Death Pool: who's next? i'll give you a hint...

07-24-2007
when feeling Blah while listening to Wrap My Head Around That (Lucinda Williams/West)

since Tammy Faye just bought it, i figure i'm up next.
after reading this article:

By Sheryl Ubelacker

TORONTO (CP) - For those who drink diet pops in the belief that sugar-free beverages are healthier than regular soft drinks, new research suggests they should think again.

A huge U.S. study of middle-aged adults has found that drinking more than one soft drink a day - even a sugar-free diet brand - may be associated with an elevated risk for metabolic syndrome, a cluster of factors that significantly boosts the chance of having a heart attack or stroke and developing diabetes.

"We found that one or more sodas per day increases your risk of new-onset metabolic syndrome by about 45 per cent, and it did not seem to matter if it was regular or diet," Dr. Ramachandran Vasan, senior investigator for the Framingham Heart Study, said Monday from Boston.

Because the corn syrup that sweetens most regular soft drinks can cause weight gain and lead to insulin resistance and diabetes, "you would expect to see an association with regular soft drinks - but not diet soft drinks," he said. "Our findings suggest that this is not the case."

"That for me is striking."

Metabolic syndrome is associated with five specific health indicators: excess abdominal fat; high blood sugar; high triglycerides; low levels of the good cholesterol HDL; and elevated blood pressure.

"And other than high blood pressure, the other four . . . all were associated with drinking one or more sodas per day," said Vasan, a professor of medicine at Boston University.

highlights:
"…metabolic syndrome, a cluster of factors that boosts the chance of having a heart attack or stroke and developing diabetes."
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Metabolic syndrome is associated with five specific health indicators: excess abdominal fat; high blood sugar; high triglycerides; low levels of the good cholesterol HDL; and high blood pressure.


let's see:
check, check, check, check and check


"…
Having metabolic syndrome is known to double the risk of heart attack and stroke, as well as boosting the risk of diabetes."

shit.

well, i have prolly as good a shot at being shot (233 killed in Philly and counting…)than i do choking on a peanut butter and banana sammy.

*oh
gotta go and roll around in some lard for a bit…

response:
linka_sofia:

....wait a minnit..... Tammy Faye had CANCER.... that has *what* to do with... Soda pop?.....

Just make sure you are very active, burning more calories than you ingest or imbibe. So! Loads of walking, bicycling (I believe you said you are sans automobile these days?), getting ur freak on, and hula hooping!


Auntie "the doctor is IN" Linka

me:

Doh! seems like Leona Helmsley (Hotelier, Tax Cheat) bought it.
who's next?