Monday, March 12, 2012

Soda Linked to Heart Attacks

If you’ve been looking for a reason to nix your soda-drinking habits, the latest research may offer you the perfect inspiration.


Diet: Not as harmless as it seems.


Drinking a single can of diet soda each day can increase your risk of having a heart attack or stroke, reports a recent study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.


The researchers monitored the soda-drinking habits of more than 2,500 individuals and compared them with the number of vascular events—heart attacks and strokes—that occurred over a 10-year period. After factoring in pre-existing conditions—diabetes, high blood pressure, BMI, and others—they found that those who were downing diet drinks on a daily basis were 43 percent more likely to experience a vascular event than those who drank none. But people who drank anywhere between 6 diet sodas per week and 1 diet soda per month had the same risk as people who never drank soda.


JUST DONT DO IT.


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