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Diet Sodas linked to early death according to large scale study
- Thread starter OtherWorldly
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Higher risk of death? More than the 100% we already have?
This article is hard to follow and doesn't really go into the meaning of the stats. Other studies have showed that diet drinks trick your mind into craving sugar and other foods which leads to issues, but this study implies that simply drinking a diet soda will cause vascular disease. I'm not knocking the study, just the article. I'm sure there's more to it than this, but as it's written this seems like junk science.
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Well yeah. But what is the root cause? A similar study might show that people who drive twice a day are more likely to die in an auto accident than people who drive once a month.
This article is hard to follow and doesn't really go into the meaning of the stats. Other studies have showed that diet drinks trick your mind into craving sugar and other foods which leads to issues, but this study implies that simply drinking a diet soda will cause vascular disease. I'm not knocking the study, just the article. I'm sure there's more to it than this, but as it's written this seems like junk science.
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Well yeah. But what is the root cause? A similar study might show that people who drive twice a day are more likely to die in an auto accident than people who drive once a month.
Would be nice to see the study; wish I still had access to the journal. I'd like to see how they control for other dietary consumption - it seems as though people who are more likely to drink even diet soda in high quantities might also more likely to have unhealthy lifestyles/diets.
Hold up,
60 sodas a month vs close to 1 soda a month. Gee I wonder who's healthier
60 sodas a month vs close to 1 soda a month. Gee I wonder who's healthier
People who are really healthy are drinking water.
I'm sure diet soda is better than regular but on average the typical person who feels the need to drink diet soda is probably doing so because they are disappointed in their overall health and they are trying to implement a positive change.
I'm sure diet soda is better than regular but on average the typical person who feels the need to drink diet soda is probably doing so because they are disappointed in their overall health and they are trying to implement a positive change.
OP
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how i feel basically.
i'll go down my case of coke zero from costco unfazed thank you very much
I wonder if making the healthy group outliers influences the results. I rarely have soda, but probably have 1 to 2 per month. I imagine the number that have less are fairly hardcore and likely focused on being healthy in general.
What a joke. Find something better than correlation. I wouldn't be surprised if people with horrible diseases already drink lots of diet soda along with other things
I'm not giving up Sparkling Ice at $0.88 per bottle
I'm not giving up Sparkling Ice at $0.88 per bottle
Doesn't "linked" imply correlation and not causation? "All types of ailments" is way too broad and I don't really see how diet soda specifically plays a part in that
Anyway, I'm here for a good time not a long time
Anyway, I'm here for a good time not a long time
Is this one for real now?! Cause I've been fooled before! I am 40 now, and somehow still kicking.
That's a big gap though. If I said people who ate 2 hamburgers or more per day were more likely to die earlier than someone who ate a hamburger once a month, you wouldn't say hamburgers kill you, you'd probably wonder how many hamburgers will kill you.
As always evaluate the results of scientific studies in proper context and keep in mind the recognized limitations cited by the authors:
Didn't we get another study earlier saying getting too little sleep can kill you but sleeping too much can kill you too?
I just accept everything is trying to kill me all the time now.
I just accept everything is trying to kill me all the time now.
Seems like people who drink a lot of diet soda are not people with a healthy diet to begin with so I'm not sure I buy a direct correlation.
I mean yeah ha ha Americans have garbage diets but EVERY DAY?!?! Come on people. At least drink a Snapple once in a while.
I don't see anything in this study about the rest of their diet. If participants are eating a bad diet as well as diet soda, compared to someone who eats a healthy diet and doesn't drink diet soda, that doesn't mean the diet soda is responsible for the early death.
I think it's pretty likely that people who eat unhealthy also tend to have soda/diet soda in their diet, as opposed to people that actively choose a healthier lifestyle are more likely not to drink sodas.
You said it better than me, thank you.
I think it's pretty likely that people who eat unhealthy also tend to have soda/diet soda in their diet, as opposed to people that actively choose a healthier lifestyle are more likely not to drink sodas.
You said it better than me, thank you.
I know right.
How about something more reasonable, you know - somebody normal who drinks like, 5-10 cans a month.
People who punch themselves in the face have bruises while those that don't, don't.
I just shifted from Coke to Coke Zero because I felt like the taste was close enough that I might as well. Coke Cherry Zero's where it's really at but I can never find any here.
It might save me from developing diabetes but my metabolism's good as it is, so it's done absolutely nothing for my weight.
Google tells me that coffee may protect against Parkinsons. So basically my life plan is to become a Skeksis with superb coordination.
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guilty as charged. I can't stand the taste of regular soda while really liking the taste of diet soda.
been trying to quit entirely though because it's a genuine addiction for me.
