Mountain Dew

[AU alum 2]

Has anybody heard that Mountain Dew cans should be stored in a cool place? I had been putting extra packs in the garage, and my husband said he heard today that they should be stored in a cool place. I have never heard that and really can't see any reason for it.

[TexasTiger 14,176]

Has anybody heard that Mountain Dew cans should be stored in a cool place? I had been putting extra packs in the garage, and my husband said he heard today that they should be stored in a cool place. I have never heard that and really can't see any reason for it.

Yes, you should store them in my fridge.

[BZ770 2]

There is an urban legend about Mt Dew's making a certain body part shrink. Anyone ever hear this?

[WarEagle007 1]

There is an urban legend about Mt Dew's making a certain body part shrink. Anyone ever hear this?

Yellow Dye #5...so says the myth. Someone contact Mythbusters!!

[SouthLink02 8]

There is an urban legend about Mt Dew's making a certain body part shrink. Anyone ever hear this?

http://www.snopes.com/medical/potables/mountaindew.asp

Don't Overdew It

Claim: Drinking Mountain Dew brand soda causes one's testicles to shrink.

Status: False.

Example: [Collected via e-mail, 1997]

Teenagers in my area, SW Mich, have a widespread rumor going. Supposedly Mountain Dew will cause young males testicles to shrink. So none of them are drinking it.

Does Mountain Dew cause shrinkage of penis size?

I heard somewhere that the coloring in Mountain Dew can lower your sperm count.

Origins: Wild rumors like the ones quoted above about a popular brand of lemon-lime soda have been circulating for several years now. The first clue to its questionable veracity is the variety of reported effects: Drinking Mountain Dew will shrink your testicles. Or decrease your sperm count. Or cause your penis to grow smaller. Well, whatever occurs, it only happens to guys, and it hits them below the belt, right? Sounds a lot like the early 1990s legend that claimed Tropical Fantasy brand soft drinks contained a "secret ingredient" to cause sterility in black male drinkers, doesn't it?

These rumors are primarily spread about PepsiCo's Mountain Dew soft drink, although it has also been told about Mello Yello (a Coca-Cola product which, though still available, has been supplanted by Surge). The key factor is the presence of a dye called Yellow No. 5 in these drinks (presumably in large quantities), a food coloring that allegedly has nasty effects on one's manhood.

Yellow No. 5, also known as tartrazine, is an FD&C (i.e., approved for use in food, drugs, and cosmetics) coloring dye commonly used to give various foods (such as beverages, candy, and ice cream) a bright lemon yellow color. It has long been deemed safe by the Food and Drug Administration. It has also been in use since 1916, so if it were shrinking penises and testicles, we'd probably have heard something more than rumors about it by now. (The FDA's established acceptable daily intake [ADI] for tartrazine is 5.0 milligrams per kilogram of body weight per day, which is about .01 ounces for a 132-pound person.) Many other common food products contain Yellow No. 5 as well, so more than just Mountain Dew drinkers would notice the effect if it were real. (Soft drinks don't contain a significantly larger amount of Yellow No. 5 than other food products.)

The FDA has required since 1979 that food and drugs containing Yellow No. 5 be labeled to indicate its presence (and the U.S. Department of Agriculture requires similar labeling for meat and poultry), but that requirement came about because tartrazine was found to be associated with a variety of allergic type reactions in sensitive people, not because it wreaked havoc with the male reproductive system.

If you're male and drink a lot of Mountain Dew, you will notice one related but perfectly harmless side effect: quite a bit of yellow liquid will flow out of your penis.

[Ranger12 53]

Has anybody heard that Mountain Dew cans should be stored in a cool place? I had been putting extra packs in the garage, and my husband said he heard today that they should be stored in a cool place. I have never heard that and really can't see any reason for it.

Any cans of soda that get too hot, have the chance of expanding. causing the seal to be broken resulting in leaking soda cans. Maybe in extreme cases the cans could "explode" open, but odds are against that happening. The can would probably starting leaking through a compromise in the pop top seal first, thus slowly releasing any pressure that could have built up for soda explosion.

I don't see where there would be any concern with Mt. Dew specifically as this could happen with any brand of soda. However, I have left sodas out in the garage for a couple of weeks and even in the trunk of my car for several days, in the hottest days in the middle of summer and have yet to have any problems.

