Soda (including Diet) increases stroke risk

mrsevanrust

I came across this article and wanted to share. I think all of us know that soda pop is the devil in a can for our health and fitness goals- but it has now been confirmed that even diet soda has a huge impact on your risk for stroke. See link below for additional info:

http://healthyliving.msn.com/diseases/stroke/soft-drinks-found-to-increase-stroke-risk

dinosnopro

What I like is they link the study, just in case I want to read it......

















yes, that was sarcasm

AlabasterVerve

It's from the Harvard Nurses Health Study which basically means it's meaningless, in my not so expert opinion. That study is cited all the time but it's just a questionnaire they're working every which way and drawing asinine conclusions from. It's a good jumping off point to form a hypothesis to test, not something you act upon. The recommendation for women to under go hormone replacement therapy to protect against heart attacks highlights that--come to find out it caused heart attacks--oops. Guess we should have tested that.

Not that I think soda isn't terrible for you because I'm absolutely convinced sugar plays a significant role in the metabolic syndrome and should be kept to a minimum--until proven otherwise by well conducted studies, of course.