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So to be clear, the dude was drinking the equivalent of one of these every day:

https://d2d8wwwkmhfcva.cloudfront.net/800x/d2lnr5mha7bycj.cl...

I'm not sure the average person could drink a gallon of water a day without any ill effects, much less tea.

Instead of guessing and posting as if this was _very weird_ you could just have done a quick google search and found that yes, most likely they could? It's not needed but spread over a day, sure they could.

Sweet tea is very different from an average tea drinker who might (as is common) use no sweetener at all.

I drink aprox 1.5 gallons per day. I am fine.

Definitely not true. I used to regularly drink 1.5 gallons a day.

A gallon is a recommended daily intake for men:

https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/how-much-wate....

A gallon of water. Not a gallon of Earl Grey tea…

(I do agree that the parent's Arizona might not be quite comparable, given the sugar content in those drinks.)

I believe their point is that it is possible to consume over a gallon of {liquid} per day, and as someone who used to drink unhealthy amounts of soda, I promise it is possible to do it with even sugary, fizzy beverages let alone tea. Caffeine also has addictive properties which can override rational thoughts.

I drank that much for 30 years.

This guy seems to be special. My side effects were "only" the sugar related teeth problems (coloring and decay).

It was tough, but I've reduced the sugar in my iced tea. I grew up in the South where sweet tea is just part of the culture. It took a while, but I'm now acclimated to unsweet tea. I realized that if I could acclimate to the taste of beer, I could handle tea too

I'm on a quite nice white tea mix now. I always had the issue of not being able to handle the bitterness of most of the teas. Especially after they got cold. This one goes quite well without any sugar.

Tea will discolor teeth even without sugar.

True, but the mix of black tea with lemon and sugar was overkill. It cost me a lot.

It's 4 litres, and it was Earl Grey tea, not a sugary tea drink thing.

That’s not really that extreme if you’re a habitual tea drinker in a cold climate (that amount of sugar is insane though, if we’re talking about Arizona sweet tea).

I think it’s just a rare sensitivity and it sounds like it was the majority of his fluid intake.

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