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55: Soft Drinks and Hard Drugs: Coca-Cola's Story is Soda-pressing

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The Power of Coca-Cola

During the 1950s and 60s, Coke was on top of the world. By 1959, people were drinking Coke in over 100 countries worldwide. But that's when Coke realizes its biggest enemy is its self, emo. In one can of Coke, there were seven teaspoons of sugar. This pushed the American FDA to change health guidelines to suggest that you should not have more than six teaspoons of sugar a day.

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