My article here is a translation, for the layperson, of the medical article, “Soft Drink Consumption and Risk of Developing Cardiometabolic Risk Factors and the Metabolic Syndrome in Middle-Aged Adults in the Community” *

Although it may not make any sense, diet soda may contribute to the development of diabetes. This study did not look at diabetes specifically, but looked at “Metabolic Syndrome.” Some of you may remember Metabolic Syndrome as “Syndrome X”. The name was changed a few years ago.

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Both soda and diet soda are associated with the development of “Metabolic Syndrome”, which is a constellation of changes in our metabolism. It includes diabetes or pre-diabetes, as well as high blood pressure. The link to “read more” leads you to an analysis of a medical article, translated for the layperson.  Read more…

Calories are  calories, but is high fructose  corn syrup (HFCS) any worse for us than other kinds of sweets? There is the camp that believes calories are calories and it doesn’t make a difference whether the calories are from regular table sugar or HFCS. Then, there is the opposing camp that believes HFCS is of horse of a different color. But are there any data from scientific studies? In a study done in mice, researchers showed that mice given a soft drink sweetened with HFCS gained far more weight than mice given a soft drink sweetened with table sugar. Read more…