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Re:Big Tobacco knew radioactive Po210 in cigarettes posed ca... by gruez on Saturday July 29, 2023 @09:45PM (#36926892)
> The link I've posted has links to sources for their claim (there are more):

I don't doubt that salty foods in general are delicious and make people want to eat more. I'm doubting whether the effect applies specifically for coke, which only has 0.2g it per 20oz bottle. What you're doing is like looking at a car crash and concluding that it's caused by alcohol because the driver ate some bread[1] before driving.

[1] https://www.scienceabc.com/pure-sciences/does-your-bread-con...

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Re:Big Tobacco knew radioactive Po210 in cigarettes posed ca... by myshpa on Saturday July 29, 2023 @10:05PM (#36927039)
> I'm doubting whether the effect applies specifically for coke

I'm not pretending I'm the expert.

> What you're doing

I'm cited the source.

> it's caused by alcohol because the driver ate some bread

Don't tell our politicians ... we have 0% limit.

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Re:Big Tobacco knew radioactive Po210 in cigarettes posed ca... by gruez on Saturday July 29, 2023 @10:14PM (#36927109)
>I'm cited the source.

A source that fails to list what the dosage is, and I highly suspect isn't in the range of 0.2g/20oz.

>Don't tell our politicians ... we have 0% limit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_alcohol_content#0%

>It is illegal to have any measurable alcohol in the blood while driving in these countries. Most jurisdictions have a tolerance slightly higher than zero to account for false positives and naturally occurring alcohol in the body.

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