Posted on 09/07/2009 10:20:32 PM PDT by neverdem
Two cans of fizzy drink a day could cause long term liver damage, resulting in the need for a transplant, according to new research.
Researchers are now urging parents to cut back on their childrens consumption of fizzy drinks as well as reducing fresh fruit juices substituting them for water.
Liver damage is normally associated with alcohol abuse but the new study has found that non-alcoholic drinks with a high sugar content can cause a condition called fatty liver disease.
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Even drinking a couple of cans of fizzy drinks a day raised the risk of liver damage in addition to causing diabetes and heart damage.
Doctors at the Ziv Liver unit in Haifa, Israel compared two groups of volunteers neither of whom had a risk for developing fatty liver disease.
The group of 90 people, 45 men and 45 women aged 40-50, were asked about their level of physical activity, caloric intake and the amount of soft drinks they consume.
When they finished the study they found that 80 per cent of those who had consumed fizzy drinks and fruit juices had fatty liver changes. But only 17 per cent of the control group who had not drunk fizzy drinks developed fatty livers.
Dr Nimer Assy, who led the study, said his research - published in the Journal of Hepatology - showed long term consumption could result in liver failure and the potential need for a transplant
We found people who drink more than two cans of Coke a day have increased their chances for a fatty liver, and if left untreated...,
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Is it the fizz or the sugar that is the problem?
The article seems to indicate it is the sugar, since drinking lots of fruit juice produces the same results. I wish they would just write the story instead of trying to be sensational.
It doesn’t take a genius to know drinking stuff with lots of sugar in it is bad for you.
The fructose connection is ironic. I remember years ago health food stores were pushing fructose as a substitute for white-sugar becuase it was more natural (and thus better for you.)
ok doc...you can take my diet dr pepper from my cold dead fingers
this reminds me of my mom (rip) and my wife insisting I get clipped downtown...
bullshite I told em....you’re welcome to have the pathologist do it on the autopsy table but till then these tadpoles have an exit strategy
Not really. - Social Security is going bankrupt due to the abortion of over 50 million of our children in the last 35 years.
Yes, a closer relationship with your mortition.
True, it'll destroy your brain, nervous system, and vision long before it can get to your liver.
I knew you would have an answer for me! :)
I don't know, but from looking at all the diclaimers in the rest of the story, I won't be surprised.
ping
Reducing fructose consumption and exercise.
Okay, I’m convinced. I’m switching from soft drinks to hard drinks.
I’ve been to a lot of funerals and not many died of liver problems that I knew of. The ones who did were heavy drinkers.
I bet you that Obama’s tax soda idea latches onto this as a valid scientific study.
According to this Sprite has damaged my liver a long time ago....
http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/guide/heart-disease-treatment-care-Treatment for Heart Disease
http://www.healthnewsflash.com/conditions/cirrhosis_of_the_liver.php#treatment-Treatment for Cirrhosis of the Liver
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