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Article: METABOLIC SYNDROME IS TIED TO DIET SODA
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- Rachel's Democracy & Health News
- Article date:
- February 7, 2008
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CopyrightCopyright Environmental Research Foundation Feb 7, 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Researchers have found a correlation between drinking diet soda and metabolic syndrome - the collection of risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes that include abdominal obesity, high cholesterol and blood glucose levels - and elevated blood pressure.
The scientists gathered dietary information on more than 9,500 men and women ages 45 to 64 and tracked their health for nine years.
Over all, a Western dietary pattern - high intakes of refined grains, fried foods and red meat - was associated with an 18 percent increased risk for metabolic syndrome, while a "prudent" diet dominated by fruits, vegetables, fish and poultry correlated with ...