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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?
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 03 2015, @08:30PM
> Alternatively, I'm looking into an adapter to refill the Sodastream CO2 container myself from a bigger, cheaper CO2 bottle
I tried that when I started. Or rather I bought an adapter for the big tank and just hooked it directly to the sodastream so I didn't have to dick around with the paintball sized tank.
Downside is that the sodastream mechanism is too leaky too carbonate strongly and is very wasteful of co2. Upside of the shaker is you can get higher carbonation levels and a lot more liters per tank by doing it with the shaker because it has nearly zero waste. Also helps with upper body strength - I shake it a lot more vigorously than the guy in the video.
Downside of the shaker is that you have to shake it so it is less convenient, but that is mitigated by doing 2 liters at a time instead of whatever size bottle your sodastream has. I bought three of those carbonator caps, 1 of them was leaky from day 1, the other two are fine 3 three later and I do about 4 liters per day. The leaky one is not leaky enough to matter if you intend to pour a drink immediately after shaking, I just can't leave it on as a cap over night.