Posted on 04/06/2020 5:51:01 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Replacing saturated fat with healthy fats is the main dietary step people take to improve cholesterol and triglyceride levels. But according to a study published in February in the Journal of the American Heart Association, avoiding soda may also have a positive effect.
Researchers from Tufts and Boston universities wanted to explore how people’s intakes of different beverages might affect dyslipidemia, an unhealthy imbalance of cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood that increases the risk of heart disease. They looked at just over 12 years’ worth of data from about 6,000 adult participants in the Framingham Heart Study, a long-term, ongoing research project focused on cardiovascular health.
People who had more than one serving of sugar-sweetened beverages such as soda, sports drinks or presweetened teas each day over the past four years had levels of HDL (“good”) cholesterol and triglycerides that may signify an increased risk of heart disease. (A serving was defined as 12 ounces, the amount in a can of soda. But many single-serving soft drinks come in 20-ounce bottles, so you could be drinking more than one serving even if you only have one bottle per day.)
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EXCEPT for that lady who drank FOUR Dr. Peppers a day and died last year at 113.
She said it was one of the secrets to her long life...enjoying them.
My heart hurts when I don’t get my ice cold can of Diet Coke.
Let’s see a show of hands who really thinks a sugary blend of carbonated water is bad for your heart. Looky there! Everyone thinks it’s GOOD for your heart. So, now we know.
Me and my RC.
Never liked moon pies.
Is seltzer ok?
Beans are good for the heart, I’ve heard
This useless long term study cost us a bundle. Most likely some politician's kid was awarded the grant.
I wouldn’t put down a moon pie in front of me :)
But I wouldn’t turn down much that was put in front of me.
I can’t wait for the study that will come out in 4 months that will contradict everything in this study.
RC was the best cola. So hard to find now.
I have no doubt that high fructose corn syrup is bad for you. Mexican coke, or any soft drink with cane sugar, is the best. Try one and you’ll not go back.
The local Lowes Foods carries it.
I might be the only one who buys it based on the people at the checkout counter.
Close to the NC/SC line it gets easier to find.
I stopped drinking soda in 2006. I don’t miss it. I have a glass of OJ for breakfast, and then drink tap water the rest of the day.
We have it here in PA.
The more you eat, the more you could be an extra for a remake of Blazing Saddles.
Well... Warren Buffett is pushing 90 and manages to run one of America’s leading companies... by guzzling >5 Cherry Cokes per day.
Warren Buffett drinks 5 cans of Coke a day”
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/warren-buffett-switched-cherry-coke-pepsi-neighbor-don-keough-2019-11-1028727422
It’s good to know it’s just sodas.
So, I can still have my candy bars, hard candies and donuts as part of my daily diet.
Maybe this was a “Bloomberg Study Group”?
Cherry coke is my 2nd favorite soda.
Warren Buffett doesn't run a company, he is one of the World's biggest investor. Different skill set.
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