I'm from Mexico City and I know people that are decently wealthy who can't even conceive the idea of consuming any type of food without drinking at least half a liter of coke. Some people even get very upset if you only offer plain water in your house, we think water with fruit and a shit ton of sugar is THE healthy option to drink when you sit down for a meal. It's a cultural thing and it's depressing as fuck.
@@IKER1000sYT Mexican too, I happen to know both kinds of persons, some friends that think wet sugar is drinkable, and those that drink distilled water, the ones that drink sugar water tend to be on the lower side of the wealth pyramid, and probably due to the fact that water where they live is crap, tastes like crap, has sediments and high salts content "hard water", the otherones are middle to high class, although, some high class pals have a fetish for fizzing stuff, like mineral water, which isn't healthy either but way less than cocacola.
I think he wanted to say "sparkling" water? Nontheless both are healthy. Some say, sparkling water is toxic because it's called an acid which is completely idiotic. This would make lemons, apples, etc etc also toxic. If he ment mineral water because of lime water or hard water is also wrong. Lime in water is either healthy or unhealthy. Lime actually doesn't affect your body at all but increase your calcium level slightly. (lime = calcium carbonate) However, to much lime might make your water taste stale. Destilled water might be the worst you want to drink. The lack of minerals can and will overwater your body if you drink too much in a short period of time (like several liters a day) and causes death which is called hyperhydratation.
I stopped drinking soda about five years ago, and when I visited family in Mexico everyone was so confused why I wouldn’t drink the soft drinks. Coca Cola really is ingrained in into culture, and it saddens me how bad this whole situation has gotten. Thank you for the video 💖
Quitting soda was the second best thing I did after quitting drinking. Both rot your body and mind, both offer cheap pleasures in exchange for your health
To be fair I never stopped drinking soda but I heavily reduced my intake. I had a point where I drank about a liter of Coca Cola a day. Now I mostly drink water, lemonade, tea, etc. But I do occasionally drink a single glass of cola on a summer's day. I just make sure to quench any thirst with water first, and usually see if I feel like drinking anything else after that.
As a Chiapaneco, you've no idea how much I appreciate you putting this issue on the international spotlight. We've been struggling and fighting for the rights of the people for the water... The corruption runs deep and I can't get through my head how the blood and culture of our people weights less than the profit they can make
Its the colonial corruption. The systematic and institutional racism. Its like this across the Board of USA & Canadian Reservations also they can't drink the water its not consumable. Its the YT man lead Greed for $$$
You have to come to terms with the fact your people sell each other out as well. If the people weren't doing so, the companies couldn't make their profits.
This already happened in the Indian state of Kerala, in Palakkad district ages ago. Removing the factory naturally repaired the environment and the populations problems.
Bottled water is very dystopian when you think about it. We managed to take something that no human can live without and turn it into a multibillion dollar industry
I'm from northern Mexico and I stopped drinking soda months ago, only on specific moments. But it's crazy how my grandma insists so heavily on me drinking coca cola when we eat to the point she gets upset when I reject and pour myself water instead. It is a severe cultural problem now
I live in Mexico and Coca Cola addiction is something I’ve been struggling with, my family members have been struggling with, even my friends. I’ve been trying to drink less because it is bad for me and I’m scared of getting kidney stones and diabetes
Just say it. Drinking Coca-Cola is part of the Mexican identity. In other words it's cultural. Russian like to drink vodka, Mexicans like to drink Coca-Cola. Chinese people like to drink green tea.
@@xuimodno it’s not, sadly a lot of people drink a lot of it but that’s not part of the Mexican identity, me and my family are from Mexico and we’ve never had a soft drink in our table.
@@xuimod There are several more drinks that represent Mexico's national identity better than whatever coca cola is, and overlooking this problem with the excuse of a "national identity" just ignores the bigger problem, hell you could watch the video Mexico is one of the countries with the highest rate of obesity. Even for Russia, (even if a lot of traditional drinks contain alcohol) using that as an excuse for a national identity, it just overlooks the overall problem of alcoholism in Russia, and perhaps even a lot of countries in Eastern Europe.
Something that you probably overlooked mentioning the exercising campaign is that, ironically, exercising makes you need more hydration, which in turn with no accessible water, means you consume even more sugar to rehydrate yourself. And this too doesn't even consider that consuming sugar with your hydration has a negating effect since it takes water to digest the sugar you consume.
This is disturbing and depressing, and I can't believe that people get away with it. I mean, honestly, isn't work supposed to benefit society in some way? Like, in an idealistic view? Now, who benefits from hurting and exploiting indigenous people? This is so messed up!
@@phoenix72999 how they are getting away with it? easy... they have lots of money water issue? they have ton of pr team behind them. law suit? they have the best lawyers in their payroll. basically a cartel but just dealing with different kind of coke
Company comes in. Uses water resources that is accessible to the city. Pays jobs, and pays taxes. Yet instead of using that tax money to build treatment centers, reservoirs, and aqueducts. Water infrastructure. They don't. Then they complain. Even though they can't be half assed to even have a sewer system. I'm sorry this is one case where "you are your own worse enemy." Also great. Activist blaming a company for people consuming something on their own violation. The world has really figured out ways to shirk self responsibility, hasn't it? Coke and Mexican food really do go well. Only time I can drink it.
Very good video 👍🏽 I recommend hiring a Spanish narrator to create a Spanish version. I guarantee a lot of the younger generation will show this to their parents and other elders. Definitely viral material for Mexicans because it is true that elders are convinced that cola and other unhealthy habits are okay. Took me years to get my mom to stop having cola with every single meal
When I clicked on the video I really didn’t expect to learn about this problem plaguing my country that I hadn’t even realized since it is so ingrained into our culture now. Thank you for bringing awareness
De esto es lo que he estado hablando desde que caí en las adicciones y empecé a investigar y me di cuenta que el azúcar es más adictiva que la cocaina. Solo que el azúcar es una sustancia legal y la gente no ve el problema. Las refresqueras en Mexico son el equivalente de los fármacos de opioids en EUA. Son una mafia con derecho a traficar
Did you search for Coke? Either here on TH-cam or on Google? Because that would be why. Google (who own TH-cam) knows that you're interested in the topic of Coke so they targeted you with a relevant ad.
there even are families in Mexico (I've seen them) which can't start eating their meals until coke is in the table. And when there's for some reason no chance to get coke, they get mad or even prefer not to eat. It's crazy how far this problem has gotten.
As an american living in mexico ive seen this and its so painfully stupid. I know its cultural, but lets call a spade a spade, refusing to eat unless you have your fizzy sugar juice is juvenile, illogical, and stubborn
im Mexican and my family has indegenous roots and my mom and dad GENUINELY believe a Coca Cola with a squeeze of lime is like medicine :/ my dad had diabetes and so does my grandma and it’s so sad to watch this cycle
my mom grew up her whole life in mexico up until 20 years ago when we came to the states. tortillas, rice beans and coke. lots and lots of carbs everyday until her 50's when i became more aware if health risk if eating too many carbs. we have gone on diets multiple times since then but not without our fair share of struggles. im glad she was open to change but i cant help but feel bad for the sons and daughters who's parents genuinely believe coke is a medicine. i hope your parents eventually open their eyes and become open minded
I'm from the state where Coca Cola was invented, Georgia. I went to Mexico to meet my family and I can confirm, coke was everywhere. I went to many family and friends houses, and they all brought out a 2 liter coke. I was surprised, Mexico seems to love it more than where it originated.
I am from the neighbouring state of Chiapas, and my mother is a public healthcare provider, a pediatrician. She tells me she often sees children at the hospital that simply do not drink water. At all. They find it disgusting and only drink Coke, and this is particularly prevalent in indigenous comunities (despite many indigenous activist groups trying to prevent it). The problem with water affects us all. Everyone I know drinks bottled water because water from the tap is untrustworthy, and all my life I have bought water from "Pipas" which is what we call the trucks you mentioned. I was shocked when I learned that there are countries that not only have free flowing tap water, but water from the tap that is also drinkable. Like, insane. The city also doesn't have a decent sewage system so when it rains the streets flood with shit water. It is a shame that Coke has managed to engrain itself into Mexican and indigenous culture this way.
I’m from the US and while the tap water is drinkable, I still prefer bottled water because of how bad it tastes from the chemicals the use to clean it and stuff 🤢
What is needed is a major super-huge reeducation program put on by the Mexican government to help those addicted to super sugary drinks. Oh wait, the Mexican government is so corrupt that they take kick-back money from Coca-Cola (and others) to keep their sugary products on the shelves. I live in Los Angeles where the tap water is drinkable but does taste of chlorine. The funny thing is if I eat at a Mexican restaurant, you can buy Mexican Coca-Cola which tastes super-sugary as compared with what USA Coca-Cola taste like.
@@nicoleelizabeth4270 That's actually pretty interesting cause I'm in the UK and whilst the taste of tap water over here differs from county to county (if it's hard or soft water), I've never tasted water that tastes, for lack of better phrasing, chemical-y, so it's interesting that your water does. I simply drink bottled water based on situational convenience since, if I'm heading into uni that day, it's easier to just grab a 1L bottle of water for 40p rather than use the drinking fountains (I find them a bit unhygienic anyway). One thing I'm definitely realising lately is just how privileged countries in the northern hemisphere actually are compared to those in the southern hemisphere. The fact that places in Mexico find it hard to fathom that other countries have safe tap water whenever they want is insane.
Hay comunidades en México donde sí se puede beber agua de la llave, pero porque tienen acceso a pozos el agua sale directamente de ahí, no es agua tratada, por supuesto esto es en comunidades pequeñas y tiene sus contras, como que no hay servicio las 24hrs y tal. Yo soy del norte del país y crecí comprando garrafones, por alguna razón pensé que era mejor que comprar botellas agua, y lo es pero solo desde el punto de vista económico, es como comprar botellas de agua al mayoreo. Pero claro también es poco claro el proceso que tiene el agua justo como con las pipas.
This feels so alien to me... about 20 years ago my friend group all decided that we wouldn't drink any more soft drinks (unless it was with alcohol - hey we were teenagers ofc we needed exceptions) and since then I honestly think I've only had a sip or two of various carbonated beverages over the years at most. I am truly lucky that I grew up where I did with access to clean, safe, reliable water, infrastructure and education, and I truly hope that these people can find a way out of this late stage capitalistic nightmare.
He's just regurgitating what the counter of progress in spanish speaking countries, the NYT stated. The factory pays an avg salary of 40kUSD for thousands of employees, San Cristobal avg gdp per cap. is 26k in PPP according to CEIC, and Mexico City is 24.9. Mexico GDP per cap. is 10k according to World Bank. There's likely extrinsic factors that are glossed over or given light coverage as the factory is a net contributor to wealth in the region. They should go the CA route, build a project that the company's involved in fin., have people pay increased prices with no other option.
