Today I discovered that there is a specific type of bezoar that develops in humans due to eating persimmons that aren't fully ripe, and that in half of cases it can be cured by doing nothing more than drinking Coca-Cola, and this amuses and terrifies me in equal measure.

@pollyrowena @JayHulmePoet Im sorry I just woke up. Are you telling me that coke helps to digest undigested veg? And people with slow gut movements can drink it to help? This can of information just dropped in my lap I am flabbergasted as someone who can't digest plant fiber...

@marareboi @JayHulmePoet Yup! It can help dissolve blockages, basically. It's the acid plus the bubbles. You can find lists of phs of common soft drinks which are often meant to be warnings about them being corrosive but useful if you need that! Tonic water just as good as full fat coke for eg.

@axomamma @JayHulmePoet I think you might need a dogtor's opinion on that.

@pollyrowena @JayHulmePoet Pepsi was so named as a tonic for relieving dyspepsia (indigestion).

@pollyrowena @JayHulmePoet wait coke is good for that???? 👀👀👀

@pollyrowena @JayHulmePoet Holy shit. This explains why suddenly my digestion got worse when I stopped drinking a couple coke zeroes every day

@pollyrowena @JayHulmePoet Hold up! Our partners gut problems are always less severe when they have coke to drink... We always assumed it was just a coincidence but you're telling us that it's legitimate?!!

@pollyrowena @JayHulmePoet Okay I’m going to buy Coca-Cola tomorrow

@pollyrowena @JayHulmePoet wait this could help me out! I tbh dont know what I can eat and cant and sometimes I accidentally eat something that I am struggling to digest.

@pollyrowena @JayHulmePoet I have a dumb question, will diet pop also have this effect?