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Originally Posted by Gordon Booth
Susie, Google 'Death by water intoxication'.
One woman died after drinking 2x2litre bottles quickly.
So 10 litres of Coke- yes an excess of sugar and caffeine wouldn't help but neither would 10 litres of water.
An excess of anything can be harm full and kill but that doesn't make it a drug.
You need salt but try swallowing a packet or being shipwrecked and having to drink sea water and see where you end up.
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I did exactly that Gordon, that has been known about for yonks.
My frustration is with folks who don't see that things like sugar (not just sugar, note) have an effect on the body above and beyond their role (questionable in any case) in nutrition. The physiological effects can be hard to grasp from the scientific literature but yes I would go so far as to call them drugs.
Anyway as this thread is about illegal drugs I had better shut up or get back to that subject or who knows where I'll end up.