Posted on 04/01/2014 3:56:31 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Healthy postmenopausal women who drink two or more diet drinks a day may be more likely to have a heart attack, stroke or other cardiovascular problems.
A study involving almost 60,000 healthy postmenopausal women correlated diet drinks with increased risk of heart attack, stroke or a cardiovascular event.
"Our findings are in line with and extend data from previous studies showing an association between diet drinks and metabolic syndrome," lead investigator Dr. Ankur Vyas of University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics said in a statement. "We were interested in this research because there was a relative lack of data about diet drinks and cardiovascular outcomes and mortality."
Consumption data were obtained via a questionnaire that asked the women to report their diet drink consumption habits over the previous three months. A drink was defined as the equivalent of a 12-ounce beverage and included both diet sodas and diet fruit drinks.
After an average follow-up of 8.7 years, women who drank two or more diet drinks per day were 30 percent more likely to suffer a cardiovascular event and 50 percent more likely to die from related disease compared to women who never or only rarely consumed diet drinks.
Heart disease included congestive heart failure, heart attack, coronary revascularization procedure, ischemic stroke, peripheral arterial disease and cardiovascular death.
"We only found an association, so we can't say that diet drinks cause these problems," Vyas said. "It's too soon to tell people to change their behavior based on this study; however, based on these and other findings we have a responsibility to do more research to see what is going on and further define the relationship, if one truly exists."
The findings were presented at the American College of Cardiology's 63rd annual scientific session in Washington.
It's not on the Weight Watcher's list to consume! :o(
Alternate hypothesis
Most people that Drink diet drinks are
A. Wishing to Loose weight
B. Diabetic
Both A & B are know contributors to cardiovascular events.
So now we have a Cause vs Effect issue that the snippet (and probably the entire study) does not address.
The only think I like about soda is the fizz. They’re all too sweet. So I just drink club soda.
Not much info in the article.
They can’t even say what sweetener they are referring to!
We would be at our healthy best if we stopped eating food and drinking anything - that would probably get high marks for healthy living. More money would have to be spent on tombstones, however.
What kind of tea do you use? It’s better if you brew your own.
I’m coming, Elizabeth!
...or, just another phony study to be disabused 20 years from now.
Yes, it is. They allow diet soda now.
For hot tea, I use loose Silver Needle white tea and it's expensive. Don't use the brewing machine for that as I have fast water heating pitcher. Use a two cup teapot for brewing. I have tea pots and cups from all over the world. My house is a cultural museum of all kinds of china, porcelain, glass from around the world. On my way home from countries my carry on bag was always full of that.
You are CORRECT and I was wrong.
Diet soda has a horrible after taste. I never like it when it first came out. I suppose folks get used to it.
Diet soda is categorized as a "pantry staple." As far as I'm concerned it is a set-up to failure. WW is supposed to get you to eat healthily. How can a diet soda be considered "healthy"?
I just got my 5% star yesterday.
We would be at our healthy best if we stopped eating food and drinking anything - that would probably get high marks for healthy living. More money would have to be spent on tombstones, however.
My husband had a barber whose idea of a diet was: If it tastes good, spit it out. :o)
I drink ice water.
Weight Watchers just wants you to lose weight. The best way to do it is by eating healthy food generally, drinking loads of water and avoiding the usual “empty calories,” etc. It works if you can eat a lifetime of yogurt and out-of-season fruit and are always close to a bathroom.
Eating less; eating better.
Moving more--no, just moving will help with the battle of the bulges. Weight watchers is FULL of older women who haven't moved for years. They still don't want to move.
One woman said that it was "possible" to lose weight with the WW food choices without exercising but that it was almost impossible. It was much, much, much easier to eat right/less and move SOME.
older husbands linked to heart problems in older women.
Pffft. I’m not fat and I drink a lot of water, but I also like my Diet. Mt. Dew. I don’t see that changing.
The diet soda isn’t going to counter all the deep fried Twinkies you’ve been eating.
Don't forget the exercise. Even if one just MOVES a bit it's extremely healthy. Exercise has been the topic of the week. It's half of the weight loss formula.
Eating right, eating less and exercising worked for me.
I got my 5% star yesterday.
Yes, Weight Watchers DOES want you to lose weight. They also want you to keep the weight off, forever.
Nothing wrong with that.
Bwahahaha. You've been peeking!
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