I usually only drink it once or twice every two weeks or so, really only if we’re having a special dinner or the like. It’s become a lot easier to distance myself from craving it after every meal, but in good moderation you’re not going to end up with the short stick. Good on you for almost entirely removing it from your daily life though, that’s something most can’t say they have done. You have good self-discipline.
it's crazy how people in Chiapas, Mexico are literally dying from drinking it, while Coca-Cola just views it as a bigger advertising opportunity for themselves..
It happens so fast honestly, when I still lived with my parents for a limited time I drank like at least one bottle of coca cola every day, and after I needed to go into the hospital (for other reasons) the doctors thought I had diabetis because my blood sugar was so irregular. I didn't even realized how much I was drinking and our family was pretty wealthy with good education, we all did lots of sport and ate pretty healthy. Just those cokes messed my body up pretty bad. It was only for a few month like this, idk if I would still be alive if I hadn't stopped with it
I’ve been to San Christobal in 2019 and the one thing I remember from back then is how dirty the canyon nearby was. The surface of the water was only plastic/trash and it had a terrible smell to it. We were on a speedboat tour through the canyon, but in hindsight I would have never supported their business as it massively disrupted what was left of nature at that place. Also I remeber the Billboards and Coca Cola logos everywhere in the city. I think me and my travel buddy were even joking about the city being sponsored by Coca Cola. So much to that…
I've lived in San Cris for a long time, and the canyon was really gross. Went there this summer and it had improved significantly. There was only one smaller section with islands of plastic, the rest clean.
Im from the UK but live in San Cristobal de Las Casas. Great video but if If I could, I’d like to add a few points. You can very easily find drinking water within the city itself. The problem is more with cost: branded filtered water costs around 35 pesos for 20 litres, compared to water which is filtered locally (and has gotten me sick multiple times) which costs about 10-15 pesos. Most locals in cities will drink water from ‘garrafones’ (large bottles mostly filtered locally) instead of smaller ones sold by Coke. The consumption of coca-cola is actually not so crazy in the centre of the city either, I’d say people drink less than in other big Mexican cities. The problem is much bigger, as mentioned, in indigenous communities. Infrastructure, education and poor relations with mainstream society are as big a problems as Coca-Cola themselves. Most people who live in indigenous communities are hours from large towns and are mainly ignored by governments. All education if offered in Spanish (which many people don’t speak). People receive little information about hygiene and don’t trust the information they do, due to a long history of mistreatment from the government. In some villages, kids aren’t just growing up with Coke, they also have a diet of mostly, or completely, ultra-processed food like crisps. Soft drinks are definitely intertwined with indigenous culture now, though. People give Coke as a wedding gift. I’ve seen rituals with it, it’s incredibly common. Even if water becomes cheaper now, education, fractured relations and shifts in culture will make it hard to reduce consumption significantly. Reactions in the city are also mixed. You can see a lot of graffiti related to soft drinks (images of the virgin Mary feeding coke to her baby, the words ‘roba agua’ (steals water) written in the iconic typography etc.) but many don’t see it as a bad thing. It’s one of the biggest employers in the city, maybe the biggest. Either way, systemic corruption at every level means it’s unfortunately unlikely that things will change. Water is money and even here in what’s technically a wetland, if there’s enough cash offered it will get sucked dry!
Hmmm I'm kinda dumbfounded. From where I'm from (Malaysia). There's primarily two ways to get drinking water. First, you can buy water filters like Amway, coolway or cuckoo that you pay subscriptions to change the membrane. Then, option 2, the classic way is to just boil tap water. 100% safe and delicious. Do people in idk the rest of the world just not boil water?
Ok what is it with this other wave of UK people moving to Mexico? Did tourists go there one day and find out what real beans taste like so others followed?
Pro tip if your potable water has still too much chlorine or chlorine products in it and when it is unpleasant to drink. Boil it and wait for it to cool down. The chlorine in the water escapes with the water vapor and the water tastes normal and it should not affect your health anymore.
While my parents didnt grow up in this area in Mexico, they also were quite addicted to Coke-Cola and wasnt until a few years ago that we managed to cut down on it. My dad would talk about how they started off at a young age. And I seen it with my 2 year old nieces that kept drinking Coke or any soft drinks. We're forunate enough that we have access to bottle water. So we've stuck to it. But Coke-Cola can be seen everywhere in my small town, from advertisment to actual beverages. Its quite scary.
Damn, this hits so hard for me. My dad barely drinks alcohol, doesn't do drugs and has been living 30 years without touching a cigarette, but he can't live without his glass of coca cola, he drinks it religiously and gets pretty upset whenever he doesn't take it. It's pretty concerning because he has certainl health problems related to his habit.
@@namikstudios thanks but I'm an old lady in caffeine and coffee doesn't do your bladder nicely so I switch to mushroom coffee I get my caffeine not as much but enough thanks
you act like sugar isn't statistically the most addicting and deadly substance known to man in the last 100years. You try to downplay your fathers so called sobriety and good life choices by not doing the drugs you listed, yet he's been consuming the deadliest one all this time. You're brainwashed just like the rest of the world
Damn, this might be really weird to all of you but I realised I've been drinking average 2 litres of coke for quite awhile. I know the health risks, but I hadn't realised it had gone this out of hand. Thank you for this video I guess.
I've done so for over 20 years and beside you teeth taking a hit, especially your front teeth. I'm still alive, healthy and not a single sign of diabetes... I don't recommend doing it since I no longer do it myself either, but just stating the things that happened. As said sugar is bad but look at Mexico diet, mate there is way more going on in their food than this, this might be only 5% of the problem.
@@Desperado070 i would say my experience has been the same. i think it’s been about 3 years, ive gained weight in the beginning but now lost it. Most of it has been muscle mass though. Im decently active too, but I do have some „weak bone issues“ i guess is how you’d say it. But aside that yeah, haven’t noticed much health risk, although my mom has diabetes so I should really quit it, as she had it while she was pregnant with me.
I stopped softdrinks 10 years ago and only drink water, tea or sometimes fresh fruitdrinks. Takes a bit to get used to but now if I try a softdrink it is way too sweet and just not even nice to drink. No longer any problems with my teeth. Almost no problems with my stomach that I used to have. And it saves a lot of money 😉
Watched this video on the german channel, but just like Kurzgesagt, I value your work so I gave it a full watch to boost the algorithm. Also, I can finally share things like this with my non-german friend group! Thank you!
I live in the northern region and the situation is pretty similar, to say tap water tastes like pool water is an exaggeration but the low quality of the water is a fact. Whenever you boil water to brew coffee or tea you will notice a small sheath of white dust forming on the edges of the pan as water starts to evaporate. Small, diminutive crystals of whatever it is floating in tap water building up on water filters like a fine sand. I had frequent stomach problems that went away the moment I started drinking bottled water and exercising regularly, and I imagine many people are in a similar situation to what I went through.
@@xxTaubsixx Richtig! Ich verstehe einfach nicht, warum nicht alle "fern" und "Hoog" Zuschauer Deutsch lernen. So schwer ist das ja nun auch nicht, wenn selbst ich es kann.
@@xxTaubsixxYou German idiots are going to be learning my beautiful language 'Hindi' pretty soon. Germany's fertility rate is in the gutters. Pretty soon you're going to see a steep population decline. Don't worry we'll still keep listening to Beethoven as he's the greatest. But you people have done nothing to preserve that once great German culture. I guess, we eastern people must continue the legacy of the great artists of the west. Shame on your entire country!!!!!
As someone who has tried Coca-Cola made from Mexico and from the US, I can tell you they taste vastly different. If it’s the same company they are meant to make the same product with the same ingredients but that is not the case. They do something to Coca Cola in Mexico to make it taste soooo much better, they make it even more addictive and make it even harder for it to resist. It’s no wonder people drink so much of it.
i actually prefer the US coke. The coke in mexico is too sweet imo. i drink coke mostly for the carbonation. i noticed there’s slightly less of it in the Mexico version
@@joriankell1983the cheapness depends on the region. Mexico uses cane sugar because it's cheaper in tropical regions, while in the US we have a shit ton of corn but not cane sugar.
Even Coke in the same country tastes different depending on how it comes. Compare a bottle of Coke to say a cup of Coke that comes from fast food outlets where they have mixing machines that mix Coke syrup with soda water. Even the container it comes in can vastly change the taste. Coke in a glass bottle tastes noticeably different (and better) to that in a plastic bottle, while Coke from an aluminum can has a distinctive metallic tinge to it.
Absolutely, the cane sugar is so much tastier. If I'm treating myself to a Coke I scope out one of the Mexican glass bottles for the best experience (I feel like they've increased in popularity in the US, I see them around a lot more in recent years). But it should be an occasional treat, not a daily staple. Access to affordable water and health information so consumers can make informed decisions is paramount.
i was raised in mexico and this is the type of life style that i grew up with. ofc we always had really good water sources but my family was used to having coke with every meal, even early in the morning. coke free diets is something a lot of my family in mx do whenever they want to lose weight but sadly they later get caught on it, and every time i visit mexico i unconsciously start drinking more coke which don’t usually drink anymore that often. i may drink a can once a week or so but not as regularly as i used to. but honestly this type of problem is something we all know in mexico, we know is bad but it’s like an addiction.
About ten years ago when i was visiting family in mexico, one thing ill always remember is how my aunt was feeding her 4-5 year old child Coca-Cola...through a bottle. Burned into my mind. It is the fault of both corporations and the people themselves.
The personal responsibility is almost never touched on. Coca Cola is taking advantage of the situation, but why is it their responsibility? They are a business.
Mexican here, my mother had a close friend who was so addicted to sugary drinks like coca cola and other sugary foods that it drove her to her grave. She suffered from diabetes for years but refused to reduce her sugar consumption significantly enough
I only drink normal water and sometimes milk. It may sound weird but I really like the plain water taste. It's the most refreshing thing. And I think I should stay with just water.
My mom who is Colombian has always urged me and even scolded me for whenever I drink coke or any soft drink. When I visited family in Mexico from my dad’s side I saw why. Both of my grandparents had passed when I was still young from diabetes, I saw an aunt with hypertension and diabetes and a cousin who also has hypertension. I suddenly understood why my mom was so upset and I began drinking more water on a daily. Coca-Cola is a leech, taking advantage of the poor water quality and making their soda the only affordable source of drink for the people.
There are ways to get Spanish subtitles. Option one would be to auto translate the subtitles, but the results are usually pretty poor. Option two requires more work, but you end up with coherent understandable text: At the three dots next to the save button, you can turn on the transcriptions. There, you then toggle timestamps (switch them off) and copy/paste the text into a translator. (I like to use DeepL as translator, however it won't be able to translate the entire text at once. You would have to break up the text into smaller bits.) You get the best results by using the already existing English subtitles, instead of the usually inaccurate auto generated ones. You'll then have to do some fine-tuning. The YT transcriptions are annoying to work with. You can then send the proofread text, or rewrite it to work without the video, to whoever needs to see it, but also say what's the source. If you translate it, you could also post it in the comment section for others to see and share. IDK Spanish, so I shouldn't be the one to try and translate this. It would be a terrible mess :/
Reminds me of the time John Oliver had an entire episode of his show translated into Spanish because Hispanics bore a lot of the suffering from multilevel marketing scams.
