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Carbon dioxide in carbonated beverages induces ghrelin release and increased food consumption in male rats: Implications on the onset of obesity.
RESULTS: Here, we show that rats consuming gaseous beverages over a period of around 1 year gain weight at a faster rate than controls on regular degassed carbonated beverage or tap water. This is due to elevated levels of the hunger hormone ghrelin and thus greater food intake in rats drinking carbonated drinks compared to control rats. Moreover, an increase in liver lipid accumulation of rats treated with gaseous drinks is shown opposed to control rats treated with degassed beverage or tap water. In a parallel study, the levels of ghrelin hormone were increased in 20 healthy human males upon drinking carbonated beverages compared to controls.
CONCLUSIONS: These results implicate a major role for carbon dioxide gas in soft drinks in inducing weight gain and the onset of obesity via ghrelin release and stimulation of the hunger response in male mammals.
Here is another article.
Fizzy water could cause obesity by encouraging you to eat more
Fizzy water could be a cause of obesity, according to a new study.
[...] The rats who drank fizzy drinks also showed signs of fat accumulating around their organs, a symptom of chronic obesity.
Levels of the hunger hormone ghrelin were "significantly higher" after the rats had had a carbonated drink.
[...] Gavin Partington, director-general of the British Soft Drinks Association, said the study was "bad science" because the outcomes for humans may not be the same as those for rats.
Regular coke has tons of sugar. So switch to Diet Coke. But that has artificial sweetener which can make you gain weight. So try La Croix flavored sparkling water, but oh, no, that is carbonated, and it can make you gain weight. Maybe bottled water? But that's probably no good either since whenever rats are experimented upon, something bad happens to them. Therefore I should just go on the wagon and stop drinking completely since even tap water is no good. Maybe researchers are being given too much money? Maybe living in cages causes problems in rats? Maybe back to regular coke.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 17 2017, @06:18PM (9 children)
Seriously, who gives a flying fuck about the editor "cheeky" comments. Just post the fucking story and put your shitty comments in the comment section. Since the new editors this place has slowly been going downhill.
I would suggest the editor try some fentanyl and save us all from their shitty attempts at adding to a story.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Wednesday May 17 2017, @06:48PM (3 children)
You need to learn the difference between the submitter and the editor.
Submitter DannyB added cheeky comment, as is quasi-tradition (even if this one is a bit longer than most).
Editor martyb did not delete comment, which upsets you but didn't bother me.
Also, you may want to learn to make a point politely.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 17 2017, @08:27PM
Or you can go fuck yourself bob, that's also a valid option.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 17 2017, @08:51PM
Well, I'm not the AC you were responding to but I do know the difference between the submitter and the editor. The editor is supposed to...wait for it...edit the submission before it is put out. As it is, it appears that martyb merely rubber-stamped this submission. Frankly, I think the editors could (and should!) do better.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Thursday May 18 2017, @04:13AM
Leave. DannyB. Alone! [youtube.com]
I do it, too. Slashdot always did it, so I continued it. So hold your head high, DannyB! Don't let the trolls get you down. If they don't like it, they can goshdarned submit their own stories and make their submissions as dry as dust. Don't hold your breath, because they won't. If they did, though, you and me and the rest of us terrible, incompetent submitters and editors could kick back and whinge about how dull and dry their submissions are and how Soylent is going to the dogs because it's no fun anymore.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 17 2017, @06:48PM (3 children)
this place has slowly been going downhill
Don't worry. This shithole of a site won't be around much longer.
A combination of personal issues and burnout have caused staffing on the site to drop annoyingly low.
Best guess is a staff member does a little corporate embezzling and SoylentFakeNews is fucking finished forever. Good riddance.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 17 2017, @08:55PM (1 child)
Protip: if you are going to do the staircase flounce thing, it is better if you attach a name to it, even if it is just a pseudonym. What's that? You are not actually leaving? Yeah, umm...why am I not surprised?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 17 2017, @09:39PM
I will dance on the rotting grave of ShitstainSpews !
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 17 2017, @11:49PM
Good riddance.
Oh no, don't leave us AC! What would we do without you ... I mean us ... I mean ...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 17 2017, @11:46PM
I would suggest the editor try some fentanyl and save us all from their shitty attempts at adding to a story.
Timothy, is that you? Are you looking for an editor position?