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A mother of eight, Natasha Harris succumbed to cardiac arrhythmia, or as science would put it lightly, the irregular beating of the heart. Three years after her untimely death, coroner David Crerar concluded that the sugar and caffeine she had obtained from soda addiction when she was still alive played a big role in putting her heartbeat to a sudden halt.
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Soda addiction is no longer new to addiction specialists. But many individuals are still unaware of its fatal effects. In the medical field, food and drinks—or any substance for that matter–become addictive when a person suffers from withdrawal symptoms after not consuming or choosing to stop taking the food or substance they are dependent on. Harris’ husband admitted that his wife suffered from retching, if not vomiting, and she would get moody if she did not have her favorite soda. However, her family never thought of soda as “deadly,” and the brand of the soda she used to drink has no health warning on its bottles.
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The soda company’s answer to the case was very reasonable: anything that is taken in excess is certainly not good for the health. Conversely, the coroner assigned to the case said that even though sugar and caffeine’s capacity to be considered fatal remains a debatable idea, the soda brand still needs to be responsible for not emphasizing the hazards of taking its product excessively.
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But if there is something to be had from Harris’ case, it is learning how to control the urge to eat or drink more than what’s enough.
Dr. Samuelle Klein Von Reiche is a psychotherapist based in Clifton, New Jersey. Her website provides more information on how to recover from any kind of addiction.
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