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posted by janrinok on Tuesday November 01 2016, @10:42PM   Printer-friendly
from the soda-goes-pop dept.

The best science CO2 can buy:

Do studies show that soft drinks promote obesity and Type 2 diabetes? It depends on who paid for the study.

Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, looked at studies of soft drink consumption and its relationship to obesity and diabetes published between 2001 and 2016. They found about 60 studies that were fairly rigorous in their methodology. When the studies were led by independent researchers, they showed a clear link between soda consumption and obesity or metabolic disease. But notably, 26 of the studies reported no link between sugary soft drinks and poor health.

What was different about the studies that found no connection to health problems? They were all carried out by researchers with financial ties to the beverage industry. The findings were published Monday [DOI: 10.7326/L16-0534] [DX] in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Also at LA Times and Houston Chronicle.

Previously: Sugar Industry Secretly Paid for Favorable Harvard Research in 1960s


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 02 2016, @11:03AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 02 2016, @11:03AM (#421581)

    How about you switch from bottled water to a water bottle thus saving money and the environment?

    I don't understand why people use bottled water daily. Can you enlighten me? What's your reasoning?

  • (Score: 2) by Immerman on Wednesday November 02 2016, @02:15PM

    by Immerman (3985) on Wednesday November 02 2016, @02:15PM (#421662)

    Please, and give up all those pseudoestrogens and that sickly-sweet plastic aftertaste? Madness.

    I will say though that every time I visit a large city I am again impressed by the overall nastiness of the water. A decent charcoal filter improves the flavor considerably, but I still worry about all the more persistent contaminants that fall "mostly below legal safety limits, if there are any"

    Still, it's not like typical bottled water it likely to be any cleaner, even before it sits around for months in a nice freshly-leeching plastic bottle. And it explains nothing about the many people drinking cheap bottled water in places that actually have good tapwater.

  • (Score: 2) by tibman on Wednesday November 02 2016, @02:17PM

    by tibman (134) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday November 02 2016, @02:17PM (#421663)

    It's a convenience thing. Even though (filtered) faucet water is fine to drink, a lot of people still prefer to buy separate drinking water. I use a 5 gallon bottle system (unrefrigerated) because it's actually cheaper than buying packs of the small bottles. Also gives peace of mind that there's 25 gallons of drinking water in the house if something crazy happens. I still use throw away bottles on trips for convenience though.

    Buying a beer keg is better for the environment than buying individually bottled beers. Convenience plays a huge part in waste.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 02 2016, @02:27PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 02 2016, @02:27PM (#421672)

    I tried the under-sink charcoal water filter, it didn't completely get rid of the foul taste of San Diego's sewer water. We recycle, so up yours with the environmental justice.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 03 2016, @05:29PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 03 2016, @05:29PM (#422137)

    Flint Michigan.