Instantly subscribed! Thanks for bringing awareness to this topic. I had no idea. I stopped drinking soda a while ago, and only do so on special occasions now.
I was at the store the other day and ran into this mexican lady and her 2 children--one young adult/teenage son and one toddler daughter. My kid and her kid got along and began playing together, leading her son and I to small-talk and chat idly about our lives. They seemed like nice people, though i don’t think the mother spoke english. While we were chatting i noticed the baby girl kept coughing. The son told me that his sister was sick. What happened next was that the mother pulled out a giant bottle of coke and gave it to her daughter to soothe her cough. I was…shocked. This happened like 3 times. I didn’t want to say anything because i felt like it wasn’t my place, but eventually i asked if she needed water and i could buy her some if she didn’t have any. The mother just laughed and brushed it off and proceeded to give her daughter more coke. I couldn’t imagine doing such a thing. Now i know why i guess
That is a jarring story. I can relate since my parents used to FORCE me to finish pretty large bowls/plates of food at young age even if I cried that I couldn't eat more. I passed 170lbs early in middle school while being 5'3" tops and now as an 5'10" adult I regularly hover around 180-190ish and I use tiny bowls like the Japanese whenever I get the chance. I personally had to hound them for years about the dangers of soda, so they hardly touch that or regular supermarket fruit juice at this point in their lives. Their eating habits (food choices/diet) have improved, but boy oh boy have their serving size expectations remained the same despite twenty years passing by. The things ignorant parents can do to their kids...
@@PendulumCancelI think you just described my childhood. I was obese from age 6-13. Until I decided to take my diet into my own hands. It’s so true in our culture parents make you eat more than you need 😢
I'm not from Mexico, but I also started drinking more cola than I should, typically during playing video games. At some point after 1-2 years I stopped, because I knew it's unhealthy and it has a negative impact on panic attacks, which were only getting worse. Cola is nice and tasty, but I also value my well-being, so I barely touch cola anymore.
This reminds me of London during the industrial revolution. The water was so unhealthy, dirty and contaminated that people resorted to Whisky and other alcoholic drinks.
I used to drink coca cola and other soda drinks everyday and it made me so unhealthy and fat, but once I went to a doctor and they told me that I had a great risk getting health issues I stopped and started drinking water, and I pretty much stopped drinking anything with suger, I lost like 40 pounds and felt better then ever.
My mom’s part of the family is from Mexico and I can speak for a fact that water is not as accessible compared to the USA. When traveling there, we often purchase the water bottles from company owned by the infamous Coke cola company. Sadly, my family residing in Mexico certainly drinks large amounts of soft drinks, mainly Coke. The horrible side effects are clearly present in my family members. Coke and soft drinks are regularly consumed for parties and big events. Every town we visited had some sort of Coke cola advertisement. It’s literally everywhere there is no escape. We should never take for granted the accessibility of water in the USA. We are truly blessed.
On that last part. We ain’t blessed or anything. All we gotta do is get Coca Cola shut the Hell down in the USA and a decision like that will help our neighbor.
when i went to usa i forgot to buy water staying on the hotel but i remember i was on usa so could drink tap water, iugh, is tap water, it tastes like tap water, chlorine or not it tastes awful
This reminds me of that one town in the US where a similar thing happens, but instead of Coke it's Mountain Dew. Something about there being a factory nearby and it being by far the cheapest beverage in an impoverished small town.
As a mexican, I am really sad that this is not a local issue. Unfortunately, since a couple of years ago, water shortages are way more common through the entire country, specially on big cities like Mexico City or Monterrey, where they have decided to cut all water supply due to the droughts or unefficient infrastructure. The worst part of it all is that Coca-Cola is given a pass for all the water cuts, and still gets to drain the already low quantities of water
The boiling frog analogy describes a frog being slowly boiled alive. The premise is that if a frog is put suddenly into boiling water, it will jump out, but if the frog is put in tepid water which is then brought to a boil slowly, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death. That is what Coca-Cola is doing.
I just want to clarify that consuming tap water here in Mexico was very common before the earthquake of 1985, there's even some old tv spots from the government explaining that you should boil the water to evaporatine the chlorine and to kill bacteria before you drink it. But after the earthquake, the only safe water to drink was the bottled one, that's how it became popular. Now a days, we still consume tap water but not for drinking, we use it for cooking when it's some boiling involved, just a little bit of the population use bottled water for cooking too because they feel the tap water is not safe.
Wow, I thought I was bad for having one of the mini cans of Coke once or twice a week - imagine having to drink that much Coke every day! 😱 I feel so so blessed to have access to all the clean drinking water I want.
I was watching this video while eating, and went to refill my bottle of water as it was empty. As I was doing this I realized how much I take it for granted and felt a deep and intense gratitude for having the best drinking water in the world.
Sugar is so addicting it's crazy. I was a Cola addict growing up and I always had Acid Reflux and Heartburn every day. I knew it wasn't healthy to be throwing up acidic bile every other month and it took 2 years before I managed to get off the addiction completely. Now I just have Cola during buffets or celebrations, and I try not to have Cola for more than 2-3 days (events back-to-back). My whole body gets out of wack everytime. I'll start craving more sugar, go crazy over chocolate and candies then gain 1-2 lbs before I go back to my usual diet.
the only sugar in my diet is coke, i cut everything else to drink it. 600 ml bottle a day, if i don't drink it my sugar levels drop. It has just the recommended amount of sugar for the day.
Ive been to Mexico over a dozen times and the Mexican diet is an enigma. They prepare their foods with the freshest meats, vegetables, fruits, herbs, spices, etc. straight from the street markets and butcher shops, they refuse to use anything canned or processed, but then destroy all the benefits of that healthy diet lifestyle with all the Coke they consume. Its crazy.
3:30 question: I chose the pool water with a ~USD80 3-filter system. Cheap, easy, sanitary. It doesn't just remove the chlorine taste, it tastes better than bottled water. I installed it for the water I use in food, while I planned to continue to drink spring water, but after I installed the filter I switched completely.
I live in San Cristobal del las Casas, water shortage is literally happen every week. In the centro you only got water from the water provider company SAPAM 4 days a week, and you will also see a lot people ordering water tank with truck called pipa, and each years is getting worse and worse. 😢
Boil your water and kick Coca Cola from your lives and you'll be in a lot better shape. Maybe even talk your neighbors into setting up biodigesters to take care of the sewage so your rivers can be clean again, too. I hate seeing those little ones getting introduced to Coke like it's water, the usual thing to drink, setting them up for a lifetime of struggle they don't need. I quit a 2-liter+ a day habit 20 years ago and don't even miss it. You can do it too, San Cristobal.
As someone from Mexico I thought coca-cola was Mexican till I was 12 because of how common it is everywhere in every store, every taco stand, every relatives house and every restaurant but yeah its interesting to know why it is the way it is, on why we drink so much Coca Cola.
As Mexican that lived through most of the events of this I quite remember before around the early 2000s the health programs and before you could see more independent water purification companies not belonging to coca-cola... And now I can only recall one station on the top of my head and I live in the capital of my state that is in the south and te most humid and warm state.
My ex’s mom was from Michoacán. She put coke in her coffee, she used it as medicine for headaches and sore throats, and she would even use it in parts of her Santa muerte rituals. Crazy stuff, it’s really intertwined with society there
When coca cola started they presented themselves as a medicine and people used it even for unclogging pipes. Its sad that people have believed that it even has medicinal benefits. Its just a nasty sugary coke with gas.
@@tarragon112 no it does (combat nausea and headaches), but that is due to the caffeine in it. It doesn't change the fact that Coke is still very unhealthy.
Man! I thought that I was super addicted to TH-cam, but these guys make my obsession seem small in comparison, since Coca Cola is so culturally ingrained into Mexico!
I realized I was drinking too much at the end of college, when I was drinking between 1 and 2 cans of Pepsi a day. 2 liters of coke a day sounds like constant headaches to me.
There's even more to this story. At the beginning, mid 20th century, there were local sodas companies in Chiapas being the biggest one from Tuxtla Gutiérrez. People from Chiapas were very proud of their soda and would only drink that. Then came cocacola and wanted some market but people still refuse to buy that being the main reason the antigringo companies feeling they had at the time. The local soda would be mainly sold in restaurants in a glass bottle, that was way before plastic was used for that matter. People were supposed to drink the soda with their meals and then the waiters would collect the empty bottles and return them to the soda company trucks. Cocacola saw that the only way their would take over the market was if the local sodas disappeared so they sent people to buy those empty bottles directly from the restaurants and the employees saw that they could make extra money if they sold the bottles instead of returning them to the trucks. That company would slowly loose all their bottles and couldn't keep up with the demand of soda while struggling to get new suppliers of bottles and still make a reasonable profit of it. So they suffocated and quickly went bankrupt. Now guess who bought it? Yes cocacola, they even started selling their own products in the same bottles they had been collecting from those restaurants thus taking over the whole market of sodas and repeating the formula with other small soda companies from Chiapas. That's a story that not many people know even from the state and has vanished along the decades.
You nailed it. I was wondering why there's many diabetic patients in the Mexican people. Same in my own family. 3 Brothers buy cases of coke and Pepsi every week. Now all of them has Diabetes.
I’d thank you tremendously if you can add Spanish subtitles to show this to my Mexican family. Unfortunately this kind of content is not available in our country and language due to the inconvenience that this can cause to big companies like this.
This story is really just fascinating and horrifying at the same time, I hope some day, both the coca cola company as well as the corrupt politicians will see justice! Congratulations on your recent success btw, absolutely deserved!
Im white and lived in europe till a few years ago, and had soda maybe once every few months, but since I moved to Africa, the lack of access to 100% boxed juice, and other 'healthier' but sweet drinks, caused me to drink at least 2-3 sodas a WEEK! I think the access problem is similar here to what happens in Mexico. If you don't want water, there is almost nothing else.
I am from South Asia and while their isn't a draught for other cool drinks other than soda here. Almost everyone always chooses cola. Because other than a basic mango juice literally every other non soda cold drink is highly expensive. And if people don't want coke in particular their are always other flavours of sodas such as lime , orange , apple etc which people can get it for a lot more cheap and for the same price of a coke to which no ones suprise is all owned by coke itself so everytime during functions , parties or any small/big celebrations you will only always get sodas here because it's just cheaper for most people 🤷
@@2hotflavored666 it’s almost like they bribed politicians into downplaying the effects. Then give a bullshit fix when they take their water rights because of bribes
Im also from México, you cant understand how frustrating It Is that people literally NEED coca cola for at least their brakefast. Others literally drink cola instead of water. Worst of all, a lot of people genuinely believe that Zero / diet coke Is healthier...
