not a day goes by that i don t drink four mountain dews.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Mountain Dew (stylized as Mtn Dew) is a carbonated soft drink brand produced and owned by PepsiCo. The original formula was invented in 1940 by Tennessee beverage bottlers Barney and Ally Hartman. A revised formula was created by Bill Bridgforth in 1958. The rights to this formula were obtained by the Tip Corporation of Marion, Virginia. William H. \"Bill\" Jones of the Tip corporation further refined the formula, launching that version of Mountain Dew in 1961. In August 1964, the Mountain Dew brand and production rights were acquired from Tip by the Pepsi-Cola company, at which point distribution expanded more widely across the United States and Canada. Between the 1940s and 1980s, there was just one variety of Mountain Dew, which was citrus-flavored and caffeinated in most markets. Diet Mountain Dew was introduced in 1988, followed by Mountain Dew Red, which was introduced and subsequently discontinued in 1988. In 2001, a cherry flavor called Code Red debuted. This product line extension trend has continued, with expansion into specialty, limited time production, region-specific, and retailer-specific (Taco Bell, 7-Eleven) variations of Mountain Dew. Production was extended to the UK in 1996, but was phased out in 1998.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "My dad used to drink a ton of diet mountain dew - to the extent his kidneys were starting to not function!  Do you know about the dangers of this drink?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "yeah that is not good! it is  produced and owned by PepsiCo."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Wow - Pepsi is a big company - I would think if it were that dangerous they should not sell it.  I wonder what's in it that's harmful"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "i have heard The original formula was invented in 1940"}, {"role": "user", "content": "That is a long time ago - maybe my dad just went overboard with it - or maybe it's the artifical sweetener in it."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "if i recall it was made by bottlers Barney and Ally Hartman"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Mountain Dew?  It is a bit of a unique drink."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "it reall is and  In August 1964, the Mountain Dew brand and production rights were acquired from Tip by the Pepsi-Cola company, "}]