Too Much Coca-Cola = Death?
A coroner says the drink was a contributing factor in a woman's death.
A New Zealand woman's death is being partially blamed on drinking too much Coca-Cola. The Sydney Morning Herald reports a coroner has determined the soft drink was a contributing factor in the death of 30-year-old Natasha Harris, who died in February 2010 from from cardiac arrhythmia. According to the report, evidence showed Harris drank up to 10 liters of Coca-Cola every day — more than 2-and-a-half gallons. This amount equals more than twice the recommended safe daily limit of caffeine, and almost one kilogram, or about 2.2 pounds, of sugar, more than 11 times the recommended sugar intake. The report says those ingredients, combined with a poor diet, caused the woman to develop an enlarged liver and an electrolyte imbalance and, …
Lynn Hubbard
8:33 am on Thursday, February 14, 2013
Drinking too much water can kill you too. I look at it more as natural selection. A little common sense goes a long way. more ›