I suspect if they had clean, fresh water, they wouldn't resort to coke. If their water tastes like poop, they'll choose coke. Most people would do the same, especially if living in an environment where long life is a rarity.
3:06 If clean bottled water is about the same price as Coke, and they're choosing Coke too often, part of that is on them and their ability to handle the vices of the industrialized world. Still, if they'd just build some decent water infrastructure, clean water wouldn't cost as much as bottled water.
This is a weird thing to watch from Australia. We are so lucky. Water is available almost everywhere. Facts about nutrition are taught early on in life. Beer however...
I’m from Mexico too and I thought it was very common for all families outside the country to have a bottle of coke at the table for dinner every night… I’m impressed with how much coca cola has infiltrated our culture and society 😮
I’ve been living in Mexico almost two years now. What’s crazy is that water is WIDELY available here. Super cheap too. You can get a 1 liter bottle of water for $.50 cents and yet coke is widely drank! I have my own business here and there’s a guy here who drinks a 600ml coke every couple hours. I’ve even gotten used to drinking coke when I used to not drink it. Mexican coke is just so delicious, and it’s everywhere. I’ve had to try and cut back due to health problems. It’s just a cultural thing. From white Mexicans to indigenous Mexicans, from rich to poor, everyone here loves coke. It’s part of Mexico’s culture at this point. Super interesting video man!
Yeah it's super delicious, like I don't drink, smoke, vape or do drugs but i have to drink a 600 ml bottle everyday. I don't eat any foods with sugar in them so I can drink it, my glucose is 70.
Thanks for the video! It is a copy from Simplicimus (the German channel from the founders of Fern), but still great! Also it helps me to value once more the drinking water in Munich, Germany coming from any tap and always being cheap (approximately 1.7€ per 1000 liters), healthy and clean. It is so easy to take it for granted, forgetting, that this is different in other parts of the world like Mexico, USA (where the water does not taste that good), Egypt (where the water is not really drinkable) or even Vittel, France, where Nestle is using up the water. But to be honest I am not using the water that often, I drink a lot of sweetened drinks or us syrup to make the tap water taste better (and add sugar). So I should use the good water I have at hand…
This is not just a Oaxaca problem. This is a Mexico problem all together. The obsession of coke along with the diabetes and deaths from it is what the government was forced to act. That is why they had warning labels in Mexican Snacks nowadays. I feel it is better that way.
A great example is breakfast cereal. American frosted flakes and its Mexican version Zucaritas. The Mexican brand has warning signs, excess calories, excess sugar on the front of the box an removed Tony the Tiger mascot.
I was just in Cancun, Mexico in February, and we were definitely told not to drink the water from taps or shower. Just bottled. They're going through a sugar shortage as well. What a terrible shame. I fell in love with Cancun when I visited. I tried a bunch of different drinks while I was there. Manzanita Sol was my favorite.. I think it was a sugar free apple soda.
This is the first video i watched from this channel, and i loved how you lay out and explained everything. It fits with what i like to watch as well, so I'm subscribing.😊keep up the good work
Honestly, it would be pretty interesting if you could force Coca Cola Company to only sell Coke Zero in that region to see what health "effects" artificial sweeteners could have when you have such a large sample size that drinks up to 2 litres per day.
Are you suggesting using the population to test possibly harmful chemicals and the detrimental effects those chemicals have on human beings , so the future dickhead version of yourself would have the statistics needed to divert any adverse health reactions to you or your family?!?! You sir have potential to be in Politics…
I lived in Mexico my whole life and this is totally accurate, but its not also coca cola, beer companies like tecate and modelo use most of the clear water reserves to make beer, this is in the north side of the country
I’m Mexican American, never lived in MX and my parents and grandparents are from the US too. Yet I love had a Diet Coke addiction on and off since high school. There’s something in the formulation that just hits a chord with us 🤷🏻♀️. I think it’s biological as much as it’s social/cultural
Tbh…Everybody loves coke. It’s the most popular drink here we are just more aware of the effects & have collectively switched to healthier options such as la croix, zevia, or olipop. Education is key in combating this👍👍
During one of the world wars in britain, sugar was unavailable due to rationing and it turned out through studies that children that had no sugar in their diet for a few years in a specific age group never developed diabetes later in life, even when sugar was reintroduced. I think that could be a way to deal with or study the issue.
My mom would boil chlorinated water to make it drinkable if water isn't that clean or fresh. But here in the Philippines, Luckily we have a lot of water purifying/distilling stations. Were we can buy purified water for only 30 pesos for every water Jug, which our family can drink for around 3 days already. Thank God we have access to cleaner water 🙏
In Brazil the soft drinks are also integrated into our culture, typical foods now need a Coke, or a Guaraná to be enjoyed with. But the government now decided to put warning in the bottles saying "This product contains high levels of sugar and sodium.", I hope it can change a little our perception of how dangerous soft drinks are.
7oz soda on ice was the original way to drink it and inside a ice cream shop one or two days a week perhaps... The Coke syrup was used for digestive issue's, and it worked well because cocaine is a quick acting laxative. Coke had to take the cocaine out of the leaf, and so they added another addicting drug, caffeine. They new how addictive it was, and I know because I was addicted to coke, and when I tried to quit I got massive headaches, but I suffered through it. I managed to be rid of caffeine headaches for now on. You talk about the how they drink for hydration, but nothing about it is hydration, more like inbolming themselves for the here after.
I grew up in the USA, normally it would be a can a day of soda. Been living in Mexico now. And, damn, I drink a lot. Got to a point that I was peeing red, and that scared me so I cut down on it. I still drink daily. It's an addiction here.
One time I just decided. This is going to be my last coke ever. I enjoyed it and got pass it. It's been 5 years and 7 months without a soft drink since then. You can do it too.
Sadly even people themselves have a problem with coca cola. My uncle is 50 something years old, he has high blood pressure and diabetes but he still drinks coca cola everyday, this city has not much water problems, water is accessible but my uncle just won't stop
I'm from Mexico City and I know people that are decently wealthy who can't even conceive the idea of consuming any type of food without drinking at least half a liter of coke. Some people even get very upset if you only offer plain water in your house, we think water with fruit and a shit ton of sugar is THE healthy option to drink when you sit down for a meal. It's a cultural thing and it's depressing as fuck.
Water with fruit amazing
@@IKER1000sYT Mexican too, I happen to know both kinds of persons, some friends that think wet sugar is drinkable, and those that drink distilled water, the ones that drink sugar water tend to be on the lower side of the wealth pyramid, and probably due to the fact that water where they live is crap, tastes like crap, has sediments and high salts content "hard water", the otherones are middle to high class, although, some high class pals have a fetish for fizzing stuff, like mineral water, which isn't healthy either but way less than cocacola.
@@partciudgam8478Mineral water is basically the most "healthy" stuff you can drink.
don't matter if youre mexican or not, it's a thing from mexico city@@IKER1000sYT
I think he wanted to say "sparkling" water?
Nontheless both are healthy.
Some say, sparkling water is toxic because it's called an acid which is completely idiotic. This would make lemons, apples, etc etc also toxic.
If he ment mineral water because of lime water or hard water is also wrong. Lime in water is either healthy or unhealthy. Lime actually doesn't affect your body at all but increase your calcium level slightly.
(lime = calcium carbonate)
However, to much lime might make your water taste stale.
Destilled water might be the worst you want to drink. The lack of minerals can and will overwater your body if you drink too much in a short period of time (like several liters a day) and causes death which is called hyperhydratation.
I stopped drinking soda about five years ago, and when I visited family in Mexico everyone was so confused why I wouldn’t drink the soft drinks. Coca Cola really is ingrained in into culture, and it saddens me how bad this whole situation has gotten. Thank you for the video 💖
Same bro
Quitting soda was the second best thing I did after quitting drinking. Both rot your body and mind, both offer cheap pleasures in exchange for your health
My weight started to go down dramatically as soon as I stopped drinking diet soda altogether. Now I only drink sparkling water or club soda.
Better than the water
To be fair I never stopped drinking soda but I heavily reduced my intake. I had a point where I drank about a liter of Coca Cola a day. Now I mostly drink water, lemonade, tea, etc.
But I do occasionally drink a single glass of cola on a summer's day. I just make sure to quench any thirst with water first, and usually see if I feel like drinking anything else after that.
As a Chiapaneco, you've no idea how much I appreciate you putting this issue on the international spotlight. We've been struggling and fighting for the rights of the people for the water... The corruption runs deep and I can't get through my head how the blood and culture of our people weights less than the profit they can make
Mexican culture and health is being obliterated by consumerism
But it tastes better
Your entire govt is pocketed and your people are too used to bread and circuses to do anything. Many such cases in this day and age.
Its the colonial corruption. The systematic and institutional racism.
Its like this across the Board of USA & Canadian Reservations also they can't drink the water its not consumable.
Its the YT man lead Greed for $$$
You have to come to terms with the fact your people sell each other out as well. If the people weren't doing so, the companies couldn't make their profits.
This already happened in the Indian state of Kerala, in Palakkad district ages ago. Removing the factory naturally repaired the environment and the populations problems.
I am from India i didn't know abt this ....😮
I'm guessing the government supported the activists
What happened there coca cola problem or other problem?
@@nayanvaishnavvv Google Palakkad plachimada coca cola struggle 👍
I read the Plachimada struggle.. and i have to say that people of plachimada have my respect along with the panchayat of perumatty
Bottled water is very dystopian when you think about it. We managed to take something that no human can live without and turn it into a multibillion dollar industry
always thought this
Absolute geniuses 😂😂
Would you rather have inequal access to water based on geographic patterns? By your logic, people in las vegas should have no access to water
@@aryaa7334 Las Vegas shouldn’t exist
@@SincerelyFromStephenspot on
I'm from northern Mexico and I stopped drinking soda months ago, only on specific moments. But it's crazy how my grandma insists so heavily on me drinking coca cola when we eat to the point she gets upset when I reject and pour myself water instead. It is a severe cultural problem now
This deserves a parody that a you can play in Gta 6
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thats kinda how it was when i didnt want to drink milk as a kid 😭 my dad still thinks its a little weird that i refuse to just drink milk
I dealt with this issue with my grandma as well
Tell ur grannie that shes gonna get kidney stones if she doesnt stop
I live in Mexico and Coca Cola addiction is something I’ve been struggling with, my family members have been struggling with, even my friends. I’ve been trying to drink less because it is bad for me and I’m scared of getting kidney stones and diabetes
Just say it. Drinking Coca-Cola is part of the Mexican identity. In other words it's cultural. Russian like to drink vodka, Mexicans like to drink Coca-Cola. Chinese people like to drink green tea.
