More on the evils of Soda Pop
(Disclaimer: This is not posted with MJS in mind.)
Now this is what I’m talking about! Soda pop is bad; not just because of the huge amount of sugar (read as empty calories) or artificial colors, flavors, and sweeteners, or the caffeine, but the bubbles. Honestly, it’s the phosphorus used to make the bubbles that are so bad. Please read below from www.nutraingredients-USA.com:
The study, published Wednesday in the Journal of American Medicine (JAMA), found a link between regular consumption of fizzy colas, including diet varieties, and increased risk of hypertension.
"Researchers from various institutions, including Harvard School of Public Health, surveyed 155,594 women, with no recorded hypertension, over 12 years.
They had intended to examine links between caffeine drinks and hypertension generally, but said that, over the long-term, they found “strong evidence to refute speculation that coffee consumption is associated with an increased risk in women”.
Yet, the good news for the beverage industry was quickly dashed by new fears over fizzy colas.
More than 30,000 of the women were diagnosed with hypertension at the end of the 12 years. “We speculate that it is not caffeine but perhaps some other compound contained in soda-type soft drinks that may be responsible for the increased risk in hypertension,” said the researchers, warning this could have a “considerable impact on public health”.
Hypertension is recognized as a major risk factor for coronary heart disease, stroke and congestive heart failure.
Around 50m Americans, almost one sixth of the US population, are thought to have hypertension and the number is increasing, according to JAMA."
The author is Chris Mercer, writing for BeverageDaily.com
Why can’t they take the next step and admit it’s the phosphorus? Sounds funny, doesn’t it? But they make all sodas with phosphorus, and phosphorus and calcium fight each other for the same places in the body, especially in the bones. Because when someone consumes too much phosphorous it kicks the calcium out of our bones and settles right in. You can easily see that this could cause osteoporosis and other diseases of the bones, but a lack of calcium in the body is also strongly linked to hardening of the arteries, plaque build-up, high blood pressure, and stroke.
Quoting one of my favorite authors, Elson M. Haas M.D. (Excerpted from Staying Healthy with Nutrition: The Complete Guide to Diet and Nutritional Medicine, Delstial Arts): “When the diet is high in phosphorus, we can lose extra calcium through the urine, resulting in calcium being pulled out of the bones. Phosphorus is very plentiful in meat foods and is of particular concern in soda pops that have added phosphoric acid (phosphate). This phosphorus-calcium imbalance may lead to kidney stones and other calcification problems, as well as increased atherosclerotic plaque. This issue is fairly complex and is under investigation.”
I need to mention that phosphorus is not bad for us, and we do need it as much as we need calcium to be healthy. It’s just it is so easy for us to drink/eat too much of it that we have mineral imbalances which leads to poor health. For a very well written article on the subject go to this link: http://forums.obgyn.net/endo/ENDO.9808/0477.html
I shouldn’t write this but… If I were a conspiracy theorist I would wonder if Pfizer and Merck were paying off Coke and Pepsi for the favor of causing so much prescribe-able disease.
Now this is what I’m talking about! Soda pop is bad; not just because of the huge amount of sugar (read as empty calories) or artificial colors, flavors, and sweeteners, or the caffeine, but the bubbles. Honestly, it’s the phosphorus used to make the bubbles that are so bad. Please read below from www.nutraingredients-USA.com:
The study, published Wednesday in the Journal of American Medicine (JAMA), found a link between regular consumption of fizzy colas, including diet varieties, and increased risk of hypertension.
"Researchers from various institutions, including Harvard School of Public Health, surveyed 155,594 women, with no recorded hypertension, over 12 years.
They had intended to examine links between caffeine drinks and hypertension generally, but said that, over the long-term, they found “strong evidence to refute speculation that coffee consumption is associated with an increased risk in women”.
Yet, the good news for the beverage industry was quickly dashed by new fears over fizzy colas.
More than 30,000 of the women were diagnosed with hypertension at the end of the 12 years. “We speculate that it is not caffeine but perhaps some other compound contained in soda-type soft drinks that may be responsible for the increased risk in hypertension,” said the researchers, warning this could have a “considerable impact on public health”.
Hypertension is recognized as a major risk factor for coronary heart disease, stroke and congestive heart failure.
Around 50m Americans, almost one sixth of the US population, are thought to have hypertension and the number is increasing, according to JAMA."
The author is Chris Mercer, writing for BeverageDaily.com
Why can’t they take the next step and admit it’s the phosphorus? Sounds funny, doesn’t it? But they make all sodas with phosphorus, and phosphorus and calcium fight each other for the same places in the body, especially in the bones. Because when someone consumes too much phosphorous it kicks the calcium out of our bones and settles right in. You can easily see that this could cause osteoporosis and other diseases of the bones, but a lack of calcium in the body is also strongly linked to hardening of the arteries, plaque build-up, high blood pressure, and stroke.
Quoting one of my favorite authors, Elson M. Haas M.D. (Excerpted from Staying Healthy with Nutrition: The Complete Guide to Diet and Nutritional Medicine, Delstial Arts): “When the diet is high in phosphorus, we can lose extra calcium through the urine, resulting in calcium being pulled out of the bones. Phosphorus is very plentiful in meat foods and is of particular concern in soda pops that have added phosphoric acid (phosphate). This phosphorus-calcium imbalance may lead to kidney stones and other calcification problems, as well as increased atherosclerotic plaque. This issue is fairly complex and is under investigation.”
I need to mention that phosphorus is not bad for us, and we do need it as much as we need calcium to be healthy. It’s just it is so easy for us to drink/eat too much of it that we have mineral imbalances which leads to poor health. For a very well written article on the subject go to this link: http://forums.obgyn.net/endo/ENDO.9808/0477.html
I shouldn’t write this but… If I were a conspiracy theorist I would wonder if Pfizer and Merck were paying off Coke and Pepsi for the favor of causing so much prescribe-able disease.
posted by Maggie The LadyHawk | 9:37 AM
3 Comments:
Sure, sure.....It's not just for me. Whatever.
Thanks for thinking of me though. I certainly do struggle with the soda pop addiction.
Ok. I actually read the whole thing.
1. My Dad is on kidney dialysis, and on a low phosphorous (low protein, low potassium, low sodium) diet because of concerns about the impact to his bones if too much phosphorous builds up. So, ok. I get that.
2. Quit with the conspiracy theories. You're smarter than that.
Yes, I am too smart for Conspiracy Theories. Thanks for the reminder!
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