Banned! Zero Coke Zero In Venezeula
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Venezuelan President and critic of the US Government, Hugo Chavez, has demanded that Coke Zero be pulled from his nation because it poses a health threat.
Health Minister Jesus Mantilla did not specify these health threats, but strongly advised that "the product should be withdrawn from circulation to preserve the health of Venezuelans."
That's it for Coke Zero!
What's the health threat, though????
Tell!
We drink that shiz!
Posted: June 11, 2009 at 7:00 pm
PEPSI MAX FTW!
Btw, Coke Zero and Diet Coke= same drink, different name…
lol they should be talking about health their ppl are getting killed in their streets and starving for food and theyre worried about coke zero
Yikes! I used to down 8 or 10 coke zeros a day. I quit and switched to H2O a month ago.. glad I did, but since when does Venezeula have such strict health guidelines? I would bet it is politically charged!!
hm, are you REALLY asking WHAT the health threat is?
Health-conscious people in Germany NEVER drink coke or pepsi!!!!
Re: SWEETPIECE! –
Sweetpiece': You re right about the kidneys….and there are a lot of other unhealthy aspects regarding coke and pepsi drinks…These drinks are considered hazardous to your health when drunk in large quantities in all western civilized countries OUTSIDE ignorant USA…
Re: AmandaWTH –
You re right!
I surprisingly see some EDCATION and knowledge here on Perezes… *G*
Studies show:
Drinking soda regulary increases the chances of gout in men by 60%
Causes osteoperosis
Inhibits the enzymes in your stomach that break down fat.
Causes kidney disease
Causes diabetes
theres more but i think thats enough. Stick with organic juice and water.
Re: Yeru –
Not only in Venezuelsa, scientists and medical studies in GERMANY say so, too!
My recipe for a zero calorie alternative to all coke products and hazardous soft drinks:
Cultivate 1 or 2 peppermint plants on your balcony or in your garden and you ll have FREE tasty refreshing drinks all suzmmer long!
Recipe:
It s delicious and refreshing and tastes so much better than these artificially flavored cancer-inducing soft drinks!
Pluck one handful of peppermint leaves fresh fromt he plant, if from the garden, rinse them QUICKLY, fromt he balcony no need to rinse them.
Rip them to shreds with your fingers and put them in a mug or any other porcelain container. Pour 2 cups of hot(!) water over it, put it in your refrigerator for 2-3 hours, then fill it up to its rim with COLD water. Then drink and enjoy glass by glass, straining the leaves when pouring the mint water out….
health threat? Chavez just doesn't want his country to drink something that was created by the "yankee imperialists" that he hates so much…lets be real here…
All cola is a health hazard….that shit is either full of high fructose corn syrup or artificial sweeteners. Stick with juice or water people!
it's aspartame/splenda - stay away
SPLENDA'S IN COKE ZERO. ASPARTAME'S IN DIET COKE. THEY ARE BOTH REALLY BAD FOR YOU. SPLENDA'S MADE FROM REAL SUGAR, BUT THEY REMOVE THE CALORIES SOMEHOW WITH A CHEMICAL PROCESS THAT INCLUDES USING CHLORINE. JUST USE REGULAR SUGAR, RAW SUGAR (UNBLEACHED), XYLITOL (NATURAL & CALORIE-FREE), OR STEVIA (NATURAL & CALORIE-FREE).
the ingredient asperthame is the health risk…i won't drink it for the same reason.
WTF is the health threat, I drink that shiz too…yikes.
it's VENEZUELA dumbass!
Porkez, Chavez is almost as ignorant as you are, but he hates the USA and he is crazy. I think he'd just received one of those stupid conspiracy e-mails.
it's too delicious, that's what's wrong with it
What do you mean what's the health threat…it's filled with chemicals!! You'll probably be getting cancer if you live on this.
there are a lot of coments and i wanst able to read all of them… but that guy who said "…those fucking Comunist venezuelans hate the US and US produc…" dont know what the fuck he is talking about! I'm venezuelan and the only one who "hates" US is chavez and that is just a façade!! he has some problems with the owners of coca-cola in Venezuela….thats the reasons behind that
Perez, you seriously think Aspartame is good for you? Seriously?
