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posted by martyb on Wednesday May 17 2017, @05:47PM   Printer-friendly
from the things-you-can't-drink dept.

Here is part of an abstract (Javascript required; emphasis copied from the original stories) . . .

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.


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  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Wednesday May 17 2017, @07:23PM (2 children)

    by kaszz (4211) on Wednesday May 17 2017, @07:23PM (#511315) Journal

    This one is easy, you avoid carbonated drinks and get to keep your health. Next!

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 17 2017, @08:10PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 17 2017, @08:10PM (#511341)

    Tap water has lead, bottled water is ruining our aquifers, produces unnecessary plastic waste, not to mentions leetches BPA into the water.

    Running out of things to drink there champ. Should everyone buy a reverse osmosis machine?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 17 2017, @08:25PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 17 2017, @08:25PM (#511354)

      Nope. Reverse Osmosis water is too low in minerals, thus it leaches minerals out of your teeth.

      Drink from (and piss and shit in) a clean, pure mountain stream like nature intended. If somebody upstream shits and pisses in it, well, time to play king-of-the-mountain.

      "There can be only one!"