@@xuimodnah, when you think of mexicos national drink you don't think of coke, it's tequila
@@xuimodno it’s not, sadly a lot of people drink a lot of it but that’s not part of the Mexican identity, me and my family are from Mexico and we’ve never had a soft drink in our table.
@@xuimodGreen tea is mainly Japanese. Chinese prefer black tea which is fermented green tea leaves.
@@xuimod There are several more drinks that represent Mexico's national identity better than whatever coca cola is, and overlooking this problem with the excuse of a "national identity" just ignores the bigger problem, hell you could watch the video
Mexico is one of the countries with the highest rate of obesity.
Even for Russia, (even if a lot of traditional drinks contain alcohol) using that as an excuse for a national identity, it just overlooks the overall problem of alcoholism in Russia, and perhaps even a lot of countries in Eastern Europe.
Something that you probably overlooked mentioning the exercising campaign is that, ironically, exercising makes you need more hydration, which in turn with no accessible water, means you consume even more sugar to rehydrate yourself.
And this too doesn't even
consider that consuming sugar with your hydration has a negating effect since it takes water to digest the sugar you consume.
This is disturbing and depressing, and I can't believe that people get away with it. I mean, honestly, isn't work supposed to benefit society in some way? Like, in an idealistic view? Now, who benefits from hurting and exploiting indigenous people? This is so messed up!
@@phoenix72999 how they are getting away with it? easy... they have lots of money
water issue? they have ton of pr team behind them.
law suit? they have the best lawyers in their payroll.
basically a cartel but just dealing with different kind of coke
Logic missed like this is exactly why Registered Dietitians are so important;
Lies again? Novomix 30
Company comes in. Uses water resources that is accessible to the city. Pays jobs, and pays taxes.
Yet instead of using that tax money to build treatment centers, reservoirs, and aqueducts. Water infrastructure.
They don't.
Then they complain. Even though they can't be half assed to even have a sewer system.
I'm sorry this is one case where "you are your own worse enemy."
Also great. Activist blaming a company for people consuming something on their own violation.
The world has really figured out ways to shirk self responsibility, hasn't it?
Coke and Mexican food really do go well. Only time I can drink it.
Very good video 👍🏽 I recommend hiring a Spanish narrator to create a Spanish version. I guarantee a lot of the younger generation will show this to their parents and other elders. Definitely viral material for Mexicans because it is true that elders are convinced that cola and other unhealthy habits are okay. Took me years to get my mom to stop having cola with every single meal
Boosting this!
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Great idea!
This is so necessary
When I clicked on the video I really didn’t expect to learn about this problem plaguing my country that I hadn’t even realized since it is so ingrained into our culture now. Thank you for bringing awareness
De esto es lo que he estado hablando desde que caí en las adicciones y empecé a investigar y me di cuenta que el azúcar es más adictiva que la cocaina. Solo que el azúcar es una sustancia legal y la gente no ve el problema. Las refresqueras en Mexico son el equivalente de los fármacos de opioids en EUA. Son una mafia con derecho a traficar
This is why I only drink Pepsi.
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As if that's healthier. Over 35 percent of these people have diabetes.
@@Desi_Midget No only Type II. That is not real Diabetes.
“That’s why I only drink tapwater” is probably a better conclusion.
The fact that I got a coke ad before this video is diabolical
Did you search for Coke? Either here on TH-cam or on Google? Because that would be why. Google (who own TH-cam) knows that you're interested in the topic of Coke so they targeted you with a relevant ad.
I didn’t search for coke, no, the title of the video was enough.
@@keanuismyfather7477 that would probably do it
there even are families in Mexico (I've seen them) which can't start eating their meals until coke is in the table. And when there's for some reason no chance to get coke, they get mad or even prefer not to eat. It's crazy how far this problem has gotten.
So these folks will literally GO HUNGRY if they can't get coke?????
@@DarknessUnresolvedyes
My mom has this problem and is messing with her bones and overall health but she can't stop drinking coke.
@@DarknessUnresolvedLents are healthy.
As an american living in mexico ive seen this and its so painfully stupid. I know its cultural, but lets call a spade a spade, refusing to eat unless you have your fizzy sugar juice is juvenile, illogical, and stubborn
im Mexican and my family has indegenous roots and my mom and dad GENUINELY believe a Coca Cola with a squeeze of lime is like medicine :/ my dad had diabetes and so does my grandma and it’s so sad to watch this cycle
Eso nomás pa las agruras
@@pumas1192o la infección estomacal no? Coca con maizena
No para migrañas y nauseas@@pumas1192
my mom grew up her whole life in mexico up until 20 years ago when we came to the states. tortillas, rice beans and coke. lots and lots of carbs everyday until her 50's when i became more aware if health risk if eating too many carbs. we have gone on diets multiple times since then but not without our fair share of struggles. im glad she was open to change but i cant help but feel bad for the sons and daughters who's parents genuinely believe coke is a medicine. i hope your parents eventually open their eyes and become open minded
Is there no diet? Regular has deadly amounts of sugar
I'm from the state where Coca Cola was invented, Georgia. I went to Mexico to meet my family and I can confirm, coke was everywhere. I went to many family and friends houses, and they all brought out a 2 liter coke. I was surprised, Mexico seems to love it more than where it originated.
I am from the neighbouring state of Chiapas, and my mother is a public healthcare provider, a pediatrician. She tells me she often sees children at the hospital that simply do not drink water. At all. They find it disgusting and only drink Coke, and this is particularly prevalent in indigenous comunities (despite many indigenous activist groups trying to prevent it). The problem with water affects us all. Everyone I know drinks bottled water because water from the tap is untrustworthy, and all my life I have bought water from "Pipas" which is what we call the trucks you mentioned. I was shocked when I learned that there are countries that not only have free flowing tap water, but water from the tap that is also drinkable. Like, insane. The city also doesn't have a decent sewage system so when it rains the streets flood with shit water. It is a shame that Coke has managed to engrain itself into Mexican and indigenous culture this way.
I’m from the US and while the tap water is drinkable, I still prefer bottled water because of how bad it tastes from the chemicals the use to clean it and stuff 🤢
What is needed is a major super-huge reeducation program put on by the Mexican government to help those addicted to super sugary drinks. Oh wait, the Mexican government is so corrupt that they take kick-back money from Coca-Cola (and others) to keep their sugary products on the shelves. I live in Los Angeles where the tap water is drinkable but does taste of chlorine. The funny thing is if I eat at a Mexican restaurant, you can buy Mexican Coca-Cola which tastes super-sugary as compared with what USA Coca-Cola taste like.
@@nicoleelizabeth4270 US tapwater isn't drinkable everywhere as we have seen in the news
@@nicoleelizabeth4270 That's actually pretty interesting cause I'm in the UK and whilst the taste of tap water over here differs from county to county (if it's hard or soft water), I've never tasted water that tastes, for lack of better phrasing, chemical-y, so it's interesting that your water does. I simply drink bottled water based on situational convenience since, if I'm heading into uni that day, it's easier to just grab a 1L bottle of water for 40p rather than use the drinking fountains (I find them a bit unhygienic anyway). One thing I'm definitely realising lately is just how privileged countries in the northern hemisphere actually are compared to those in the southern hemisphere. The fact that places in Mexico find it hard to fathom that other countries have safe tap water whenever they want is insane.
Hay comunidades en México donde sí se puede beber agua de la llave, pero porque tienen acceso a pozos el agua sale directamente de ahí, no es agua tratada, por supuesto esto es en comunidades pequeñas y tiene sus contras, como que no hay servicio las 24hrs y tal.
Yo soy del norte del país y crecí comprando garrafones, por alguna razón pensé que era mejor que comprar botellas agua, y lo es pero solo desde el punto de vista económico, es como comprar botellas de agua al mayoreo. Pero claro también es poco claro el proceso que tiene el agua justo como con las pipas.
This feels so alien to me... about 20 years ago my friend group all decided that we wouldn't drink any more soft drinks (unless it was with alcohol - hey we were teenagers ofc we needed exceptions) and since then I honestly think I've only had a sip or two of various carbonated beverages over the years at most. I am truly lucky that I grew up where I did with access to clean, safe, reliable water, infrastructure and education, and I truly hope that these people can find a way out of this late stage capitalistic nightmare.
"I am truly lucky that I grew up where I did with access to clean, safe, reliable water"
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He's just regurgitating what the counter of progress in spanish speaking countries, the NYT stated. The factory pays an avg salary of 40kUSD for thousands of employees, San Cristobal avg gdp per cap. is 26k in PPP according to CEIC, and Mexico City is 24.9. Mexico GDP per cap. is 10k according to World Bank. There's likely extrinsic factors that are glossed over or given light coverage as the factory is a net contributor to wealth in the region. They should go the CA route, build a project that the company's involved in fin., have people pay increased prices with no other option.
What does people liking to drink sugary bullshit have to do with capitalism 🙄
You just have to drink moderately. Not too excessive like 2L/67 OZ a day
I usually only drink it once or twice every two weeks or so, really only if we’re having a special dinner or the like. It’s become a lot easier to distance myself from craving it after every meal, but in good moderation you’re not going to end up with the short stick.
Good on you for almost entirely removing it from your daily life though, that’s something most can’t say they have done. You have good self-discipline.
it's crazy how people in Chiapas, Mexico are literally dying from drinking it, while Coca-Cola just views it as a bigger advertising opportunity for themselves..
boycott!
But the people in the comments are supporting the company till their death
It happens so fast honestly, when I still lived with my parents for a limited time I drank like at least one bottle of coca cola every day, and after I needed to go into the hospital (for other reasons) the doctors thought I had diabetis because my blood sugar was so irregular. I didn't even realized how much I was drinking and our family was pretty wealthy with good education, we all did lots of sport and ate pretty healthy. Just those cokes messed my body up pretty bad. It was only for a few month like this, idk if I would still be alive if I hadn't stopped with it
Coke also messed up my body.... oh wait! You are talking about the drink? 😂
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You're just weak. My grandma drink Coke every single day and livrc to 92 years old have no problems until probably the last 3 or 4 years of her life
I’ve been to San Christobal in 2019 and the one thing I remember from back then is how dirty the canyon nearby was. The surface of the water was only plastic/trash and it had a terrible smell to it. We were on a speedboat tour through the canyon, but in hindsight I would have never supported their business as it massively disrupted what was left of nature at that place. Also I remeber the Billboards and Coca Cola logos everywhere in the city. I think me and my travel buddy were even joking about the city being sponsored by Coca Cola. So much to that…
I've lived in San Cris for a long time, and the canyon was really gross. Went there this summer and it had improved significantly. There was only one smaller section with islands of plastic, the rest clean.
@@emilsprun
Are you guys talking about Sumidero? I lived in Villahermosa for a bit, I loved renting a car and exploring Chiapas.
