[BunnySlippers]

Carbonated drinks? Very interesting.

[ladyjane]

hmmm...they seem to ignore the problem of obesity

[DB]

More like lots of highly refined wheat and sugar water. Both are relatively new to the human diet. And both increase blood sugar levels substantially.

[garbageseeker]

That is so dumb. The reason why diabetes is up because they are eating too much sweets and gaining weight.People are eating too much Pop Rocks.

[facedown]

Yet others see technical and theoretical problems with man-made simulations; although dozens of computer models all point to an indefinite continuation of the trend, no individual model can itself demonstrate a clear relationship between, say, and individual’s consumption of a beverage saturated with CO2 and the actual risk of diabetes.

In other words, it's a bunch of BS, just like "global warming".

[Dallas59]

It's sugars fault.

[garbageseeker]

Pop Rocks is causing diabetes

[muawiyah]

Just a little over a month ago an autosomal recessive gene at the root of Type II diabetes featured in news stories about its discovery.

Didn't know you could use that gene to make soda pop though. Very interesting. Certainly could be some commercial possibilities.

[r9etb]

My BS flag is up and waving. There is no actual information presented in the article, and absolutely no evidence presented to back up the claim that carbonation is responsible.

Hell, the boy doesn't even bother to distinguish between Type I and Type II diabetes.

[Hodar]

Here are some facts about Americans' infatuation with sugar and syrup:

In 1967, Americans ate 114 pounds of sugar and sweeteners a year per capita, nearly all of it as either raw or refined sugar. In 2003, each person consumed about 142 pounds of sugar per year.

Since high-fructose corn syrup was developed more than 30 years ago, consumption of the sweetener, which flavors everything from soda pop to ranch dressing, has skyrocketed. Now Americans down about 61 pounds a year each.

Since 1950, soft-drink consumption per capita has quadrupled, from about 11 gallons per year to about 46 gallons in 2003--nearly a gallon a week per person.

With all that sugar-eating, it's no wonder people don't have much room for their vegetables. In 2003, Americans consumed, on average, a dismal 8.3 pounds of broccoli and just over 25 pounds of dark lettuces (the kinds that are really good for you).

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[maggief]

GoreBull Warning! Ahhhhhhhhh!

[Bob]

And how many times over those 30 years have the limits on the tests for diabetes been reduced?

Sometime between early 2004 and April 2005, the top end of the acceptable range for the fasting glucose test was reduced from (IIRC) 110 mg/dL to 99 mg/dL. If my level (98) been just a few points higher, I would have become part of the 'diabetes epidemic' in 2005 (even though that level was several points lower than it had been the year before).

[PeaceBeWithYou]

The main culprit is Polyunsaturated oils.

[Jaysun]

The problem can be more easily linked to low fat diets. Low fat diets are high in carbohydrates. Excessive carbohydrates cause weight gain and have a negative effect on blood sugar.

Soft drinks have long been a target of liberals. They also have a special hatred for "non-domestic foods", and cheap food in particular. That's why they push organic farming. I suspect this has something to do with their findings.

[metmom]

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