Posted on 08/29/2023 10:48:58 AM PDT by Red Badger
Thanks, Red Badger!
“While establishing a clear link between sugar-sweetened drinks and liver disease, the results of this study indicate that the consumption of artificially sweetened drinks is not significantly associated with liver cancer or chronic liver disease mortality.”
Despite burying this significant piece of information deep within the article, the major point should have been that carbohydrates are the culprit — and not the “sweetness” of the food or drink. And it is not that artificial sweeteners are consumed in such miniscule amounts as to have virtually zero metabolic impact — so much as it was that previous studies trying to implicate artificial sweeteners were provided in huge doses equivalent to the consumption of 100+ cans of diet soft drinks — which is virtually impossible for any human to consume on a daily basis. However, the FDA ruling was that if a product could be implicated in ANY amount — even an impossible amount, it could be labeled as cancer-causing.
So there is very real harm done by the vested interests in fundraising for their particular diseases — not to get to the root of the metabolic syndromes — caused by the overconsumption or intolerance to carbohydrates which affect the blood sugar and insulin levels that wreak havoc on the human body in the multiplicity of comorbidities that make one susceptible to further compromise and complications.
There’s good news. The zero-calorie artificial sweeteners such as aspartame aren’t mentioned.
Just the simple switch from carbohydrates (sugars) to zero carbohydrates (artificial sweeteners) would make a huge impact on eliminating at least half of the metabolic diseases — beginning with obesity. That’s more than half the battle. That is the greatest reward to risk.
Way to bury the lede:
“he results of this study indicate that the consumption of artificially sweetened drinks is not significantly associated with liver cancer or chronic liver disease mortality. “
Everything is bad for you. Don’t eat, drink, or breathe carbon.
Banning sweet tea “ for your health” could also shorten your life. significantly....
Fresh Fruit must be DEADLY
Great flick.
he sometimes would sneak out on the exit balcony and have a cigarette, against the rules of course......
we let him.....
one stinking vice is not the end all especially one that does not impact anyone else.
Everyone that has ever eaten fruit has, or will, die.
Genetics plays a big role.
There are a couple of interesting genetic variations that are being studied for fatty liver disease. I have several of them.
And while it is true that they really aren’t sure how this plays out we can see what happened with me. I had fatty liver disease. It mysteriously disappeared. I had only lost a small amount of weight in between but I have variations that have an effect on how I process fat. So Doctors have theorized that my genetic variations gives an exaggerated effect on fatty liver disease. However there is no way to know because there are other factors that might have also contributed to the mysterious disappearance.
It is all a crapshoot.
I mean this is surprising to no one... recently I wandered down the fruit juice aisle in a grocery store. I had no idea they were still pushing this crap on people, and then couldn’t figure out who was still buying this? Apparently “fruit juice” is part of WIC subsidies and food stamps. So unhealthy agra is just funded by the US govt.
Don’t drink your sugar... AND fruit juices are as bad as any soda.
Definitely. Then there’s the what’s healthy for one organ might cause issues with others.
I have tried numerous variations of nutrition while also changing my exercise routine.
Turns out moderation works... :)
People who take any kind of medication....OTC or prescription need to make sure that grapefruit juice isn’t going to cause a problem..like Ivermectin
It might be true, but you can’t trust establishment medicine now after CoVid.
Instead of analyzing the study, it’s now more important to determine who stands to gain from the conclusions.
One thing is clear now, the interests of public heath are not a priority.
Everything causes cancer. It would be a mighty short list for things that didn’t cause cancer.
“aspartame is poison”
From Wikipedia:
Aspartame is one of the most studied food additives in the human food supply. Reviews by over 100 governmental regulatory bodies found the ingredient safe for consumption at the normal acceptable daily intake (ADI) limit
... it takes approximately 21 cans of diet soda daily to consume [enough aspartame to surpass the FDA’s daily limit].
Regarding the zevia drink, which uses stevia for sweetening, Wikipedia says this:
Two 2010 review studies found no health concerns with Stevia rebaudiana or its sweetening extracts.
So we’re both good!
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