Im from the UK but live in San Cristobal de Las Casas. Great video but if If I could, I’d like to add a few points. You can very easily find drinking water within the city itself. The problem is more with cost: branded filtered water costs around 35 pesos for 20 litres, compared to water which is filtered locally (and has gotten me sick multiple times) which costs about 10-15 pesos. Most locals in cities will drink water from ‘garrafones’ (large bottles mostly filtered locally) instead of smaller ones sold by Coke. The consumption of coca-cola is actually not so crazy in the centre of the city either, I’d say people drink less than in other big Mexican cities. The problem is much bigger, as mentioned, in indigenous communities.
Infrastructure, education and poor relations with mainstream society are as big a problems as Coca-Cola themselves. Most people who live in indigenous communities are hours from large towns and are mainly ignored by governments. All education if offered in Spanish (which many people don’t speak). People receive little information about hygiene and don’t trust the information they do, due to a long history of mistreatment from the government. In some villages, kids aren’t just growing up with Coke, they also have a diet of mostly, or completely, ultra-processed food like crisps. Soft drinks are definitely intertwined with indigenous culture now, though. People give Coke as a wedding gift. I’ve seen rituals with it, it’s incredibly common. Even if water becomes cheaper now, education, fractured relations and shifts in culture will make it hard to reduce consumption significantly.
Reactions in the city are also mixed. You can see a lot of graffiti related to soft drinks (images of the virgin Mary feeding coke to her baby, the words ‘roba agua’ (steals water) written in the iconic typography etc.) but many don’t see it as a bad thing. It’s one of the biggest employers in the city, maybe the biggest.
Either way, systemic corruption at every level means it’s unfortunately unlikely that things will change. Water is money and even here in what’s technically a wetland, if there’s enough cash offered it will get sucked dry!
Hmmm I'm kinda dumbfounded. From where I'm from (Malaysia). There's primarily two ways to get drinking water. First, you can buy water filters like Amway, coolway or cuckoo that you pay subscriptions to change the membrane. Then, option 2, the classic way is to just boil tap water. 100% safe and delicious. Do people in idk the rest of the world just not boil water?
You're a Long Way From Home may I ask why you moved from the UK to Mexico?
Ok what is it with this other wave of UK people moving to Mexico? Did tourists go there one day and find out what real beans taste like so others followed?
>I'm from the UK but
stop pretending like you know what goes on outside your gated community rich boi
Pro tip if your potable water has still too much chlorine or chlorine products in it and when it is unpleasant to drink. Boil it and wait for it to cool down. The chlorine in the water escapes with the water vapor and the water tastes normal and it should not affect your health anymore.
Or drink beer instead
Can't you even just leave it and let somebody that operate and the chlorine will evaporate faster than the water?
Even easier Hydrogen Peroxide (3% from the drug store) will remove any trace chlorine from drinking water
This. Or use a filter.
it takes way too long and a ton of (expensive) energy for the chlorine to evaporate in meaningful amounts
While my parents didnt grow up in this area in Mexico, they also were quite addicted to Coke-Cola and wasnt until a few years ago that we managed to cut down on it.
My dad would talk about how they started off at a young age. And I seen it with my 2 year old nieces that kept drinking Coke or any soft drinks. We're forunate enough that we have access to bottle water. So we've stuck to it.
But Coke-Cola can be seen everywhere in my small town, from advertisment to actual beverages. Its quite scary.
My dad is from Puebla but instead of coke he prefers pepsi and has to have at least 3 cans a day 😭
Damn, this hits so hard for me.
My dad barely drinks alcohol, doesn't do drugs and has been living 30 years without touching a cigarette, but he can't live without his glass of coca cola, he drinks it religiously and gets pretty upset whenever he doesn't take it.
It's pretty concerning because he has certainl health problems related to his habit.
Start adding ground cinnamon to his meals and watch his craving for sugar decline.
@@WubiWatkins it's probably half sugar cravings and half caffeine cravings. Drink coffee instead to take care of caffeine needs!
@@namikstudios thanks but I'm an old lady in caffeine and coffee doesn't do your bladder nicely so I switch to mushroom coffee I get my caffeine not as much but enough thanks
you act like sugar isn't statistically the most addicting and deadly substance known to man in the last 100years. You try to downplay your fathers so called sobriety and good life choices by not doing the drugs you listed, yet he's been consuming the deadliest one all this time. You're brainwashed just like the rest of the world
Damn, this might be really weird to all of you but I realised I've been drinking average 2 litres of coke for quite awhile. I know the health risks, but I hadn't realised it had gone this out of hand. Thank you for this video I guess.
Try quitting Coke cold turkey for a week to see how dependent of it you have become
I've done so for over 20 years and beside you teeth taking a hit, especially your front teeth.
I'm still alive, healthy and not a single sign of diabetes...
I don't recommend doing it since I no longer do it myself either, but just stating the things that happened.
As said sugar is bad but look at Mexico diet, mate there is way more going on in their food than this, this might be only 5% of the problem.
@@erichdamer1312 gonna do it! Thanks
@@Desperado070 i would say my experience has been the same. i think it’s been about 3 years, ive gained weight in the beginning but now lost it. Most of it has been muscle mass though. Im decently active too, but I do have some „weak bone issues“ i guess is how you’d say it. But aside that yeah, haven’t noticed much health risk, although my mom has diabetes so I should really quit it, as she had it while she was pregnant with me.
I stopped softdrinks 10 years ago and only drink water, tea or sometimes fresh fruitdrinks.
Takes a bit to get used to but now if I try a softdrink it is way too sweet and just not even nice to drink.
No longer any problems with my teeth. Almost no problems with my stomach that I used to have. And it saves a lot of money 😉
Watched this video on the german channel, but just like Kurzgesagt, I value your work so I gave it a full watch to boost the algorithm. Also, I can finally share things like this with my non-german friend group! Thank you!
Same
fern is simpli but english with equal quality
Kurzgesagt has been pretty shit lately imo, quality has really suffered from the up in quantity
@@heinzaballoo3278 feel free to do better yourself lmao
@@kezia8027 that is not a valid argument. Not in the slightest...
I live in the northern region and the situation is pretty similar, to say tap water tastes like pool water is an exaggeration but the low quality of the water is a fact. Whenever you boil water to brew coffee or tea you will notice a small sheath of white dust forming on the edges of the pan as water starts to evaporate. Small, diminutive crystals of whatever it is floating in tap water building up on water filters like a fine sand. I had frequent stomach problems that went away the moment I started drinking bottled water and exercising regularly, and I imagine many people are in a similar situation to what I went through.
A Fern upload never disappoints.
@ Sprich bitte deutsch, danke
This is an english channel, so we also comment in english !!!
Fact
@@MagicL12345 Englisch ist leider die Sprache von eher weniger schlauen. Also bleiben wir lieber bei Deutsch.
@@lnterro_bangDu bist es, mein Führer. Ich habe so lange auf dich gewartet. Soll ich einen Flug nach Polen buchen?
Even though, you already got the same video on simpli, still a great choice. More people should know about Coca Colas crimes
Mehr Leute sollten lieber Simpli schauen.
@@WUSLOMATEben, und ich meine man kann schon erwarten, für Simpli Videos Deutsch zu lernen. Lohnt sich an der Stelle einfach.
@@xxTaubsixx Richtig! Ich verstehe einfach nicht, warum nicht alle "fern" und "Hoog" Zuschauer Deutsch lernen. So schwer ist das ja nun auch nicht, wenn selbst ich es kann.
@@xxTaubsixxYou German idiots are going to be learning my beautiful language 'Hindi' pretty soon. Germany's fertility rate is in the gutters. Pretty soon you're going to see a steep population decline. Don't worry we'll still keep listening to Beethoven as he's the greatest. But you people have done nothing to preserve that once great German culture. I guess, we eastern people must continue the legacy of the great artists of the west. Shame on your entire country!!!!!
This
As someone who has tried Coca-Cola made from Mexico and from the US, I can tell you they taste vastly different. If it’s the same company they are meant to make the same product with the same ingredients but that is not the case. They do something to Coca Cola in Mexico to make it taste soooo much better, they make it even more addictive and make it even harder for it to resist. It’s no wonder people drink so much of it.
It's the sugar. They don't use high fructose corn syrup, which is a cheaper, sweet poison. That's it.
i actually prefer the US coke. The coke in mexico is too sweet imo. i drink coke mostly for the carbonation. i noticed there’s slightly less of it in the Mexico version
@@joriankell1983the cheapness depends on the region. Mexico uses cane sugar because it's cheaper in tropical regions, while in the US we have a shit ton of corn but not cane sugar.
Even Coke in the same country tastes different depending on how it comes. Compare a bottle of Coke to say a cup of Coke that comes from fast food outlets where they have mixing machines that mix Coke syrup with soda water. Even the container it comes in can vastly change the taste. Coke in a glass bottle tastes noticeably different (and better) to that in a plastic bottle, while Coke from an aluminum can has a distinctive metallic tinge to it.
Absolutely, the cane sugar is so much tastier. If I'm treating myself to a Coke I scope out one of the Mexican glass bottles for the best experience (I feel like they've increased in popularity in the US, I see them around a lot more in recent years). But it should be an occasional treat, not a daily staple. Access to affordable water and health information so consumers can make informed decisions is paramount.
i was raised in mexico and this is the type of life style that i grew up with. ofc we always had really good water sources but my family was used to having coke with every meal, even early in the morning. coke free diets is something a lot of my family in mx do whenever they want to lose weight but sadly they later get caught on it, and every time i visit mexico i unconsciously start drinking more coke which don’t usually drink anymore that often. i may drink a can once a week or so but not as regularly as i used to. but honestly this type of problem is something we all know in mexico, we know is bad but it’s like an addiction.
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About ten years ago when i was visiting family in mexico, one thing ill always remember is how my aunt was feeding her 4-5 year old child Coca-Cola...through a bottle. Burned into my mind. It is the fault of both corporations and the people themselves.
The personal responsibility is almost never touched on. Coca Cola is taking advantage of the situation, but why is it their responsibility? They are a business.
Mexican here, my mother had a close friend who was so addicted to sugary drinks like coca cola and other sugary foods that it drove her to her grave. She suffered from diabetes for years but refused to reduce her sugar consumption significantly enough
I only drink normal water and sometimes milk. It may sound weird but I really like the plain water taste. It's the most refreshing thing. And I think I should stay with just water.
you can drink natural coconut water if it's available, it's also a good refreshing drink.
Water team 🤝
Some water actually tastes pretty good
My mom who is Colombian has always urged me and even scolded me for whenever I drink coke or any soft drink. When I visited family in Mexico from my dad’s side I saw why. Both of my grandparents had passed when I was still young from diabetes, I saw an aunt with hypertension and diabetes and a cousin who also has hypertension. I suddenly understood why my mom was so upset and I began drinking more water on a daily. Coca-Cola is a leech, taking advantage of the poor water quality and making their soda the only affordable source of drink for the people.
