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Drinking two diet drinks a day increases your chance of heart attack or stroke, groups say
wxyz.com ^ | 2/14/2019 | CNN

Posted on 02/15/2019 9:06:46 AM PST by bitt

More bad news for diet soda lovers: Drinking two or more of any kind of artificially sweetened drinks a day is linked to an increased risk of clot-based strokes, heart attacks and early death in women over 50, according to a new study by the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association.

The risks were highest for women with no history of heart disease or diabetes and women who were obese or African-American.

Previous research has shown a link between diet beverages and stroke, dementia , Type 2 diabetes , obesity and metabolic syndrome, which can lead to heart disease and diabetes.

"This is another confirmatory study showing a relationship between artificially sweetened beverages and vascular risks. While we cannot show causation, this is a yellow flag to pay attention to these findings," said American Academy of Neurology President Dr. Ralph Sacco, who was not involved in the latest study.

"What is it about these diet drinks?" asked lead study author Yasmin Mossavar-Rahmani, an associate professor of clinical epidemiology and population health at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York. "Is it something about the sweeteners? Are they doing something to our gut health and metabolism? These are questions we need answered."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dietdrinks; dietsoda; health; nutrition
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To: ScottinVA

Diet drinks have always tasted terrible and gave me headaches.


41 posted on 02/15/2019 10:06:50 AM PST by wally_bert (You're bringing The Monk down, man!)
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To: bitt

You can post what you like, but this story is junk science! CNN is the ones pushing it.

Pfft!


42 posted on 02/15/2019 10:06:53 AM PST by Artcore (Trump 2020!)
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To: wally_bert

I hear you, but lots and lots of people, including myself, love diet coke!


43 posted on 02/15/2019 10:07:49 AM PST by Artcore (Trump 2020!)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
Aha! You freely admit it’s aging you!

😀

44 posted on 02/15/2019 10:08:33 AM PST by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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To: bitt

Everything kills you.


45 posted on 02/15/2019 10:08:54 AM PST by ArcadeQuarters ("Immigration Reform" is ballot stuffing)
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To: Artcore

Me and my RC.

I am cutting back on them and drinking more water. Infused type sometimes as well.


46 posted on 02/15/2019 10:10:54 AM PST by wally_bert (You're bringing The Monk down, man!)
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To: Truthoverpower

You have zero proof it was due to diet soda! Show causation and I’ll but you BS!

I’M sure she had other risk factors! Diet coke is not a risk factor for heart disease!


47 posted on 02/15/2019 10:14:17 AM PST by Artcore (Trump 2020!)
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To: wally_bert

I just read a report infused waters cause cancer.

Wow, making up bull sh*t and calling it a “study” is easy!


48 posted on 02/15/2019 10:17:19 AM PST by Artcore (Trump 2020!)
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To: Sacajaweau

Your body needs potassium, so a little of each per week, isn’t a bad thing. Living on them, would not be good.

I use Kosher coarse sea salt and grind it myself; same w/ Pink Hawaiian salt.

https://www.drstevenlin.com/salt-good-for-you/


49 posted on 02/15/2019 10:19:45 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: bitt
More bad news for diet soda lovers: Drinking two or more of any kind of artificially sweetened drinks a day is linked to an increased risk of clot-based strokes, heart attacks and early death in women over 50, according to a new study by the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association.

More idiots at work!

It should not take a rocket scientist to understand the difference between cause and effect.

Any person who has the need to drink diet drinks is by that fact, overweight. The overweight obesity is what causes the increased risk of clot-based strokes, heart attacks and early death in women over 50.

Get it right or crawl back under your rock and shut your traps, you over educated fools!

50 posted on 02/15/2019 10:26:04 AM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: Artcore

It’s a jungle out there - Randy Newman.


51 posted on 02/15/2019 10:29:10 AM PST by wally_bert (You're bringing The Monk down, man!)
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To: bitt

Really misleading headline. They are talking about Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi and whatever other soft drinks are out there.

I make a diet shake many mornings with unsweetened protein powder, frozen fruit, organic milk and/or bottled water. Sometimes add a little organic unsweetened yogurt. That’s my Diet Drink.


52 posted on 02/15/2019 10:29:39 AM PST by Veto! (Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me))
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To: bitt

Interpretation really depends on their control group. If compared to water, it is probably a believable outcome. But people drink diet sodas as a substitute for sodas with some form of natural sugar. I would expect that comparison to show no significant difference between the groups. I drink water or unsweet iced tea myself.


53 posted on 02/15/2019 10:32:58 AM PST by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: Sacajaweau
There's a low salt or sodium V8. Green top, rather than red.

My father used to drink it. I tried it, and had to add the salt back it, along with hot sauce, pepper, horseradish, a celery stalk, and vodka.

54 posted on 02/15/2019 10:35:55 AM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: bitt

Since the “scientists” don’t control for all the other factors, and can easily confuse cause with correlation, this is bull$hit like most other studies.


55 posted on 02/15/2019 10:40:20 AM PST by I want the USA back (Lying Media: willing and eager allies of the hate-America left.)
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To: bitt

“Previous research has shown a link between diet beverages and stroke, dementia , Type 2 diabetes , obesity and metabolic syndrome, which can lead to heart disease and diabetes. “

hmmmm. I wonder if that’s because so many people WHO ARE ALREADY fat, don’t exercise and have an unhealthy lifestyle drink diet soda?


56 posted on 02/15/2019 10:55:39 AM PST by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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To: bitt

This is a junk study that makes the basic logical fallacy of correlation is not necessarily causation.

The study is a meta study of other studies of approximately 12,000 European women 50 to 72 years old who were asked questions and followed for 22 years. The findings are minor correlations of morbiditywithin overall morbidity without adjusting for the fact that in this group many became more obese after having been obese for much of their lives and were entering the period where adult onset diseases such as stroke, heart attacks, peripheral artery disease, and diabetes, all of which have a much higher morbidity rate than the observed diet drink rate, are diagnosed or observed.

Obese persons are also the population most likely to adopt drinking “diet” or lower calorically sweetened foods and drinks in an effort to lose the weight that is their primary health risk which has the highest combined morbidity rate when the morbidity of all diseases associated with obesity, those exact diseases listed in the previous paragraph among others. The so-called observed morbidity associated with diet drinks, much less the named “Coke” in many hyped headlines, is a mirage of poor statistical analysis or funding bias. The researchers are seeing what they want to see.


57 posted on 02/15/2019 11:13:05 AM PST by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you hoplaphobe bigot!)
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To: bitt

There is a difference between “artificial sweeteners” , such as aspartame (nutrasweet), and natural sweeteners, such as monk fruit or sugar alcohols. Splenda is made from sugar, but there are those who say that it has become made dangerous by the chlorine molecule used to create it. I would imagine some people’s DNA make-up react against them, more than others.


58 posted on 02/15/2019 11:14:17 AM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: itsahoot

I’ve been drinking diet drinks since high school and while I’m not 80, I’m no spring chicken. :) I’ve had multiple tests on my heart function and have no problems there.


59 posted on 02/15/2019 11:19:55 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Calvin Locke

“My father used to drink it. I tried it, and had to add the salt back it, along with hot sauce, pepper, horseradish, a celery stalk, and vodka.”

lol. It took a bit, but I’m actually use to the low sodium V8 now...

but I wouldn’t mind you making one of those for me.


60 posted on 02/15/2019 11:20:49 AM PST by Conserv
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