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Diet Coke supports heart health despite soda's link to increased risk of heart disease
Los Angeles Times ^ | January 29, 2011 | Karen Kaplan

Posted on 01/29/2011 10:05:27 AM PST by ConservativeStatement

February is “American Heart Month,” and our e-mail inboxes are filling up with information about all sorts of cardiovascular-related events, including a celebrity-studded game of Capture the Flag at UCLA.

Apparently, actress Jennifer Love Hewitt, singer Natasha Bedingfield, actor Ryan Kwanten and others will serve as captains of CTF teams that will compete for money to fund heart research at UCLA and UC Davis. CTF games will also be played in Washington, D.C., Chicago and Boston, according to a news release.

The part that caught my eye was the source of the research money at stake in these games – none other than Diet Coke.

(Excerpt) Read more at sun-sentinel.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: coke; health; heart; softdrinks
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1 posted on 01/29/2011 10:05:32 AM PST by ConservativeStatement
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To: ConservativeStatement
Name me something that woun't kill you...More Junk Science


2 posted on 01/29/2011 10:10:49 AM PST by darkwing104 (Lets get dangerous)
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To: ConservativeStatement

If movie stars endorse it.....it’s gotta be true!


3 posted on 01/29/2011 10:12:31 AM PST by Minutemen ("It's a Religion of Peace")
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To: ConservativeStatement

I don’t care what they say about it. I’m not giving up my lunchtime diet coke for anything!


4 posted on 01/29/2011 10:15:04 AM PST by IndyTiger
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To: ConservativeStatement

I must be safe: I drink Diet Pepsi.


5 posted on 01/29/2011 10:15:16 AM PST by RetroSexual
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To: ConservativeStatement

Jennifer Love Hewitt would give me a heart attack but what a way to go


6 posted on 01/29/2011 10:17:02 AM PST by al baby (Hi Mom!!! <sarc>)
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To: ConservativeStatement

The main problem with diet drinks imo is the sodium salt. Remove that and you might have something better. Rooting for Hewitt and Garfield.


7 posted on 01/29/2011 10:19:01 AM PST by Tax Government (Democrat: "I'm driving to Socialism at 95 mph." Republican: "Observe the speed limit.")
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To: darkwing104
No kidding...you know what the greatest cause of death is??

LIFE!!!!

8 posted on 01/29/2011 10:19:06 AM PST by Fedupwithit ("The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants" -Albert Camus)
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To: Tax Government

When my doctor told me to severly limit sodium as well as potassium I developed a taste for Oolong iced tea.


9 posted on 01/29/2011 10:23:03 AM PST by JimSEA
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To: Tax Government

“The main problem with diet drinks imo is the sodium salt”

Yeah, that and the aspartame, which can cause all sorts of problems. Then there’s the phosphoric acid, which is bad for bone health.

Yeah, other than that I guess the water and the food coloring and flavoring is not so bad.


10 posted on 01/29/2011 10:24:26 AM PST by webstersII
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To: ConservativeStatement

11 posted on 01/29/2011 10:26:44 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: JimSEA

When my doctor told me that, I developed a taste for Yvonne Goolagong


12 posted on 01/29/2011 10:27:41 AM PST by Krankor
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To: JoeProBono

Yup Jennifer Love Hewitt has that effect on me too


13 posted on 01/29/2011 10:28:40 AM PST by al baby (Hi Mom!!! <sarc>)
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To: ConservativeStatement
What an asinine article. There is scientific research connecting consumption of sugars to high blood cholesterol, a precursor to coronary artery disease.

Here is one: Fructose-Sweetened Beverages Linked to Heart Risks.

However, the idea artificially sweetened foods cause obesity or heart disease is primarily anecdotal and based on correlation, not causation--"I see a fat person drinking a Diet Coke, so the Diet Coke must have made them fat." It is about as scientific as the belief maggots come from rotting meat.

That said, one needs to reduce their consumption of both naturally and artificially sweetened products to decrease one's "sweet tooth". This is why low sugar diets, like The South Beach Diet, limit consumption of artificially sweetened foods during the first phase.

14 posted on 01/29/2011 10:31:32 AM PST by magellan
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Keep your eye on the ball, Krankor. You’re shwoing your age remebering that gal ... or maybe you’re an Aussie?


15 posted on 01/29/2011 10:32:46 AM PST by MHGinTN (Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
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To: Krankor

Keep your eye on the ball, Krankor. You’re showing your age remembering that gal ... or maybe you’re an Aussie?


16 posted on 01/29/2011 10:33:00 AM PST by MHGinTN (Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
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To: al baby

LOL! Ditto that!


17 posted on 01/29/2011 10:37:36 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (If ObamaCare is so great, why is Barry giving waivers to all of his friends, donors and supporters?)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Eat and drink a variety of food and beverages ,all in moderation.You’ll be fine. End of discussion.


18 posted on 01/29/2011 10:37:47 AM PST by Carl LaFong (Experts say experts should be ignored.)
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To: MHGinTN

Nope, I’m showing my age. For some reason, I actually remember a commercial she made where she’s playing tennis with her husband and their little boy cries out, “Mommy beat Daddy!”


19 posted on 01/29/2011 10:44:08 AM PST by Krankor
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To: RetroSexual

Take a look at the Pepsi logo - revised ca 2008 - it is subliminal advertisement for “The One” - I’ll never drink Pepsi again.


20 posted on 01/29/2011 10:46:53 AM PST by The Sons of Liberty (Psalm 109:8 Let his days be few and let another take his office. - Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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