yeah, please drink half a litre, or even better 2 litre of vinegar and report back to us how that went.
or to reverse it - do you know anybody drinking coke in same amounts as usage of vinegar when pouring over salad?
or to reverse it - do you know anybody drinking coke in same amounts as usage of vinegar when pouring over salad?
Edit: Ok, wanted to make a correction after thinking more about that day: My consumed amount was likely around half that. I was consuming various other oddities during this time as well (drinking hot sauce for example) and there couldn't have been room for 16oz of just vinegar. If you've not played around with those tablets, I recommend it even if you get some stomach upset from the things you consume.
About the only ill effect would be some heartburn. Tums to the rescue
Now a new experiment: Will Upland Sours dissolve a nail in 4 days?
But ok, to make break your point I need to provide you with an example of a liquid that cleans the toilet just as well as coke but is healthy while drinking similar amounts. How about lemon juice, diluted to be drinkable without any direct adverse effects on your health and with the same pH as the coke. I'm just guessing but I think it is possible to do that.
And what is that supposed to prove?
People regularly drink "half a litre" or 2lt of Coke and report back just fine.
The main reason not to drink half a littre of vinegar is its taste and extra acidity.
If it had the same acidity as Coke AND better taste it would be fine to drink.
What folks use over a salad is much more paletable - a sweet tasting weak vinegar + oil, and sometimes a touch of sugar. This doesn't make it any better or worse than sodas, simply different. There are many things we eat that aren't something we can do in really large quantities or things that can also have industrial or cleaning purposes. This doesn't make these dangerous, simply multipurpose depending on amount and strength.
Hell, you can get very sick by drinking too much water - or get too dehydrated - and can die if you try to breath it. Yet, water is pretty necessary and healthy to have.
Lemon juice has a pH of about 2, while most colas are more Alkaline at around 2.5. My mom eats lemons raw nearly every day. Sometimes limes (pH ~2.2).