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Mum died after "excessive consumption" of caffeine from drinking 8 litres of Pepsi Max every day
mirror ^ | 4 nov 2015 | EUGENE HENDERSON

Posted on 11/04/2015 7:45:41 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT

A post mortem found she died as a result of her "excessive consumption" of caffeine from the fizzy pop combined with her prescription drugs.

"When mum was drinking heavily she could get through a one-litre bottle of vodka a day and four two-litre bottles of Pepsi Max."

(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: caffeine; cola
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Caffeine is some wierd stuff!

Occasionally while running LSD(long slow distance) after about 10 miles I had breathing difficulties, but not all the time.
The doctor wired me up and put me on a treadmill and said go until it happens.
After some time all the monitors started to blink ARRHYTHMIA ...ARRHYTHMIA ....ARRHYTHMIA ALARMS ARE GOING OFF!!! I STILL FELT JUST FINE!
They ask me to continue until the breathing troubles came on. A few minutes later it happened.

The first thing the Doc says, how much coffee do you drink?
I used to drink it all day long and more after dinner!

Excesses caffeine, he said only affects about 15% of us coffee guzzlers.
Now only a two cups in the morning, and no more problems.

Just let that caffeine be!

1 posted on 11/04/2015 7:45:41 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Naturally the vodka and prescription drugs didn’t have anything to do with it.


2 posted on 11/04/2015 7:46:56 AM PST by Jack Hammer
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To: DUMBGRUNT

That’s Darwin Award material.


3 posted on 11/04/2015 7:47:17 AM PST by ryan71 (Bibles, Beans and Bullets)
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To: Jack Hammer
Or the chemicals in the Pepsi Max.
4 posted on 11/04/2015 7:48:55 AM PST by riri (Obama's Amerika--Not a fun place.)
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To: riri

Well, she might have cut out the meds and the vodka, and had a glass of milk now and then.

I have the feeling that eight liters of ANYTHING every day will kill you.


5 posted on 11/04/2015 7:50:47 AM PST by Jack Hammer
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To: Jack Hammer

8 litres of WATER every day will kill you.


6 posted on 11/04/2015 7:54:49 AM PST by Signalman
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I drink about two cups of coffee a day along with my four packs of cigarettes. And I think this coffee is killing me!


7 posted on 11/04/2015 7:58:30 AM PST by JoeDetweiler
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To: riri
Or the chemicals in the Pepsi Max.

Check on the can....see if it has phosphoric acid.

8 posted on 11/04/2015 7:58:31 AM PST by spokeshave (MDSM = Mentally Discombobulated Screaming Media)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Unless she were drinking LOTS of other caffeinated beverages this is unlikely to be sole cause of death. 388 mg / 2 liters of Pepsi Max, or 3.1 grams in 8 bottles over the course of a day (say 12 hours); four hours to clear her liver, means 1 gram of caffeine in her system at any one time. LD50 is around 10 grams for a normal weight person, and I’m guessing she ain’t.


9 posted on 11/04/2015 8:00:07 AM PST by LambSlave
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“along with my four packs of cigarettes.:

Please tell me you’re joking.


10 posted on 11/04/2015 8:01:56 AM PST by CrazyIvan (Hey Pope Francis- The Gospels are not Matthew, Marx, Luke and John.)
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To: Jack Hammer

Damn you, Pepsi Max!


11 posted on 11/04/2015 8:02:53 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: LambSlave

It couldn’t have been the bottle of vodka every day.


12 posted on 11/04/2015 8:03:18 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Jack Hammer
Of course not. The prescription drugs were supplied by the government, who naturally has no liability whatsoever.

The vodka was supplied by a distiller which doesn't have as deep of pockets as Pepsi. Plus it was only one liter to Pepsi's eight.

So, of course, it is Pepsico's fault.

13 posted on 11/04/2015 8:05:34 AM PST by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

If she would have stayed away from the Pepsi, and just stuck with the one liter of vodka and prescription drugs each day, she’d still be with us.


14 posted on 11/04/2015 8:06:23 AM PST by GreenHornet
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To: Signalman

Well, then, sue the manufacturer of water. Of course!


15 posted on 11/04/2015 8:06:52 AM PST by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
"When mum was drinking heavily she could get through a one-litre bottle of vodka a day and four two-litre bottles of Pepsi Max."

Um...

16 posted on 11/04/2015 8:07:55 AM PST by Noumenon (Resistance. Restoration. Retribution.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

combined with her prescription drugs.

This is left out of the headline.... imagine that...
17 posted on 11/04/2015 8:08:16 AM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: spokeshave
I am sure it does.

There is a thread going around here about white middle age people dropping like flies.

Yeah, you can't eat massive amounts of chemicals, mixed with other chemicals, mixed with all sorts of substance abuse mixed with stress--mixed with immobility mixed with no impulse control.

But, think of how much you can shrink your carbon footprint if you are dead.

18 posted on 11/04/2015 8:08:42 AM PST by riri (Obama's Amerika--Not a fun place.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Interesting that they didn’t list the liter of vodka as a contributing factor.


19 posted on 11/04/2015 8:09:10 AM PST by MortMan (The rule of law is now the law of rulings - Judicial, IRS, EPA...)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I think the alcohol had a lot more to do with her demise than the pepsi


20 posted on 11/04/2015 8:09:50 AM PST by Mom MD
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