I’m thinking it’s a good thing I kicked my fixation on drinking Caffeine-Free Diet Coke. I used to drink at least one can of it a day, in part just for something to break up the afternoon while I worked. Then I bought a mini coffee maker and started making decaf coffee, instead, and my consumption of diet soda dropped way down. I hardly ever have it anymore.
So, the news widely reported about diet sodas significantly increasing one’s health risks was disturbing, but at least I’ve already taken steps to avoid it: “Symptoms: Metabolic Syndrome Is Tied to Diet Soda.”
Researchers have found a correlation between drinking diet soda and metabolic syndrome — the collection of risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes that include abdominal obesity, high cholesterol and blood glucose levels, and elevated blood pressure.
Not a good thing, for sure. And by “significant” increase in risk, we’re not talking scientific mumbo-jumbo, but big numbers that anyone can grasp: Read the rest of this entry »
