Dr. Mercola May 13 2008 80,439 views
If you have a problem with mice or rats, one way to get rid of them is with soda pop.
Mice and rats lack the ability to burp. You can use this to your advantage. Simply pour Pepsi or Coke into a shallow dish, and place the dish near where the mice or rats are entering your home. The rodents will drink the sweet soft drink and later, when they can‘t burp, they will die.
Right next to walls usually works best for any type of bait or traps, as does under sinks, where they may like to hide out, or underneath your stove.
As the carbonation only lasts just so long, you will need to keep that in mind and refill your dish accordingly. Try putting a new dish down each night before bed.
Let's get one thing PERFECTLY clear. I am no fan of ANY artificial sweetener. I wrote an entire book about them called Sweet Deception. Unfortunately that book is currently out of print. I am getting the copyright back and will be reprinting it soon as it is the best book I have ever written and clearly documents the challenges with ALL artificial sweeteners, especially Splenda.I am absolutely convinced that if you HAVE to drink soda, soda with sugar, even high fructose corn syrup, is safer for you than diet soda, but if you have been reading this newsletter for awhile you know that I don't believe anyone should be drinking soda. There is simply no excuse, none at all. It is one of the easiest and most important diet changes anyone can make.However, soda provides some benefits. In fact, they have dozens of useful purposes, such as:
According to some, you can even use it to shell hard-boiled eggs; if you soak hard boiled eggs in Coke, the shells will supposedly dissolve, eliminating the need to actually have to peel them.
If you are actually drinking soda as a beverage, you are putting your health at risk every time you do so. Drinking just one soda a day can increase your risk of being obese by an amazing 60 percent. And it will increase your risk of diabetes by 85 percent! Soda drinkers even have a higher throat cancer risk.
From a nutritional standpoint, soda has pretty much nothing to offer except bad news -- including the ridiculous new “healthy” sodas that have hit the stores recently. Some of the major components of a can of soda include:
Phosphoric Acid: This can interfere with your body's ability to use calcium, which can lead to osteoporosis or softening of your teeth and bones.
Sugar: It is a proven fact that sugar increases insulin levels, which can lead to high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, diabetes, weight gain, premature aging and many more negative side effects. Most sodas include over 100 percent of the RDA of sugar, usually in the form of high fructose corn syrup, the number one source of calories in the U.S.
Caffeine: Caffeinated drinks cause jitters, insomnia, high blood pressure, irregular heartbeat, elevated blood cholesterol levels, vitamin and mineral depletion, breast lumps, birth defects, and possibly some forms of cancer.
If you thought diet sodas might be a better option, think again. They are filled with unnatural, artificial chemicals, and are actually even worse the regular soda. There are over 92 different health side effects associated with aspartame (Equal) alone, including brain tumors, birth defects, diabetes, emotional disorders and epilepsy/seizures. On top of all that, they won’t even help you lose weight; in fact, they will double your risk of obesity by stimulating your appetite, increasing your carbohydrate cravings, and activating your body’s fat storage mechanisms.
Nutritionally speaking, soda is one of the main reasons why many people suffer health problems. Aside from the negative effects of the soda itself, drinking a lot of soda is likely to leave you with little appetite for vegetables, protein and other food that your body needs.
If you struggle with an addiction to soda (sugar is actually more addictive than cocaine), I strongly recommend you consider Turbo Tapping, a simple yet highly effective tool that will help you stop this health-harming habit.
And remember that a glass of fresh clean water with a squeeze of lemon or lime makes a great soda alternative any day. It won’t, however, kill the rats in your kitchen. Soda is much better suited for that particular purpose.
This 'death by soda' article sounds cruel even for mice and rats!!
Better save this torture for those who REALLY deserve it!! A few come to mind. Big Pharma, The Political Elite,.....
It's war out there in our organic vegetable field, and the voles are winning. We are at wits end. Thank you for the information!
Samurai, I just LOVE your sense of humor!
Noma
That is the best comment I've read on here in a loooong time! teehee
Thanks for your article on using Coke to kill rats and mice. Did you know that in India farmers have found that Coke and Pepsi make excellent pesticides. They're more effective than traditional pesticides, and very much cheaper. Coke and Pepsi don't know whether to be pleased at the increased sales or chagrined at the now widespread knowledge that their precious drinks are poisons.
God Bless you Charlie..... I will certainly tell my older brother who is a farmer in the midwest.... This new use of softdrinks could really catch on.... you think????
The aspartame in diet soda will probably kill pests better than the carbonation. Aspartame is a neurotoxin and will kill roaches. Rather than spray dangerous poisons around your kitchen to kill roaches, simply spread around some Equal or other aspartame-containing sweetener. Like poisons, however, don't put it where your pets could get at it.
Aspartame is no less kind to humans. When metabolized in your body, aspartame breaks down into, among other things, formaldehyde, which is toxic to living tissue (it'll do a great job of preserving you after you're dead, though), and is classified as a human carcinogen (i.e., causes cancer) by the EPA. Aspartame also destroys cells in the hypothalamus portion of your brain, which controls your body temperature and appetite--specifically, the cells that tell you when you are full, so stop eating. That's how diet soda can actually make you fat. By damaging the cells that control appetite, you keep eating and eating. You'll also feel cold while others around you are not.
Aspartame may also be responsible for symptoms of the infamous "Gulf War Syndrome," because at high temperatures aspartame breaks down into very dangerous chemicals. Some believe that this is what happened in the first Gulf War when cases of diet soda were left to "stew" in the hot desert sun before being refrigerated.
In short, aspartame is bad news and in my opinion, it should be banned for human consumption. It'll probably make a good rat poison, though...
yes Gr8Health... and didn't the accidental heating of aspartame in sodas prior to their being given to soldiers exacerbate the damage it can do?
Any wild animal in a human environment, free of the natural predators it SHOULD have, must be dealt with quickly.
If not, they will quickly over populate and end up dying of starvation or fighting to the death for territory. Not to mention breeding disease, destroying things and potentially causing health hazards for the human hosts.
Live trapping and releasing elsewhere is not a humane method as we are led to believe. Death is far less painful than starving to death. I agree pop should not be used as it is a painful process. Good old fashioned snap traps are the best.
I love pet rats and mice but they should not confused with the wild, often disease carrying wild varieties.
Wild mice and rats have their place in the food chain, but do not belong in human houses.