New Zealand woman's Coca-Cola habit cited in death
Tech and Science | Updated today at 06:00 AM
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Experts say a New Zealand woman's 7.6-litre-a-day Coca-Cola habit probably contributed to her death, a conclusion that led the soft drink giant to note that even water can be deadly in excessive amounts.
Ms Natasha Harris, a 30-year-old, stay-at-home mother of eight from Invercargill, died of a heart attack in February 2010. Fairfax Media reported that a pathologist, Dr Dan Mornin, testified at an inquest on Thursday that she probably suffered from hypokalemia, or low potassium, which he thinks was caused by her excessive consumption of Coke and overall poor nutrition.
Symptoms of hypokalemia can include abnormal heart rhythms, according to the United States (US) National Institutes of Health.
Dr Mornin said that toxic levels of caffeine, a stimulant found in Coke, also may have contributed to her death, according to Fairfax.
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