Re: Diet Sodas

ted rosenberg wrote:
GysdeJongh wrote:
"Jeff" <kidsdoc2000@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:M1Eti.531$V53.61@xxxxxxxxxxx
Jeff wrote:
Will, T2 wrote:
Hello friends,

sorry, I meant to say could it be that those who are higher risk for metabolic syndrome are more likely to drink diet soda?

Hi Jeff,
they corrected for that.Maybe you should give the people who make a carreer of investigating these matters a bit more credit.Read the article it's free and it's there.

We excluded individuals with baseline metabolic syndrome (n=2897 personobservations; metabolic syndrome as defined below) and those with any missing metabolic syndrome components on follow-up (n=61 person-observations).

Dietary behavior among individuals consuming soft drinks may account in part for the clustering of metabolic risk factors in these people.13 Individuals with greater intake of soft drinks also have a dietary pattern characterized by greater intake of calories and saturated and trans fats, lower consumption of fiber38 and dairy products,39 and a sedentary life.40 These observations were corroborated by the our findings of increased consumption of saturated and trans fat, lower consumption of dietary fiber, and higher rates of smoking in those with greater intake of soft drinks. Nonetheless, in the present investigation, we adjusted for saturated fat and trans fat intake, dietary fiber consumption, smoking, and physical activity in multivariable analyses and still observed a significant association of soft drink consumption with the risk of developing metabolic syndrome and its component traits.

Gys

NO Gy, it is FHS data - they "corrected" ancient questionnaires of dubious accuracy

Also, Diet Soda today is not the same as it was 40 years ago

Nor are the drinkers of diet soda. Forty years ago, when diet soda first came out (I remember the Fresca and Tab - still avialable if you look), I think around 35 years ago, I don't think that many people drank it. It was definitely more popular twenty years ago. I remember drinking lots of Diet Coke in college and grad school. But, I think 30 or 40 years ago, diet soda tended by drunk by people who were already overweight and trying to lose weight or those who were weight conscious (and thin) not trying to gain weight.

Since then, diet sodas have moved more into the mainstream.

Jeff
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