Our friends at both Forbes and WVLA NBC 33 are reporting that some Bill Clinton-sponsored advertisement for water (I’m sorry ’study’) now says that as little as one can of soft drinks a day could (isn’t the word ‘could’ so wonderful?) increase the possibility of getting heart problems. Hey, you know what could also increase the possibility of getting heart problems? Living on friggen’ planet Earth!
That population consisted of more than 6,000 participants in the Framingham Heart Study, which has been following residents of a Massachusetts town since 1948.
1948. Maybe they are, um, I don’t know, getting old?
One theory is that the high sweetness of all soft drinks makes a person more prone to eat sugary, fattening foods. Another is that the caramel content of soft drinks promotes metabolic changes that lead to insulin resistance. “These are hotly debated by nutritional experts,” Vasan said.
OK, so the reason this might be happening is because the same people are eating other things that might cause them to have heart issues. Great.
So, would you like to stop drinking sodas because some idiots published a “report”? Didn’t think so.
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