Brit man dies due to 3-litre-a-day cola habit

A man, who was suffering from Asperger's Syndrome, drank himself to death after guzzling three litres of cola everyday.

Paul Inman, who was living in a care home in Haworth, West Yorkshire, suffered from a massive pulmonary oedema, meaning large amount of fluid in his lungs restricted his breathing.

The huge quantities of cola, other pop and water that he drank caused his lungs to swell to four times their normal weight, the Mirror reported.

Pathologist Dr Deirdre McKenna put the 30-year-old's death due to his excessive drinking of cola, which began when he was 10-years-old.

This happened because of Inman's non-medical condition of polydipsia - Greek for "much thirst" - which resulted from Asperger's Syndrome.