It would be really helpful to have this video in Spanish!
Most of the Mexican people I would like to share this video with don't understand English.
Mexicans perfectly know about this we just don't care sadly
There are ways to get Spanish subtitles.
Option one would be to auto translate the subtitles, but the results are usually pretty poor.
Option two requires more work, but you end up with coherent understandable text:
At the three dots next to the save button, you can turn on the transcriptions. There, you then toggle timestamps (switch them off) and copy/paste the text into a translator.
(I like to use DeepL as translator, however it won't be able to translate the entire text at once. You would have to break up the text into smaller bits.)
You get the best results by using the already existing English subtitles, instead of the usually inaccurate auto generated ones.
You'll then have to do some fine-tuning. The YT transcriptions are annoying to work with.
You can then send the proofread text, or rewrite it to work without the video, to whoever needs to see it, but also say what's the source.
If you translate it, you could also post it in the comment section for others to see and share.
IDK Spanish, so I shouldn't be the one to try and translate this. It would be a terrible mess :/
Reminds me of the time John Oliver had an entire episode of his show translated into Spanish because Hispanics bore a lot of the suffering from multilevel marketing scams.
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Instantly subscribed! Thanks for bringing awareness to this topic. I had no idea. I stopped drinking soda a while ago, and only do so on special occasions now.
I was at the store the other day and ran into this mexican lady and her 2 children--one young adult/teenage son and one toddler daughter. My kid and her kid got along and began playing together, leading her son and I to small-talk and chat idly about our lives. They seemed like nice people, though i don’t think the mother spoke english. While we were chatting i noticed the baby girl kept coughing. The son told me that his sister was sick. What happened next was that the mother pulled out a giant bottle of coke and gave it to her daughter to soothe her cough. I was…shocked. This happened like 3 times. I didn’t want to say anything because i felt like it wasn’t my place, but eventually i asked if she needed water and i could buy her some if she didn’t have any. The mother just laughed and brushed it off and proceeded to give her daughter more coke. I couldn’t imagine doing such a thing. Now i know why i guess
That is a jarring story. I can relate since my parents used to FORCE me to finish pretty large bowls/plates of food at young age even if I cried that I couldn't eat more. I passed 170lbs early in middle school while being 5'3" tops and now as an 5'10" adult I regularly hover around 180-190ish and I use tiny bowls like the Japanese whenever I get the chance. I personally had to hound them for years about the dangers of soda, so they hardly touch that or regular supermarket fruit juice at this point in their lives. Their eating habits (food choices/diet) have improved, but boy oh boy have their serving size expectations remained the same despite twenty years passing by. The things ignorant parents can do to their kids...
Coca Cola and many other soda syrups are a great way to alleviate nausea and other symptoms caused by being sick.
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@@PendulumCancelI think you just described my childhood. I was obese from age 6-13. Until I decided to take my diet into my own hands. It’s so true in our culture parents make you eat more than you need 😢
The sad part is most of the population just ignores the problem, hopefully the next generations will change that
I'm not from Mexico, but I also started drinking more cola than I should, typically during playing video games. At some point after 1-2 years I stopped, because I knew it's unhealthy and it has a negative impact on panic attacks, which were only getting worse. Cola is nice and tasty, but I also value my well-being, so I barely touch cola anymore.
This reminds me of London during the industrial revolution. The water was so unhealthy, dirty and contaminated that people resorted to Whisky and other alcoholic drinks.
I used to drink coca cola and other soda drinks everyday and it made me so unhealthy and fat, but once I went to a doctor and they told me that I had a great risk getting health issues I stopped and started drinking water, and I pretty much stopped drinking anything with suger, I lost like 40 pounds and felt better then ever.
horray im glad you're doing a lot better🎉
U.S.: coke addiction 👃🏼
Mexico: coke addiction 🥤
It's both for mexico.
My mom’s part of the family is from Mexico and I can speak for a fact that water is not as accessible compared to the USA. When traveling there, we often purchase the water bottles from company owned by the infamous Coke cola company. Sadly, my family residing in Mexico certainly drinks large amounts of soft drinks, mainly Coke. The horrible side effects are clearly present in my family members. Coke and soft drinks are regularly consumed for parties and big events. Every town we visited had some sort of Coke cola advertisement. It’s literally everywhere there is no escape. We should never take for granted the accessibility of water in the USA. We are truly blessed.
On that last part. We ain’t blessed or anything. All we gotta do is get Coca Cola shut the Hell down in the USA and a decision like that will help our neighbor.
@@InfinityHS you have an excellent point. Coca Cola needs to shut down ASAP. What a horrible company.
for all the horrible corporate shit in america those companies do so much worse abroad
when i went to usa i forgot to buy water staying on the hotel but i remember i was on usa so could drink tap water, iugh, is tap water, it tastes like tap water, chlorine or not it tastes awful
This reminds me of that one town in the US where a similar thing happens, but instead of Coke it's Mountain Dew. Something about there being a factory nearby and it being by far the cheapest beverage in an impoverished small town.
People actually drink the dogshit tasting Mountain Dew? Disgusting. 🤮
Lowkey sounds like North Carolina people are addicted to that stuff here
West Virginia
Flint water crisis
Hmm, can't people just boil tap water though?
As a mexican, I am really sad that this is not a local issue. Unfortunately, since a couple of years ago, water shortages are way more common through the entire country, specially on big cities like Mexico City or Monterrey, where they have decided to cut all water supply due to the droughts or unefficient infrastructure. The worst part of it all is that Coca-Cola is given a pass for all the water cuts, and still gets to drain the already low quantities of water
The boiling frog analogy describes a frog being slowly boiled alive. The premise is that if a frog is put suddenly into boiling water, it will jump out, but if the frog is put in tepid water which is then brought to a boil slowly, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death. That is what Coca-Cola is doing.
I just want to clarify that consuming tap water here in Mexico was very common before the earthquake of 1985, there's even some old tv spots from the government explaining that you should boil the water to evaporatine the chlorine and to kill bacteria before you drink it.
But after the earthquake, the only safe water to drink was the bottled one, that's how it became popular.
Now a days, we still consume tap water but not for drinking, we use it for cooking when it's some boiling involved, just a little bit of the population use bottled water for cooking too because they feel the tap water is not safe.
Wow, I thought I was bad for having one of the mini cans of Coke once or twice a week - imagine having to drink that much Coke every day! 😱 I feel so so blessed to have access to all the clean drinking water I want.
Bruh stfu, no one believes you're worried about being "bad" for drinking 200 calories of coke per week.
I was watching this video while eating, and went to refill my bottle of water as it was empty. As I was doing this I realized how much I take it for granted and felt a deep and intense gratitude for having the best drinking water in the world.
Sugar is so addicting it's crazy. I was a Cola addict growing up and I always had Acid Reflux and Heartburn every day. I knew it wasn't healthy to be throwing up acidic bile every other month and it took 2 years before I managed to get off the addiction completely.
Now I just have Cola during buffets or celebrations, and I try not to have Cola for more than 2-3 days (events back-to-back). My whole body gets out of wack everytime. I'll start craving more sugar, go crazy over chocolate and candies then gain 1-2 lbs before I go back to my usual diet.
That sounds like me rn
the only sugar in my diet is coke, i cut everything else to drink it. 600 ml bottle a day, if i don't drink it my sugar levels drop. It has just the recommended amount of sugar for the day.
Ive been to Mexico over a dozen times and the Mexican diet is an enigma. They prepare their foods with the freshest meats, vegetables, fruits, herbs, spices, etc. straight from the street markets and butcher shops, they refuse to use anything canned or processed, but then destroy all the benefits of that healthy diet lifestyle with all the Coke they consume. Its crazy.
3:30 question: I chose the pool water with a ~USD80 3-filter system. Cheap, easy, sanitary. It doesn't just remove the chlorine taste, it tastes better than bottled water.
I installed it for the water I use in food, while I planned to continue to drink spring water, but after I installed the filter I switched completely.
Donde lo compraste?
I live in San Cristobal del las Casas, water shortage is literally happen every week. In the centro you only got water from the water provider company SAPAM 4 days a week, and you will also see a lot people ordering water tank with truck called pipa, and each years is getting worse and worse. 😢
I can't help you, but you're gonna get through this shit 💙
Boil your water and kick Coca Cola from your lives and you'll be in a lot better shape. Maybe even talk your neighbors into setting up biodigesters to take care of the sewage so your rivers can be clean again, too. I hate seeing those little ones getting introduced to Coke like it's water, the usual thing to drink, setting them up for a lifetime of struggle they don't need. I quit a 2-liter+ a day habit 20 years ago and don't even miss it. You can do it too, San Cristobal.
As someone from Mexico I thought coca-cola was Mexican till I was 12 because of how common it is everywhere in every store, every taco stand, every relatives house and every restaurant but yeah its interesting to know why it is the way it is, on why we drink so much Coca Cola.
As Mexican that lived through most of the events of this I quite remember before around the early 2000s the health programs and before you could see more independent water purification companies not belonging to coca-cola... And now I can only recall one station on the top of my head and I live in the capital of my state that is in the south and te most humid and warm state.
There used to be other soft drink companies I remember from my childhood... All of them gone, disappeared, relics.
Early 200s dayum ur a mummy
My ex’s mom was from Michoacán. She put coke in her coffee, she used it as medicine for headaches and sore throats, and she would even use it in parts of her Santa muerte rituals. Crazy stuff, it’s really intertwined with society there
Santa muerte followers tend to be insane
Coca cola does combat nausea and headaches.
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When coca cola started they presented themselves as a medicine and people used it even for unclogging pipes. Its sad that people have believed that it even has medicinal benefits. Its just a nasty sugary coke with gas.
@@tarragon112 no it does (combat nausea and headaches), but that is due to the caffeine in it. It doesn't change the fact that Coke is still very unhealthy.
Man! I thought that I was super addicted to TH-cam, but these guys make my obsession seem small in comparison, since Coca Cola is so culturally ingrained into Mexico!
Wow this is incredible... as a type 1 diabetic i try to only have a regular coke if my sugar is super low & even then a can is too much sugar
I realized I was drinking too much at the end of college, when I was drinking between 1 and 2 cans of Pepsi a day. 2 liters of coke a day sounds like constant headaches to me.
There's even more to this story. At the beginning, mid 20th century, there were local sodas companies in Chiapas being the biggest one from Tuxtla Gutiérrez. People from Chiapas were very proud of their soda and would only drink that. Then came cocacola and wanted some market but people still refuse to buy that being the main reason the antigringo companies feeling they had at the time.
The local soda would be mainly sold in restaurants in a glass bottle, that was way before plastic was used for that matter. People were supposed to drink the soda with their meals and then the waiters would collect the empty bottles and return them to the soda company trucks.
