~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Raelian Movement for those who are not afraid of the future : http://www.rael.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/9213349/Mother-died -after-drinking-18-pints-of-Coca-Cola-a-day.html Mother 'died after drinking 18 pints of Coca-Cola a day 9:31AM BST 19 Apr 2012 Comments44 Comments Natasha Marie Harris, 30, died on February 25, 2010 in Invercargill on New Zealand's south island. Her partner Christopher Hodgkinson claimed it was a result of drinking too much Coca-Cola. On Thursday he told the inquest Natasha had been unwell leading up to her death and had no energy, but the idea Coca-Cola caused the problem had never crossed their minds. Mr Hodgkinson told the court that she had been unwell up to a year before her death, including vomiting six times a week, but they believed it was caused by the stress of looking after her eight children and gynaecological problems. "She drank at least 10 litres a day," he said. "The first thing she would do in the morning was have a drink of Coke and the last thing she would do in the day was have a drink of Coke by her bed.'' Police who investigated the death estimated she consumed, on average, seven litres a day. Her partner said she was addicted to Coke and without it she would get moody, irritable and be low "I didn't ever think about the Coke. I never considered it would do any harm to a person. It's just a soft drink, just like drinking water ... I didn't think a drink's going to kill you,'' he said. Vivien Hodgkinson, Mr Hodgkinson's mother, said she would go "crazy'' if she ran out of the drink. An autopsy showed Natasha had a diseased liver but the cause of death was undetermined. Her partner said he had been told she had a heart aneurysm caused by too much Coke. Medical evidence stated that the main finding of death was from a cardiac arrhythmia. Dr Dan Mornin told the court Natasha probably had severe hypokalemia, a lack of potassium in the blood, relating to excessive consumption of soft-drink. He said although it was difficult to confirm this from post-mortem tests, it was consistent with her symptoms of tiredness and lack of strength and other cases of heavy soft-drink consumers. He added it was likely the vomiting was due to too much caffeine, medically known as caffeine toxicity. In June last year Coca-Cola confirmed it had hired a security firm to shadow its staff, after Mr Hodgkinson allegedly made death threats against the company. He rejected claims he had made the threats, but said he held the company responsible for Harris' death. Coca-Cola's New Zealand managing director George Adams said at the time that Mr Hodgkinson's claims were "patently untrue''. The inquest continues. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WARNING FROM RAEL: For those who don't use their intelligence at its full capacity, the label "selected by RAEL" on some articles does not mean that I agree with their content or support it. "Selected by RAEL" means that I believe it is important for the people of this planet to know about what people think or do, even when what they think or do is completely stupid and against our philosophy. When I selected articles in the past about stupid Christian fundamentalists in America praying for rain, I am sure no Rael-Science reader was stupid enough to believe that I was supporting praying to change the weather. 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