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It always seemed like a scare tactic that fat fearing parents would tell their sugar loving kids: if you drink too much Coke, you could die! (okay, maybe in a not so morbid way) But a woman actually died from drinking too much Coke. The coroner blamed the 30-year-old woman’s 10L-a-day Coke problem — as in Coca Cola — as the reason for her death.
That’s 10-litres, or about 18 pints of Coke every day. Holy shit. Natasha Harris, the woman who drank too much Coke, passed away in February 2010, but coroner David Crerar just recently released his report, saying:
“I find that when all the available evidence is considered, were it not for the consumption of very large quantities of Coke by Natasha Harris, it is unlikely that she would have died when she died and how she died.”
In addition:
[Her habit] “was a substantial factor that contributed to the development of the metabolic imbalances which gave rise to the arrhythmia”.
Harris, who didn’t drink alcohol, was also found to have an enlarged liver because of fatty depostis from excessive sugar consumption and low potassium levels in her blood. Her body was ruined inside from all the fizzy brown syrup. Coke responded to the coroner’s claim, saying:
“[We] are disappointed that the coroner has chosen to focus on the combination of Ms Harris’ excessive consumption of Coca-Cola, together with other health and lifestyle factors, as the probable cause of her death. This is contrary to the evidence that showed the experts could not agree on the most likely cause.”
Coke kills! [Discovery News, Huffington Post]
Image credit: Coke from Shutterstock
She also had 8 kids….no stress there!
Why do you think she had such a bad Coke habit?
At least we know it doesn’t make you infertile.
Her family should have helped her through this addiction. Coca Cola cleans my bog perfectly so imagine what 10L a day would do to you.
Perfectly clean your insides
I guess it’s not OK to drink the cesspool water of American Capitalism
Time to restart the hunt for Unicorn Meat
Drinking 10L of water could kill you too.
In one go, sure, but healthy adult kidneys are capable of processing 15 liters of water per day spread through the day.
It’s even more than that. Drinking up to 1 litre/hour over 24 hours is “safe:. Around 24-25 L/day is okay if you’re a healthy adult male.
drinking 10 litres of anything on a daily basis is going to kill you. adding sugar just speeds up the process.
This idiot deserves to have died. If your not capable of working out that 10 litres of coca cola a day is extremely detrimental to your health then you probably weren’t going to last very long in this world anyway.
If she had been drinking 10 litres of anything a day she would have died.
Luckily for the human race her 8 kids will no doubt carry on her tradition of great mental prowess.
Unfortunately those 8 kids prevent her from getting a Darwin Award
Maybe one (or several) of them will get nominated
That sounds reasonable. Anyone that makes irrational decisions deserves to die. Don’t help them or educate them just let them die.
I’m sure a young woman of 30 in New Zealand had the opportunity to be educated and I’m not suggesting we should have let her die but personal responsibility has to come into play as well.
Except not only are you judging the woman (kinda fair enough, drinking that much is stupid), but also her kids. That kind makes you a fucking dick head.
Not judging, making a valid prediction based on her behaviour, genetic theory and the fact that her 8 children are now going to be brought up by a family that ” the family had not considered her Coke habit dangerous because the drink did not carry any health warnings”.
Not to judge you personally but it is generally accepted that people who swear for no reason either have a poor vocabulary or a lack of intelligence. You swearing at me in your post (in my eyes anyway) changes your post from a reasonable point of view to something else entirely.
Well think of friends or family of her that may read such articles and then they see not only people criticising said women but her children who have done nothing wrong and have to cope with her death. Also personally I find swear words add emphasis as long and you don’t overuse it, using one every other word like some chavs. You made a massive generalisation which was just not needed to be made. A little consideration goes a long way. fyi I wasn’t judging you as a whole, but just in this case.
Anyone who makes idiotic irrational decisions risking their health and end up dieing because of their stupidity DO deserve die, yes. That is fair.
Health is becoming an increasingly big issue and your right that people need to be educated on diet. But someone drinking 10 litres of coke a day simply does not give a shit about their own life so why should anyone else?
There is no way that someone in the western world could think that drinking 10 litres of coca cola a day is not detrimental to their health.
You missed the part where some of her kids were supposedly born without enamel on their teeth.
I’m pretty sure even 18 pints of water a day wouldn’t be good for you either. Curious story; the sugar etc in the coke clearly didn’t help, but who the hell consciously drinks 10 litres of anything a day ? Did she live in Death Valley ?
Should had gone with the diet cola..
Pity the fool that drinks normal coca-cola.
With 35g of Sugar (about 17 teaspoons) in each can and the pharmaceutical caffeine and other chemicals it’s not surprising with the huge quantities she was consuming. she lost teeth and was very sick for years before dying.
10 litres of Coke a day is just crazy. Coke doesn’t even taste that nice. Give me good old fashioned water or semi skimmed milk any day.
When you need a Coke you need a Coke!!! same with Milk & Water..
Hangover, Ice Cold Can of Coke then gallons of cold water is just yes.
For hangovers I just go with an ice cold can of beer.
If I’m in a non driving situation then yes
a silly article and even sillier headline.
no reports it was coca cola. I expect 10l of anything a day will eventually get ya.
did you see the rest of the details of her lifestyle? i am surprised she made it that far the coke was one of her least things to worry about.
Drink too much WATER and it will kill you……
Clearly her family are also either idiots, or are gearing up to sue:
From the source article: “Crerar said the family had not considered her Coke habit dangerous because the drink did not carry any health warnings.”