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Woman 'Going Blind' After Drinking 28 Red Bulls Every Day
Telegraph ^ | 04 Aug 2015

Posted on 08/05/2015 7:11:17 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A 26-stone woman has claimed that she is going blind after drinking 28 cans of the stimulant drink every day

A woman has claimed that she started to lose her sight after drinking dozens of cans of Red Bull every day.

Lena Lupari, 26, has gained so much weight from drinking seven litres of the energy drink that her brain has swollen. The mother-of-three was ingesting 3,000 calories every day and was unaware of the harm she was doing to her body until she collapsed in June.

She told the MailOnline: "I used to drink 28 cans of Red Bull in a day and I'd only have a meal at night but it would usually be something fast-food like a takeaway or a packet of pasta.

"I've got three young children, one with special needs, and didn't have time to make anything.

"I'd been suffering from migraines and headaches for about five years but I just ignored them and took painkillers. "Then my vision went and I couldn't even lift my head off the bed and I ended up in hospital for six days."

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TOPICS: Food; Health/Medicine; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: england; poison; redbull
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To: Politicalkiddo

I’ve never even had a Red Bull.

I only have Red Bull with Vodka. Why would anyone drink it plain? I unfortunately love Red Bull and vodka......but I only drink it a few times a year....thankfully.


61 posted on 08/05/2015 8:36:28 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Walker for President 2016. The only candidate with actual real RESULTS!!!!! The rest...talkers!)
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To: Semper Mark
The bars have dispensers with bottles:

Or should we say, barf on tap? :)

62 posted on 08/05/2015 8:50:38 PM PDT by W. (Sex is like air; it is not important unless you are not getting any.)
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To: W.
Or should we say, barf on tap? :)

I've tasted both individually, mere sips mind you.

I can't imagine drinking a combination of the two and holding down the contents of my stomach.

What kids will endure these days for a buzz.

63 posted on 08/05/2015 9:09:19 PM PDT by Semper Mark (Vlad Tepes was a piker.)
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To: nickcarraway

Expensive habit.


64 posted on 08/05/2015 9:17:08 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: DemforBush

I cranked the sugar in my hummingbird nectar formula. And I’m wondering if that stuff ferments. The little guys are practically bouncing off the window, driving off wasps and bees, drinking that stuff like it’s moonshine.


65 posted on 08/05/2015 9:36:17 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: nickcarraway
A woman has claimed that she started to lose her sight after drinking dozens of cans of Red Bull every day.

This woman is dying due to her own stupidity. Why bring Red Bull into this?
66 posted on 08/05/2015 10:00:05 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: AnotherUnixGeek
Why bring Red Bull into this?

In fairness, their product is marketed to stupid people, so there's that...

67 posted on 08/05/2015 10:05:59 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: SamAdams76

I can see how energy drinks could help someone like you who drive a lot. If I had one, I would have a panic attack from hell. A few weeks ago, I added some Mio water enhancer with energy to my water. I suffered a panic attack that lasted three days. I really wish that my body could tolerate them because I could really use one at times.


68 posted on 08/05/2015 10:10:32 PM PDT by CrimsonTidegirl
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To: bimboeruption
Just LOOKING at her, I KNEW she was "on the dole".

In 'Merica we'd call her a welfare queen.

Very few people who have a tax-paying job are tatted up, pierced through every square inch of skin and are morbidly obese.

Why? Because only people on welfare have the TIME to do all those things.

Workin' people generally don't.

69 posted on 08/05/2015 10:40:27 PM PDT by boop (A joke? The hell kind of joke is that? 'Bout as funny as a gutful of pinworms!)
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To: GeronL
"7 liters a day of water would probably kill you"

Yes it will.

Remember the radio show water drinking contest a few years ago?

A woman DID die from the water overload.

This also happens several times each Oktoberfest in Germany.

People drink so much beer, they die from water intoxication, NOT from the alcohol.

It destroys the kidney's ability to concentrate urine. Thus electrolytes get fouled up.

70 posted on 08/05/2015 10:47:33 PM PDT by boop (A joke? The hell kind of joke is that? 'Bout as funny as a gutful of pinworms!)
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To: Politicalkiddo

I’ve actually avoided a lot of “bad” foods. For instance, I’ve never had a Twinkie. I hear that they taste bad, too.

Deep fried Twinkies are actually pretty good. I haven’t eaten 28 of them tho.


71 posted on 08/05/2015 10:56:00 PM PDT by Pirate Ragnar (Libs put feelings first and thought second.)
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To: nickcarraway

Natch. Second place would be a gamer, but they usually go for Mountain Dew.


72 posted on 08/05/2015 11:56:15 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong Ginsberg | Instagram: hopalonginsberg)
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To: Slyfox

no protein and no fats will give you a serious bout of depression.


73 posted on 08/06/2015 12:40:12 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Politicalkiddo

twinkies are designed to do on thing and do it extremely well. and they do. and they don’t taste bad either.


74 posted on 08/06/2015 12:43:59 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: nickcarraway

And people like this are breeding....


75 posted on 08/06/2015 1:41:31 AM PDT by octex
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To: nickcarraway

Well, clearly Red Bull needs to be regulated.

/s


76 posted on 08/06/2015 1:43:42 AM PDT by servo1969
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To: GeronL

“Someone(s) had sex with that, at least thrice!”

Obviously he had been drinking upwards of 40 Red Bulls a day for many years prior.


77 posted on 08/06/2015 1:51:59 AM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
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To: CrimsonTidegirl

And I will only use Red Bull in a situation like that where I needed to stay alert behind wheel on a long boring drive. That some people would just sit around drinking it in massive amounts like this woman amaze me. This is potent stuff and probably not healthy to take on regular basis. In my mind, it is like a drug.


78 posted on 08/06/2015 5:12:44 AM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: nickcarraway

Abuse of a legal substance resulting in harm should not automatically give the user any right to collect damages.


79 posted on 08/06/2015 7:50:37 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: 21twelve

lol


80 posted on 08/06/2015 12:27:11 PM PDT by GeronL (Phony Crony Trump is a Chump, Cruz is for real, 100%)
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