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| Scottish Woman Drank 20 Cans of IrnBru a Day for Years |
| 2022-08-01 |
| [MSN] A Scottish woman who drank 20 cans of Irn-Bru a day for 25 years has finally managed to kick the habit, which she claims is thanks to hypnotism. Carole Lamond, 57, would spend £3,000-a-year on the Scottish fizzy drink, which she first became hooked on as a young girl in Glasgow, before she moved to London. When she returned to Scotland some 25 years ago, she apparently picked the habit up where she left off. But the spate of coronavirus lockdowns, during which the HR manager worked from home, sent her addiction spiralling, and she began drinking about 20 cans of Irn-Bru each day. She began to hide cans of the fizzy drink around the house so her husband William, 52, would not find out the extent of her dependency. During two years of lockdown she drank almost 15,000 Irn-Brus —the equivalent of 94,000g of sugar and 450,000mg of caffeine — as she splashed out £60 a week on 24 packs. "We could have bought several family holidays for the money I was spending. My recycling bin was overflowing each week with cans of Irn-Bru," she said. "I would even take secret trips to the dump to dispose of the empty cans. I was like a drug addict trying to conceal my problem. I was literally chain drinking it." She knew she needed to kick the habit when she was hospitalized in June this year after suffering dizzy spells, fainting and heart palpitations. "It was the wake up call I needed really. I knew the amount of Irn-Bru I was drinking had something to do with it," Ms Lamond said. "I’d had spells of dizziness and fainting and they couldn’t find anything wrong although they suspected a stroke at first. I even had scans for a brain tumour which is pretty scary but I knew that drinking all this Irn-Bru was to blame. "We always had Irn-Bru in the house when I was a little girl as my mum would drink it. It is the Scottish national drink afterall. See the pictures at the link. She somehow avoided getting fat while drinking all that sugar. Maybe the caffeine helped her burn it off. |
| Posted by:M. Murcek |
| #2 Some people are 'skinny fat'. Instead of subcutaneous fat they add it in the viscera. Look healthy, but aren't. Very common with Asians. |
| Posted by: Angstrom 2022-08-01 13:19 |
| #1 It is pretty nice. Very slight ginger ale type taste but sweeter. This and cream soda are my favourites too. Very expensive in India though, damn these import duties. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2022-08-01 09:48 |