20 Insane Uses of Coca-Cola Aside from Drinking

Thirsty? Grab a bottle of Coke. At parties, schools, offices, homes, you will find a bottle of coke everywhere.
Coke has been described as the most valuable brand in history. “Coca-Cola” is the world’s second-most recognized word after “hello.”
However, some say the beverage is absolute poison to the human metabolism. It is said that Coke is very close to the acidity level of battery acid, which is why you can use coke to clean surface same way you will use any other household cleaner.

Researchers have estimated that people who consume soft drinks such as Coke have a 48% increase in heart attack and stroke risk, compared to people who have never tasted coke.
From cleaning toilets to scrubbing jewellery, Coke has proved to be a very valuable household must have.
To prove Coke does not belong in the human body, here are 20 practical ways you can use Coke as a domestic cleaner:
1. Removes grease stains from clothing and fabric
2. Removes rust; methods include using fabric dipped in Coke, a sponge or even aluminum foil. Coke also loosens rusty bolts
3. Removes blood stains from clothing and fabric.
4. Cleans oil stains from a garage floor.

5. Kills earthworm and snails; the acids kills them.
6. Cleans burnt pans; let the pan soak in the Coke, then rinse.
7. Coke can descale a Kettle.
8. Cleans car battery terminals by pouring a small amount of Coke over each one.
9. Coke can clean your engine. Coke distributors have been using this technique for decades.
10. Cleans dirty jewellery, soaking your dirty gold chains and ear rings in coke will remove the tarnish.
11. Cleans tile grout; pour onto kitchen floor, leave for a few minutes, wipe up, you have a sparkling clean tile

12. Dissolves a tooth; Use a sealed container…takes a while but it does work.
13. Removes gum from hair; dip into a small bowl of Coke, leave a few minutes. Gum will wipe off.
14. Removes stains from your precious china.
15. Adding two 2-liter bottles of Coke clears up rust.
16. You can remove (or fade) dye from hair by pouring diet Coke over it.
17. Remove marker stains from carpet. Applying Coke, scrubbing and then clean with soapy water will remove marker stains.

18. Cleans a toilet; pour around bowl, leave for a while, flush clean.
19. Coke and aluminium foil will bring Chrome to a high shine.
20. Strips paint off metal furniture. Soak a towel in Coke and lay it on the paint surface. (The Herald)

Culled from anonhq.com

Processed meats do cause cancer - WHO

Processed meats - such as bacon, sausages and ham - do cause cancer, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

Its report said 50g of processed meat a day - less than two slices of bacon - increased the chance of developing colorectal cancer by 18%.

Meanwhile, it said red meats were "probably carcinogenic" but there was limited evidence.

The WHO did stress that meat also had health benefits.

Cancer Research UK said this was a reason to cut down rather than give up red and processed meats.

And added that an occasional bacon sandwich would do little harm.

What is processed meat?

Processed meat has been modified to either extend its shelf life or change the taste and the main methods are smoking, curing, or adding salt or preservatives.

Simply putting beef through a mincer does not mean the resulting mince is "processed" unless it is modified further.

Processed meat includes bacon, sausages, hot dogs, salami, corned beef, beef jerky and ham as well as canned meat and meat-based sauces.

It is the chemicals involved in the processing which could be increasing the risk of cancer. High temperature cooking, such as on a barbeque, can also create carcinogenic chemicals.

In the UK, around six out of every 100 people get bowel cancer at some point in their lives.

If they were all had an extra 50g of bacon a day for the rest of their lives then the risk would increase by 18% to around seven in 100 people getting bowel cancer.

"So that's one extra case of bowel cancer in all those 100 lifetime bacon-eaters," argued Sir David Spiegelhalter, a risk professor from the University of Cambridge.

How bad?

The WHO has come to the conclusion on the advice of its International Agency for Research on Cancer, which assesses the best available scientific evidence.

It has now placed processed meat in the same category as plutonium, but also alcohol as they definitely do cause cancer.

However, this does not mean they are equally dangerous. A bacon sandwich is not as bad as smoking.