Cocacola saw that the only way their would take over the market was if the local sodas disappeared so they sent people to buy those empty bottles directly from the restaurants and the employees saw that they could make extra money if they sold the bottles instead of returning them to the trucks. That company would slowly loose all their bottles and couldn't keep up with the demand of soda while struggling to get new suppliers of bottles and still make a reasonable profit of it. So they suffocated and quickly went bankrupt. Now guess who bought it? Yes cocacola, they even started selling their own products in the same bottles they had been collecting from those restaurants thus taking over the whole market of sodas and repeating the formula with other small soda companies from Chiapas. That's a story that not many people know even from the state and has vanished along the decades.
Well done guys! Love the way you tell that story in english and looking forward to see it go viral 😊
You nailed it. I was wondering why there's many diabetic patients in the Mexican people. Same in my own family. 3 Brothers buy cases of coke and Pepsi every week. Now all of them has Diabetes.
I’d thank you tremendously if you can add Spanish subtitles to show this to my Mexican family. Unfortunately this kind of content is not available in our country and language due to the inconvenience that this can cause to big companies like this.
The sugar is bad, but the amount of phosphoric acid in Coke is also quite devastating and should not be ignored.
This story is really just fascinating and horrifying at the same time, I hope some day, both the coca cola company as well as the corrupt politicians will see justice! Congratulations on your recent success btw, absolutely deserved!
It's surreal to se another person in awe about something you grew up to see as normal.
Im white and lived in europe till a few years ago, and had soda maybe once every few months, but since I moved to Africa, the lack of access to 100% boxed juice, and other 'healthier' but sweet drinks, caused me to drink at least 2-3 sodas a WEEK! I think the access problem is similar here to what happens in Mexico. If you don't want water, there is almost nothing else.
I am from South Asia and while their isn't a draught for other cool drinks other than soda here. Almost everyone always chooses cola. Because other than a basic mango juice literally every other non soda cold drink is highly expensive. And if people don't want coke in particular their are always other flavours of sodas such as lime , orange , apple etc which people can get it for a lot more cheap and for the same price of a coke to which no ones suprise is all owned by coke itself so everytime during functions , parties or any small/big celebrations you will only always get sodas here because it's just cheaper for most people 🤷
A lot of large American companies exploit small Latin communities
And pacific countries.
Exploit? Hmmm, they don't seem to mind it if they keep buying their products.
@@2hotflavored666 it’s almost like they bribed politicians into downplaying the effects. Then give a bullshit fix when they take their water rights because of bribes
It's no wonder they want migrants here so much.
The cartels exploit plenty of Americans
Im also from México, you cant understand how frustrating It Is that people literally NEED coca cola for at least their brakefast.
Others literally drink cola instead of water.
Worst of all, a lot of people genuinely believe that Zero / diet coke Is healthier...
I suspect if they had clean, fresh water, they wouldn't resort to coke. If their water tastes like poop, they'll choose coke. Most people would do the same, especially if living in an environment where long life is a rarity.
Clean fresh water is a human right!
3:06 If clean bottled water is about the same price as Coke, and they're choosing Coke too often, part of that is on them and their ability to handle the vices of the industrialized world. Still, if they'd just build some decent water infrastructure, clean water wouldn't cost as much as bottled water.
Do people just not boil water?
Another classic from Simplicissimus, great content! 🎉❤
Geht das auch auf deutsch? Ich kann nämlich kein Französisch :)
@@lnterro_bangsorry ich verstehe kein Deutsch kannst du in japanisch schreiben?
@@mortgu Ich bin der Martin.
@@lnterro_bang Sprich japanisch du abgehobener Kommentator!
@@lnterro_bang no, because the guys from simpli asked for keeping the comments in english at the start of this channel. so, lets keep it this way.
This should be spread around the world, great video!
This is a weird thing to watch from Australia. We are so lucky. Water is available almost everywhere. Facts about nutrition are taught early on in life.
Beer however...
I lived in Mexico during my childhood, I have tried to explain this phenomena to my American friends for ever.
I’m from Mexico too and I thought it was very common for all families outside the country to have a bottle of coke at the table for dinner every night… I’m impressed with how much coca cola has infiltrated our culture and society 😮
I’ve been living in Mexico almost two years now. What’s crazy is that water is WIDELY available here. Super cheap too. You can get a 1 liter bottle of water for $.50 cents and yet coke is widely drank! I have my own business here and there’s a guy here who drinks a 600ml coke every couple hours. I’ve even gotten used to drinking coke when I used to not drink it. Mexican coke is just so delicious, and it’s everywhere. I’ve had to try and cut back due to health problems. It’s just a cultural thing. From white Mexicans to indigenous Mexicans, from rich to poor, everyone here loves coke. It’s part of Mexico’s culture at this point. Super interesting video man!
Yeah it's super delicious, like I don't drink, smoke, vape or do drugs but i have to drink a 600 ml bottle everyday. I don't eat any foods with sugar in them so I can drink it, my glucose is 70.
Thanks for the video! It is a copy from Simplicimus (the German channel from the founders of Fern), but still great! Also it helps me to value once more the drinking water in Munich, Germany coming from any tap and always being cheap (approximately 1.7€ per 1000 liters), healthy and clean. It is so easy to take it for granted, forgetting, that this is different in other parts of the world like Mexico, USA (where the water does not taste that good), Egypt (where the water is not really drinkable) or even Vittel, France, where Nestle is using up the water.
But to be honest I am not using the water that often, I drink a lot of sweetened drinks or us syrup to make the tap water taste better (and add sugar). So I should use the good water I have at hand…
This is not just a Oaxaca problem. This is a Mexico problem all together. The obsession of coke along with the diabetes and deaths from it is what the government was forced to act. That is why they had warning labels in Mexican Snacks nowadays. I feel it is better that way.
A great example is breakfast cereal. American frosted flakes and its Mexican version Zucaritas. The Mexican brand has warning signs, excess calories, excess sugar on the front of the box an removed Tony the Tiger mascot.
My grandma could literally not bear plain water, she’d only drink Coca Cola, she died of diabetes’ complications
That’s like my grandpa, he loved Coca Cola and died at age 98 not of diabetes, but he had pre diabetes.
Hi, i'm mexican and I'd really really like to translate this, I consider is very important to spread this kind of information
I sometimes buy Diet Coke. Now, I'm so disgusted by Coca-Cola that I'd never touch any soft drink anymore.
I was just in Cancun, Mexico in February, and we were definitely told not to drink the water from taps or shower. Just bottled. They're going through a sugar shortage as well. What a terrible shame. I fell in love with Cancun when I visited. I tried a bunch of different drinks while I was there. Manzanita Sol was my favorite.. I think it was a sugar free apple soda.
This is the first video i watched from this channel, and i loved how you lay out and explained everything. It fits with what i like to watch as well, so I'm subscribing.😊keep up the good work
I would pick the bottled water that is around the same price as the soda.
Though I do get that availability is an issue.
Culture and habituation may be the bigger problem.
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Nicht französisch schreiben, danke :)
@@lnterro_bang OK
@@lnterro_bangit's literally in English.
@@heidirabenau511 schä ne pas parle francakken
Amazing how we still don’t see soft drink companies the same way we see cigarette companies.
Honestly, it would be pretty interesting if you could force Coca Cola Company to only sell Coke Zero in that region to see what health "effects" artificial sweeteners could have when you have such a large sample size that drinks up to 2 litres per day.
Still harmful to gut microbe but still probs less
Artificial sweeteners are horrible for u
NOOOOOOOOO
Are you suggesting using the population to test possibly harmful chemicals and the detrimental effects those chemicals have on human beings , so the future dickhead version of yourself would have the statistics needed to divert any adverse health reactions to you or your family?!?!
You sir have potential to be in Politics…
@@kevineckelkampBy and large no they aren't. Stop buying into greeny conspiracy theories and unsubstantiated "science".
I lived in Mexico my whole life and this is totally accurate, but its not also coca cola, beer companies like tecate and modelo use most of the clear water reserves to make beer, this is in the north side of the country
I appreciate this video, and all the hard work put into it. As a mexican, this is so true from even my own experience growing up in Mexico City.
I’m Mexican American, never lived in MX and my parents and grandparents are from the US too. Yet I love had a Diet Coke addiction on and off since high school. There’s something in the formulation that just hits a chord with us 🤷🏻♀️. I think it’s biological as much as it’s social/cultural
Tbh…Everybody loves coke. It’s the most popular drink here we are just more aware of the effects & have collectively switched to healthier options such as la croix, zevia, or olipop. Education is key in combating this👍👍
During one of the world wars in britain, sugar was unavailable due to rationing and it turned out through studies that children that had no sugar in their diet for a few years in a specific age group never developed diabetes later in life, even when sugar was reintroduced. I think that could be a way to deal with or study the issue.
Fake news. That's not possible
The human body needs at least 25mg of sugar a day to survive, otherwise you get terrible migranes an then die.
This is why I drink sprite only sometimes.
i am 100% sure, they will try hard to bring down this video.
kudos to you brother for putting all these facts unfiltered ❤
My mom would boil chlorinated water to make it drinkable if water isn't that clean or fresh.
But here in the Philippines,
Luckily we have a lot of water purifying/distilling stations.
Were we can buy purified water for only 30 pesos for every water Jug,
which our family can drink for around 3 days already.
Thank God we have access to cleaner water 🙏
In Brazil the soft drinks are also integrated into our culture, typical foods now need a Coke, or a Guaraná to be enjoyed with. But the government now decided to put warning in the bottles saying "This product contains high levels of sugar and sodium.", I hope it can change a little our perception of how dangerous soft drinks are.
7oz soda on ice was the original way to drink it and inside a ice cream shop one or two days a week perhaps... The Coke syrup was used for digestive issue's, and it worked well because cocaine is a quick acting laxative. Coke had to take the cocaine out of the leaf, and so they added another addicting drug, caffeine. They new how addictive it was, and I know because I was addicted to coke, and when I tried to quit I got massive headaches, but I suffered through it. I managed to be rid of caffeine headaches for now on. You talk about the how they drink for hydration, but nothing about it is hydration, more like inbolming themselves for the here after.
I grew up in the USA, normally it would be a can a day of soda. Been living in Mexico now. And, damn, I drink a lot. Got to a point that I was peeing red, and that scared me so I cut down on it. I still drink daily. It's an addiction here.
One time I just decided. This is going to be my last coke ever. I enjoyed it and got pass it. It's been 5 years and 7 months without a soft drink since then. You can do it too.
if you re peeing red i think the problem goes beyond your coke consumption
@@verguco6051 but it was that. i stop drinking & it went away.
Sadly even people themselves have a problem with coca cola. My uncle is 50 something years old, he has high blood pressure and diabetes but he still drinks coca cola everyday, this city has not much water problems, water is accessible but my uncle just won't stop