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  • ...soda and sports drinks increase risk of dying from heart disease and breast and colon cancers

    03/18/2019 9:14:38 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 77 replies
    CNBC ^ | 3/18/2019 | Angela DeVito
    Added sugars should make up less than 10 percent of the total calories a person consumes per day, according to federal health guidelines. For a person consuming 2,000 calories per day, that equates to no more than 200 calories. The average can of soda contains 150 calories, or 75 percent of a person's daily allowance. Researchers found that for every additional sugary drink a person consumed, their risk of dying from heart disease increased by 10 percent. Malik said while the optimal amount of sweet drinks a person should drink is "zero," the risk of drinking one or two per...
  • Coke caves under Wal-Mart pressure

    06/08/2006 12:27:13 PM PDT · by RWR8189 · 114 replies · 4,107+ views
    CNN/Money ^ | June 8, 2006
    NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Coca-Cola, fearing Wal-Mart would launch its own sports drink to rival the beverage giant's Powerade if it didn't agree to the retailer's new distribution terms, caved under the pressure and altered its own century-old supply system, a published report said Thursday. Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, asked Coke last year to switch to the straight-to-warehouse delivery method, and Coke's largest bottler, Coca-Cola Enterprises (Research) (CCE), began doing so across much of the U.S. in April, the Wall Street Journal said. But according to June 1 court filing by Coke, the company stated that it faced a...