Natasha Harris, from Invercargill, New Zealand, has died at the age of 30. Immediately her family suspected that the cause of her death was related to her addiction to Coca-Cola. The mother of 8 children drank 10 liters a day, which could cause arrhythmias, rotten teeth and severe addiction.
“She would go crazy if she ran out…she would get shaky, go into withdrawal, get angry and irritable,” Harris’s mother-in-law said.
Her husband, Christopher Hodgkinson, also recalls her health deteriorating in the months before her death: «She had no energy and felt sick all the time…She would get up at night and throw up,» she said.
However, Coca-Cola has maintained that Harris’ death was unrelated to his drinking habit. Not even because she was consuming twice the recommended dose of caffeine and 11 times the prudent amount of sugar.
But medical examiner David Crerar stated: «Based on all the available evidence, if not for the consumption of large amounts of Coca-Cola, it is highly unlikely that Natasha Harris would have died in this manner.»
Finally, Crerar suggests in his report that Coca-Cola should add labels to its drinks warning of the harm caused by excessive consumption.
[gawker]
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