The acid in soda is detrimental, concludes study.
By Raif Karerat
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Yet another study has found links between soda and detrimental effects on one’s health.
The study, presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress, determined that that the more money people spent on carbonated beverages the more likely they were to suffer from heart attacks of cardiac origin outside of a hospital.
Spending on other types of beverages — including green tea, black tea, coffee, cocoa, fruit or vegetable juice, fermented milk beverage, milk and mineral water — didn’t appear to lead to the same risk.
The study analyzed the impact of various beverages per person between 2005 and 2011 throughout the 47 prefectures of Japan, surveying 800,000 people in the process.
“Carbonated beverage consumption was significantly and positively associated with OHCAs of cardiac origin in Japan, indicating that beverage habits may have an impact on fatal CVD (cardiovascular disease),” said principal investigator Keijiro Saku, professor of cardiology at Fukuoka University in Japan.
“The acid in carbonated beverages might play an important role in this association,” Saku noted.
In March, researchers quantified what diet soda does to your waistline, calculating that those who consumed daily and occasional diet soda were linked to nearly three times as much belly fat as those who didn’t consume the drinks, according to the Washington Post.
The Post also noted that in June, after a study in the journal Circulation by Tufts University researchers estimated that sugary beverages are responsible for 133,000 deaths from diabetes, 45,000 from cardiovascular disease and 6,450 from cancer, many doctors warned that people should cut down on those drinks.
Data for the most recent study on the consumption of the various beverages per person was obtained from the ministry of health, labor, and welfare of Japan, using expenditure on beverages as a proxy measure, reported the Odisha Sun Times.
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As this article published by the American Council on Science and Health explains, the Japanese study claiming increased risk of cardiovascular disease as a result of consuming carbonated beverages is wholly inconclusive: http://bit.ly/1hUhPhr. Along similar lines, the other studies cited here alleging belly fat and death as a result of sugar-sweetened beverage intake is alarmist, misleading and unfounded. As the approval of regulatory agencies around the globe indicates, soft drinks are entirely safe for consumption.
-American Beverage Association