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Carbonated beverages are associated with out-of-hospital cardiac arrests of cardiac origin, according to results from the All-Japan Utstein Registry presented for the first time today at ESC Congress. The study in nearly 800,000 patients suggests that limiting consumption of carbonated beverages may be beneficial for health.
"Some epidemiologic studies have shown a positive correlation between the consumption of soft drinks and the incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and stroke, while other reports have demonstrated that the intake of green tea and coffee reduced the risk and mortality of CVD," said principal investigator Professor Keijiro Saku, Dean and professor of cardiology at Fukuoka University in Japan. "Carbonated beverages, or sodas, have frequently been demonstrated to increase the risk of metabolic syndrome and CVD, such as subclinical cardiac remodeling and stroke. However, until now the association between drinking large amounts of carbonated beverages and fatal CVD, or out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) of cardiac origin, was unclear."
In other words, put the soda down and back away slowly... Is there a safer way to make our beverages bubbly?
Original Submission
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Daiv on Thursday September 03 2015, @02:03PM
Sure would be nice if the article bothered to mention how much "large amounts" or "large quantities" is, instead of looking like a big scare story. I have a crony who drinks one of those skinny 8 oz Pepsi cans over a 12 hour work day and barely manages to finish. He would call my daily 16.9 oz bottle of Diet Mountain Dew a "large quantity."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 03 2015, @10:20PM
There's always this [bbc.co.uk] story, of a woman who drank four to eight litres of Coke a day.
(Score: 2) by Daiv on Friday September 04 2015, @02:36PM
I know I'm responding to an AC, and I have no idea who will reply back, but the article nowhere says "drank four to eight litres of Coke a day."
It says "up to 10 litres" a day.
Also "she had developed an addiction to Coca-Cola and would get withdrawal symptoms, including "the shakes", if she went without her favourite drink."
"her teeth had been removed because of decay."
"her Coca-Cola consumption had given rise to cardiac arrhythmia"
"one or more of her children were born without enamel on their teeth"
Wow-za!
So now we know 10 litres a day is the exact amount they were referring to in the original article.