Aspartame or whatever, I don't care though, Cola Light tastes like shit and Coca Cola makes you fat!
this has nothing to do whit health, chavez just hates united states and everything that comes from there
The sweetner isn't the problem, it's the preservative which is made by a process of soaking mountain oysters in horse urine, then dehydrating them and grinding them to a powder which is used as the preservative.
Ciggerettes are bad for you too , but they are still sold to the public.
coke was used to cover up blood on highways so maybeh thats why???idk but i want to know!!!!!!!(even though i dont drink that shizz
Fuck! Perez!!!!!! is VENEZUELA!!! not Venezeula!!!!!! OMG!!! I kill you! seriously!…
HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH ASPARTAME POSIONING
it has many names, but it is in more than jsut diet producs, i was consuming about 2 litres of aspartame and lost weight till i was like a size 6 and i had more poison than food in my body and i got really sick, now i have to stay off artificial sugars like coke zero, its so dangerous, and not just like msg, its worse.
thats why young kids are going to get alot sicker these days. look it up, its bad.
Check out Dr. Sinatra and his videos. Sodas … even regular sodas can kill you. Drink water or juice. Soda is death juice.
coke tastes like shit!! wot ever happend to pepsi!! and pepsi max!!
yeah… im from Venezuela,and i hate my president sooo bad! even when i dont drink any coke, but i know that he dont want any import products… only national… and that sucks because nationals producs are very bad…
i hate that we are in the news or on the internet only for bad reasons…
No, it can't just be aspartame, or they'd be banning diet drinks too. Why just Coke Zero? This is freaky.
unlike the coke zero that is distributed in the US, Europe and Mexico, apparently the Coke Zero that was distributed here in Venezuela, had a component called "sodium cyclamate" that is a sweetener much much cheaper than the aspartame and its toxic for the health when mixed with the other ingredients of the Coke Zero.
it as aspartame in it, it's an artificial sweetener.
It makes your body crave carbs and it just fucks up your body
water ftw
Re: Zaboufierce – You need to read more before making your comments. The country is named "The United States of America" not "The United States", just like Venezuela was once called (read up on you own history) "The United States of Venezuela". So just like you're called Venezuelan, we're called Americans. You might call us "estado-unidense" but there's no such word in English (how do you think an Australian would call us?). The continent and the country happen to have the same name. Stop crying about it.
Never mind Chavez. I'm sure he only did it because it comes from the US. I'm Venezuelan and we know he would go against anything if only comes from the US.
VENEZEULA???? APRENDE A ESCRIBIR GORDO
Re: kendall – And that's the only reason he's doing it, to give the the middle finger to the US… he has no interest what so ever, in the venezuelan peaople health… if he did, he would have reformed the health care system… or at least resigned 7 years ago… ohhh wait a minuet, he did!
Re: mi mama me mima – venezuelans is correct!!! Venezuelans means VENEZOLANOS… as Americans means AMERICANOS!!!! ALITTLE GRAMMAR PEOPLE!!!! Venezuelan president = EL PRESIDENTE VENEZOLANO…
Re: Jupp2 – You are so right!!! When I read the first comment I was impulsed explaine my very ignorant countryman (Iguess he's venezuelan as me) that very thing. What happens is that most AMERICANS (the ones from the United States of America or the ones from the rest of the Continent) can't explain it so properly but you did, good for you! Yeah we once where The United States of Venezuela… as Mexico is The United States of Mexico and the capital of Panamá it's called Panamá too… it doesn't means that we're not a part of the continent or that America stoled the name from the rest, please people try to read a little when you go to school!!!!