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Funny... but not that funny. Fizzy Drinks, too.

[tangor]

A report in the International Journal of Clinical Practice is warning of the perils of quaffing too much cola - a habit which can, by lowering blood potassium levels, result in symptoms from mild muscular weakness to paralysis.

The doctors behind the fizzy doom-mongering cite the extreme case of the Oz ostrich farmer who, having drunk 4-10 litres of cola a day for three years, required emergency treatment for lung paralysis following "sudden onset of muscle weakness after returning home from an evening of kangaroo-shooting".

[theregister.co.uk...]

If all the things we drink to keep the think meat working are bad... what happens when we give them up to protect our health?

[rocknbil]

what happens? (Immediate reaction)

I don't drink.
I don't smoke.
I don't have sex.
I don't cuss.
I don't lie.

Funeral is tomorrow.

For rocknbil, half of the above are lies, you figger out which half.

what happens? (truthful)

"There but for the grace of . . . your deity . . . " . . . . before starting the Wii Fit I was a Pepsi addict. Like, a 2-liter jug a day on really hot days. I'll tell you what happens.

Your fat *** is no longer fat. :-)

I never thought I could do it. But one day I just stopped. Now my only vice is coffee, but giving up that . . . forget it. Not going to happen.

[mcavic]

4-10 litres of cola a day

Really? That's a *lot* of cola. I average 2 or 3 cans, which is too much for me, but I can't imagine drinking 4 liters in a day.

He was "advised to curtail his cola drinking, and his potassium level normalised, his weakness resolved, and he made a full recovery".

That's good to know. Sadly, tooth decay doesn't reverse itself.

[tangor]

As the old adage goes "too much of a good thing is not good". Too bad the SEO keyword centered maniacs can't figure that out. :)