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Woman's Coca-Cola habit cited in death

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    Stay-at-home mom in New Zealand drank 2 gallons a day

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The woman's two gallon today Coca-Cola have -- likely killed her that's apparently the diagnosis from a doctor this thirty year old mother of eight in New Zealand died of a heart attack back in 2010.

Her boyfriend said she was addicted to Coke she ate very little and smoked about thirty cigarettes -- day.

A doctor reportedly testified that she probably suffered from low potassium.

Caused by her excessive consumption of Coke and her overall poor nutrition.

-- Coca-Cola spokesman to release the following somewhat surprising statement quote the grossly excessive indigestion -- any food product including water.

Over a short period of time with the inadequate consumption of essential nutrients and the failure to seek.

Appropriate medical intervention when needed can be dramatically symptomatic.

-- words that's too much -- for anybody prosecutor.

-- -- the board is back with us along with defense attorney drew fiddling -- -- come on two and a half gallons of -- -- -- -- criminal in itself.

Well that's amazing actually I mean I really can't even imagine adding that the thing.

Problem -- -- you cannot legislate common sense you cannot legislate good judgment any.

You could try to make a -- for every bizarre and usual are not healthy -- someone does that you're never gonna stop all that how to conduct.

Yeah I -- he's very friendly to legislate.

I think -- -- legislate common sense in this case I mean right off.

I want to Trace I would legislate the end of my personal and social life in -- consider him at the Atlanta bureau.

And we're -- stone's throw away from one Coca-Cola plaza which is the international headquarters of Coca-Cola.

So I'm not gonna kill myself over here.

But I'll I'll tell you I I know that actually -- -- just about a half an hour ago some articles came out he's.

This actually took place in Australia in the Australian newspapers saying that the families now contemplating a lawsuit.

I don't know the laws there.

But certainly the laws here is something like this wouldn't -- in court for no more than ten to fifteen seconds.

You you cannot.

Bob -- -- is everything that conceivably on a marketplace.

Has a downside to it there have to be scientific proof so we know that -- cigarettes and we know that to a certain degree with alcohol when it comes to the warning on the labels regarding things like fetal alcohol syndrome.

But Coca-Cola -- mean that's just like talking about ground beef being bad for your heart.

That really is the epitome ethical loss -- having come on this is someone who's much.

Gallons of Coca-Cola day and now they're gonna sue the company Nicole.

If it's really amazing I think -- probably ultimately end up being a big waste of money from a legal standpoint for them and that these kinds of -- can certainly be costly.

And again I mean.

It's a beverage I don't know that there's anything that you can possibly did to try to control people from eating at a healthy food and and make everybody else not suffer that made any sense but basically -- can't stop -- one person from behaving badly.

You didn't -- it -- not announcing that yet when she was counter balancing it with something healthy like thirty cigarette today.

Yeah I think oh my god I got to have a little bit of balance and everybody's life and all the core group Elaine thank you both.

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