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   FragileWarrior wrote:   
   > flitterbit  wrote in   
   > news:etmb8h$a69$1@registered.motzarella.org:   
   >   
   >> knownbabes.awardspace.com wrote:   
   >>> Roofshadow  wrote in   
   >>> news:Roofshadow2004- 020F31.19454515032007@comcast.dca.giganews.com:   
   >>>   
   >>>    
   >>>> No kidding - I love Diet Pepsi but I don't think I could drink 24   
   >>>> cans in ONE DAY.   
   >>> When I first started working, I averaged about 12 to 14 cans a day.   
   >>> After work (at home & in pubs), I drank an additional 5 to 10 cans.   
   >>> Never Diet Pepsi, only the real Coca Cola. Nowadays I'm down to 2 to   
   >>> 3 litres a day.   
   >>>   
   >>> I wouldn't call that an addiction - if one drank 2 to 3 litres of   
   >>> water a day, would they still call it an addiction?   
   >>>   
   >>> Daiko   
   >>>   
   >> Given the amount of sugar in cola, you could be addicted to the sugar.   
   >> One 355 ml can has 41 grams of sugar, which is about 1 1/2 ounces.   
   >>   
   >> Three litres is the equivalent of about 8 1/2 cans, and at 41 grams of   
   >> sugar per can, that's 344 grams/approximately 12 ounces of sugar.   
   >>   
   >> Two litres is equal to about 5 2/3 cans, and at 41 grams of sugar per   
   >> can, that about 231 grams/8 1/4 ounces, or roughly half a pound of   
   >> sugar. ; )   
   >>   
   >   
   > Not to mention that anything that you have a compulsion to do IS an   
   > addiction -- even drinking water.  And like most addictions, it can kill   
   > you if taken too far.   
    >   
   Exactly : )  Also, that big a sugar craving would lead me to consider   
   being tested for diabetes, just in case.   
      
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