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College student dies after drinking Panera’s ‘charged lemonade,’ lawsuit says

The charged lemonade also has guarana extract, another stimulant, as well as the equivalent of nearly 30 teaspoons of sugar, the complaint continues, adding that 390 milligrams of caffeine is higher than the caffeine content of standard cans of Red Bull and Monster energy drinks combined. Katz had gotten the large cup, which is 30 fluid ounces, according to the attorney representing her family.  

In ‘Soda Politics,’ Big Soda At Crossroads Of Profit And Public Health

ALLISON AUBREYTwitter ELIZA BARCLAY Soda sales have been flattening, but the industry has stepped up marketing and lobbying, according to Marion Nestle in Soda Politics: Taking on Big Soda (And Winning). Akash Ghai/NPR Ever wondered how a few companies — namely Coca-Cola and PesiCo — created multibillion-dollar empires marketing flavored sugar water? Nutrition scholar Marion Nestle, one
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50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists To Point Blame At Fat

CAMILA DOMONOSKETwitter A newly discovered cache of internal documents reveals that the sugar industry downplayed the risks of sugar in the 1960s. Luis Ascui/Getty Images In the 1960s, the sugar industry funded research that downplayed the risks of sugar and highlighted the hazards of fat, according to a newly published article in JAMA Internal Medicine. The article draws
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