"For an individual, the risk of developing colorectal (bowel) cancer because of their consumption of processed meat remains small, but this risk increases with the amount of meat consumed," Dr Kurt Straif from the WHO said.

Estimates suggest 34,000 deaths from cancer every year could be down to diets high in processed meat.

Red meat risk

In context

21%

of bowel cancers are caused by processed or red meat

86%

of lung cancers are caused by tobacco

·         19% of all cancers caused by tobacco compared to

·         3% of all cancers ascribed to red or processed meat

Source: Cancer Research UK

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That is in contrast to one million deaths from cancer caused by smoking and 600,000 attributed to alcohol each year.

Red meat does have nutritional value too and is a major source of iron, zinc and vitamin B12.

However, the WHO said there was limited evidence that 100g of red meat a day increased the risk of cancer by 17%.

An eight ounce steak is 225g.

 

 

The WHO said its findings were important for helping countries give balanced dietary advice.

Little harm

Prof Tim Key, from the Cancer Research UK and the University of Oxford, said: "This decision doesn't mean you need to stop eating any red and processed meat, but if you eat lots of it you may want to think about cutting down.

"Eating a bacon bap every once in a while isn't going to do much harm - having a healthy diet is all about moderation."

Dr Teresa Norat, one of the advisors to the WHO report and from Imperial College London, said there were many factors causing bowel cancer.

She told BBC News website: "People should limit consumption of red meat and avoid consuming processed meat, but they should also have a diet rich in fibre, from fruit and vegetables and maintain an adequate body weight throughout life and limit the consumption of alcohol and be physically active."

The industry body the Meat Advisory Panel said "avoiding red meat in the diet is not a protective strategy against cancer" and said the focus should be alcohol, smoking and body weight.            COURTESY BBC HEALTH

UPDATE: BEHOLD THE MUCH ANTICIPATED LIST OF MINISTERS!!!!

The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki has formally unveiled the much anticipated list of Ministers.

At plenary today, Senator Saraki read president Buhari’s communication, which was forwarded to the Senate on the 30^th of last month.

The list, includes Dr Chris Ngige, Dr Osagie Ehaneri, Dr Ibe Kachickwu, Engineer Suleiman Adamu, Dr Kayode Fayemi, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, Lai Mohammed, Honourable Ahmed Musa Ibeto, Ibrahim Usman Jibrin, Senator Hadi Serika, Senator Udoma Udo-Udoma.

Others are Babatunde Fashola, Rotimi Amaechi, Abubakar Malami, Abdurahman Bello Dambazzau; Aisha Jumai Al Hassan; Adebayo Shittu; Solomon Dalong; Chief Audu Ogbeh and Mrs. Amina Ibrahim.

The names were among the first batch of 21 nominees forwarded to the senate by President Buhari last week.     Senator Saraki said the screening will commence next week.

BEHOLD THE MUCH AWAITED LIST OF MINISTERS!!!!1

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday announced the 21 ministerial nominees contained in the list sent to him by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, September 30.

Saraki who read the list around 10:45am  after opening the sealed envelope, said the list contained the first batch of nominees and that the subsequent names according to the president would come shortly.

The nominees are, Abubakar Malami (SAN):  Abdurahman Bello Dambazzau; Aisha Jumai Al Hassan;  Alhaji Lai Mohammed;  Babatunde Raji Fashola; Adebayo Shittu;  Solomon Dalong; Senator Chris Ngige;  Rotimi Amaechi; and  Chief Audu Ogbeh.

Others are, Mrs. Amina Ibrahim; Dr. Osagie  Ehaneri; Emmanuel Kachukwu;  Dr. Kayode Fayemi; Eng. Suleiman Adamu; Mrs. Kemi Adeosun;  Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu;  Hon. Ahmed Musa Bello; Ibrahim Usman Jubrin; Senator Hadi Serika; Senator Udo Udoma.

LEAVE MY CHARITY ACCOUNT ALONE, KUKU REPLIES EFCC

Immediate past Special Adviser on Niger Delta and Chairman, Presidential Amnesty Programme, Hon. Kingsley Kuku, has asked anti-corruption agencies not to tamper with the account of his charity organisation, Keketobou Care Foundation, which he has been using to help the poor in the society.

