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The Hidden Dangers Lurking In Regular And Diet Fizzy Drinks


Date: 20/08/07
 
Keywords: Heart Disease,
Let's start with the bottom line: There are no healthy choices when it comes to fizzy or soft drinks. You probably heard about the recent study that found a link between soft drinks and increased heart disease risk. Well, that's just the surface. Look a little closer and you'll see the true risk is even worse. Worse than heart disease? Yes, even worse than heart disease, because heart disease is just part of the deal.

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Let's start with the bottom line: There are no healthy choices when it comes to fizzy or soft drinks.

You probably heard about the recent study that found a link between soft drinks and increased heart disease risk. Well, that's just the surface. Look a little closer and you'll see the true risk is even worse. Worse than heart disease? Yes, even worse than heart disease, because heart disease is just part of the deal.

Return of the syndrome

Last month, researchers with the Framingham Heart Study reported on a four-year trial that followed the fizzy-drink habits of more than 6,000 healthy subjects. The average age of the cohort was about 53. Results showed that subjects who drank one or more fizzy drinks each day were nearly 45 percent more likely to develop these symptoms of metabolic syndrome: obesity, increased waist circumference, impaired fasting glucose, higher blood pressure, high triglycerides, and higher LDL cholesterol. When three or more of these symptoms are diagnosed in one patient, risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes rises significantly

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Rafel Patel Posted 02/02/2010

Thanks for the information... I think it is fizzy drinks that caused my teeth to rot... This is not something that happens in my native country, because we don't drink this 'sugar sauce' there. Our children all have beautiful teeth not like the British kids - all with terrible teeth!



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