I've seen speculation that it was the aspartame. It was however reported in the media though that it was this massive (!) amount of liquid that did it. I have to say that I really lost faith in the media over this case. I was pretty skeptical before but really thought certain papers were careful with the facts.
Dana On Apr 12, 2005 12:00 PM, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On a side note, I did see in that report that she > > supposedly caused > > this potassium imbalance by drinking 10 glasses of iced > > tea a day. I > > am not sure what the conventional wisdom was in Florida in > > 1990 but > > ten glasses of liquid are not at all unusual, especially > > in Florida. I > > drink that much and am being urged to drink more. > > Furthermore the > > state of my potassium levels has been recently > > investigated and they > > are just fine thank you. Therefore 10 glasses of liquid a > > day in and > > of themselves would not cause potassium imbalance. > > I'd be willing to bet the issue would have been the tea, not the > liquid. I've been told that large quantities of ice-tea is known to > cause kidney stones and other urological distress... who knows what > else if taken in excess... just like anything else I suppose. > > > s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 > new epoch : isn't it time for a change? > > add features without fixtures with > the onTap open source framework > > http://macromedia.breezecentral.com/p49777853/ > http://www.sys-con.com/author/?id=4806 > http://www.fusiontap.com > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=17 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:153622 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
