Anyone who drinks diet soda, even one can a day, should kick the habit pronto. The New York Times today reported the findings of a study conducted by professors of epidemiology at the University of Minnesota and guess what, they "found a correlation between drinking diet soda and metabolic syndrome. Surprisingly, the risk of developing metabolic syndrome was 34 percent higher among those who drank one can of diet soda a day compared with those who drank none."
This is shocking! There should be lots of fallout from this. If you don't know what metabolic syndrome is, here's a definition from wiki: Metabolic syndrome is a combination of medical disorders that increase the risk of developing cardiovascular disease and diabetes. It affects a large number of people, and prevalence increases with age.
Anyone who has kids in school knows we've just got to keep the soda out of our schools.
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