Hon. Kingsley Kuku

Kuku, who made the call in a telephone interview from his hospital in the United States on Sunday, said there was no public fund in the charity account, which has helped to render succour to indigent students, women and men over time.

Kuku was reacting to reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has frozen the accounts of close allies of former President Goodluck Jonathan, including the Keketobou Care Foundation, run by Kuku.

The former presidential aide, who is recuperating in an American hospital after a knee surgery, said there were no government funds in the said account, which had a total deposit of N720,484 as at the end of July this year.

According to Kuku, the amount found in the account was the proceeds from the launch of his book: “Remaking the Niger Delta: Challenges and Opportunities."

He said before now, he had used his personal earnings and other donations by well-wishers to fund the account so as to provide enough funds for buying JAMB forms for poor indigenes of Ondo State and provide support to poor widows, women and traders in the state.

“I have always been using the Keketobou Care Foundation to help the poor and there is no evidence that the account has ever been funded with government money, as the records would show,” Kuku said.

He described as unfortunate any attempt by the EFCC or any other anti-craft agency to flag the account, saying that it was a politically-motivated move to implicate him and others who worked with Jonathan.

Kuk said while he was open and ready for investigation by the anti-graft agencies, it was wrong for anyone to try to cook up malicious and politically-motivated issues to smear his hard-earned reputation in a bid to suit predetermined goal.

Kuku said: “Keketobou Foundation has only N720,484 balance as at today. The proceeds of my published and launched book "Remaking the Niger Delta" went in there for charity purposes as a public officer.

“It gave free JAMB forms to applicants, financial/material support to the aged, widows and the physically challenged and helped in the local rehabilitation of walkways and drainages in my birth-place/town, Arogbo, Ondo State in the determined spirit to give back to my final place of return in life. 

“The publication is false, untrue, malicious and politically-motivated to smear my hard-earned reputation. What on earth links my face to the alleged story about NIMASA?

“It is still all part of the anti-Jonathan onslaught. I am open to investigation as a public officer but ongoing distortion by agencies and some section of the media creates in the heart of it all suspicion of witch-hunt and bad politics.

“I hope no desperate elements would deposit illicit funds into the Foundation's account to implicate me because the full details of the account from opening to date are with us.

“Again, what links this foundation to their so-called alleged sleaze of billions and phantom security claims? I sincerely smell a rat. Finally, it’s not my account but a foundation's account,” Kuku claimed.

PRESIDENT BUHARI CONDEMNS BOKO HARAM ATTACKS IN BORNO & YOBE STATES.

President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned in the strongest language the latest terrorist attacks on Borno and Yobe communities by the Boko Haram bandits.

In a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, the President said he was deeply touched by these mindless incidents of violence on innocent people during the month of Ramadan.

According to President Buhari, the terrorists are enemies of everybody, and enemies of humanity everywhere.

PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI

He explained that no sane people who believe in any god would be destroying the lives of innocent people in cold blood, adding that terrorists don’t represent any religion.

The President said the pattern of their indiscriminate violence against innocent people shows that they represent nothing else but anarchy and devilry.

In what appears to be one of his toughest expressions of outrage, President Buhari reminded the terrorists of his uncompromising resolve to tackle them with all the resources at the disposal of his government.

Make no mistake about it: this government is ever determined to discharge its fundamental duty of protecting the lives of its citizens from physical threats from any groups bent on creating chaos, confusion, and on destroying social and economic life of the people, he further warned.

President Buhari, who extended his sympathy to the families of the victims, reassured all Nigerians that his government would never tolerate to terrorist blackmail, and that our security forces would confront the Boko Haram bandits to the last man.

Describing terrorists as cowards who lack any moral inhibition and any iota of humanity to reason compassionately would not find Nigeria a safe haven, because they would be hunted down without mercy and compromise.

He reassured Nigerians that security would be tackled by his administration with vigorous determination.

The President, however, advised Nigerian to show more vigilance and be alert to the presence of suspicious people around them, adding that the terrorists are enemies of religion and humanity.  He explained that no true believers in any God would target worshipers, holy places, or people who are fasting and other innocent Nigerians.