[tiger88 934]

I have heard that it is not good to allow diet drinks with aspartame to get hot before cooling them.

[WinCrimson 61]

I don't care where you store them, as long as you mix in a little Wild Turkey.

Candy in a cup, sir.

[AUloggerhead 2,509]

I don't care where you store them, as long as you mix in a little Wild Turkey.

Candy in a cup, sir.

Let me guess -- you're a fan of Kenny Stabler & Joe Namath?

[WinCrimson 61]

Nah. I never drink and drive and have little respect for those who do. Way too dangerous.

[WarTiger 4,014]

Has anybody heard that Mountain Dew cans should be stored in a cool place? I had been putting extra packs in the garage, and my husband said he heard today that they should be stored in a cool place. I have never heard that and really can't see any reason for it.

Any cans of soda that get too hot, have the chance of expanding. causing the seal to be broken resulting in leaking soda cans. Maybe in extreme cases the cans could "explode" open, but odds are against that happening. The can would probably starting leaking through a compromise in the pop top seal first, thus slowly releasing any pressure that could have built up for soda explosion.

I don't see where there would be any concern with Mt. Dew specifically as this could happen with any brand of soda. However, I have left sodas out in the garage for a couple of weeks and even in the trunk of my car for several days, in the hottest days in the middle of summer and have yet to have any problems.

Juzt had that very thing happen to me. I had a case of coke in the back of the truck that I had opened and had 3 cans left in it. Two of them had expanded and bulged at the top, and one had totally exploded and popped the entire top about 3/4 of the way off the can. It was barely hanging on the can and I had coke all over the back of the truck. I had never seen anything like that before.

[Ranger12 53]

Has anybody heard that Mountain Dew cans should be stored in a cool place? I had been putting extra packs in the garage, and my husband said he heard today that they should be stored in a cool place. I have never heard that and really can't see any reason for it.

Any cans of soda that get too hot, have the chance of expanding. causing the seal to be broken resulting in leaking soda cans. Maybe in extreme cases the cans could "explode" open, but odds are against that happening. The can would probably starting leaking through a compromise in the pop top seal first, thus slowly releasing any pressure that could have built up for soda explosion.

I don't see where there would be any concern with Mt. Dew specifically as this could happen with any brand of soda. However, I have left sodas out in the garage for a couple of weeks and even in the trunk of my car for several days, in the hottest days in the middle of summer and have yet to have any problems.

Juzt had that very thing happen to me. I had a case of coke in the back of the truck that I had opened and had 3 cans left in it. Two of them had expanded and bulged at the top, and one had totally exploded and popped the entire top about 3/4 of the way off the can. It was barely hanging on the can and I had coke all over the back of the truck. I had never seen anything like that before.

Oh, I have seen it happen before. It was in 90+ degree weather and in an idle vehicle the temperature can get up to 130 degrees, which is what happened one time I left a 12 pack of Pepsi in the trunk all day. That is what I consider extreme conditions and is my fault for leaving it in my trunk, which is basically acting like on oven on days like that and it does not matter which brand of soda it is. Now, if your garage gets that hot, then I suggest not leaving any cans of soda out in it. Our garage never got that hot, but if it would have, I would have made sure to not leave soda out in it.

[Tigermike 3,674]

On the other hand, in my storage room off the carport, there is a half case of IBC root beer (in the brown bottles). That stuff has been there for almost four years! Guess what? Just last week my grandson and granddaughter wanted a root beer float. I didn't really want to go to the store for more root beer so I opened on bottle and it fizzed. Still good after almost four years. I was amazed.

BTW - The floats were gooooood!

[Ranger12 53]

On the other hand, in my storage room off the carport, there is a half case of IBC root beer (in the brown bottles). That stuff has been there for almost four years! Guess what? Just last week my grandson and granddaughter wanted a root beer float. I didn't really want to go to the store for more root beer so I opened on bottle and it fizzed. Still good after almost four years. I was amazed.

BTW - The floats were gooooood!

You probably just gave your grandkids worms or something grandpa.

Honestly, that sounds like something my Pawpaw Evans would have did. He actually did far worst then that, such as letting me try a chew of Redman one time, when I was about 8 or 9 years old. I think that was the moment I decided I would never chew or dip again.