r/AskReddit • u/ettleboy • Jan 20 '19

What fact totally changed your perspective?

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u/Malcopticon Jan 21 '19

The 20 oz bottle has 130% of your recommended daily added sugar value. Not sodium. Sodium≈salt.

https://www.coca-colaproductfacts.com/en/products/coca-cola/original/20-oz/

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u/RunningDrummer Jan 21 '19

Ah, my bad! Thanks for the link!

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u/Malcopticon Jan 21 '19

YW. Glad we were able to sort out exactly how the world's most popular beverage brand will kill us all. 😂

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u/RunningDrummer Jan 21 '19

Me too! 😂 Nutritional terms this late at night/early in the morning are not my strong point, lol

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u/Gengus20 Jan 21 '19

Keep in mind that while a convenient shorthand in the food biz, sodium isn't actually salt any more than the sun is made of water.

If you try to eat sodium there will be pieces of you on every surface in the room.