling it for a few hours, you can make an instant slushie of any flavor you want.

Here’s the process:

1. Get a room-temperature bottle or can of soda.

2. Shake it up violently to increase the pressure. This pressure is what will keep the soda from freezing even when it’s super-cooled.

3. Place the soda in the freezer for about three hours. In the video below the 500-milliliter sodas are chilled for 3 hours and 15 minutes.

4. Take out the soda bottle and open and close the cap quickly, before inverting the soda. The liquid will freeze into a carbonated slush.

Here’s the process described by Grant Thompson. If you don’t believe us, watch it happen:

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Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/easy-slushie-soda-at-home-2013-7#ixzz2Y6qSnp1i

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