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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Nia Dalton

'I quit my Diet Coke addiction after sweetener scare - my health problems have gone'

Al Baker cannot remember a time when he wasn't addicted to Diet Coke. The self-confessed addict has spent the last three decades of his life guzzling three litres of the carbonated drink daily.

His 30-year obsession with the sweet brown stuff has taken him down a dark hole, and he estimates spending £1,000 a year on cans and 2L bottles of the no-calorie beverage.

Al isn't alone in his addiction - singer George Michael was known to have a Diet Coke in hand at all times, and billionaire Elon Musk stocks it on his bedside table.

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