[neverdem]

Soft Drink Consumption and Risk of Developing Cardiometabolic Risk Factors and the Metabolic Syndrome in Middle-Aged Adults in the Community

[wideminded]

I asked a gastroenterologist I used to see what he thought of sushi. He answered: "Let me put it this way: I wouldn't eat it."

At one time I used to eat sushi pretty often. Now I only do this infrequently. I really think this is unrelated but I haven't had to see the gastroenterologist for years.

[Pinkbell]

This doesn’t bother me. I’ve always avoided diet soda because of the aspartame. I’ve always avoided sushi because the mere thought of eating raw fish makes me sick.

[alnick]

Did anyone ever think either of the two were healthy?

Diet soda is full of nasty chemicals. Artificial sweetener is not good for anyone.

And raw fish? Hello?

[Major_Risktaker]

Two foods once thought healthy — sushi and diet soda — pose grave health threats, according to two studies released yesterday.

I would rather have food than no food.

Commie Libs would have you starve than eat.

[HIDEK6]

people who drank one or more soft drinks a day, including diet soda, were 48% more likely to have conditions that lead to heart disease.

Well, duh.

95% of the people who drink diet drinks are fat!

[KosmicKitty]

If pregnant women eating fish is bad, how come the Japanese can get away with it?

[sono]

Can’t wait until Mike Bloomberg moves to ban diet soda and sushi. Can health food be far behind?

[SunkenCiv]

"...and if you think sushi tastes a lot like bait, you're hopelessly midwestern..." -- Joel Mabus

I resemble that remark.

...people who drank one or more soft drinks a day, including diet soda, were 48% more likely to have conditions that lead to heart disease. The thousands of participants of the study had a 31% increased likelihood of becoming obese, a 25% increased risk of high blood sugar, and a higher risk for low levels of "good" cholesterol, according to an article in the Los Angeles Times.

I've been trying to switch to Splenda diet soft drinks, which is not easy, because the only thing left on the market around here is Diet Rite, which I like just fine, but I miss Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi and some other things. I've read that aspertame metabolizes as formaldehyde in the body, which can't be good.

[GOPJ]

Thanks for the ping.