Daily Consumption of Diet Soda Linked to Metabolic Syndrome

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I just received this study from Dr. Russell Blaylock with these

words: " This is enough reason to ban aspartame " . How much more

evidence could anyone need with study after study showing how deadly

this addictive excitoneurotoxic carcinogenic drug is. This combined

with the fact that the FDA themselves revoked the petition for

approval and it would never have gotten on the market without the

political chicanery of Don Rumsfeld.

http://www.soundandfury.tv/pages/rumsfeld2.html

 

The Trocho Study shows the formaldehyde from the free methyl alcohol

embalms living tissue and damages DNA. When you damage DNA you can

destroy humanity. The Ramazzini Studies show aspartame is a

multipotential carcinogen even in small amounts and can be passed on

from the mother. This violates the Delaney Amendment and FDA

toxicologist, Dr. Adrian Gross, told Congress aspartame violated this

amendment because it also causes brain tumors. What does it take to

get this deadly chemical poison off the market. Consider that

aspartame damages the mitochondria and interacts with virtually all

drugs and vaccines. How can an FDA who cares at all about safe food

and drugs allow this on the market and turn their back even on laws

such as the Citizen Petition to Ban case when hasn't been answered

for over 6 years. The law says it must be answered in 180 days. The

imminent health hazard amendment that requires answering in a week to

ten days was sent over a year ago.

 

We're at the point to either ban aspartame or ban the FDA, one or the

other. Without the FDA protecting the aspartame manufacturers it

would have taken off the market years ago.

 

Dr. Betty Martini, D.Hum, Founder

Mission Possible International

9270 River Club Parkway

Duluth, Georgia 30097

770 242-2599

www.mpwhi.com, www.dorway.com, www.wnho.net

Aspartame Toxicity Center, www.holisticmed.com/aspartame

 

Resources:

Medical Text: Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic,

www.sunsentpress.com, H. J. Roberts, M.D.

Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills, neurosurgeon Russell Blaylock,

M.D., www.russellblaylockmd.com

Aspartame Documentary: " Sweet Misery: A Poisoned World: www.soundandfury.tv

 

Daily Consumption of Diet Soda Linked to Metabolic Syndrome, Type 2 Diabetes

 

News Author: Laurie Barclay, MD

CME Author: Laurie Barclay, MD

Disclosures

Release February 11, 2009; Valid for credit through February 11, 2010

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Learning Objectives

 

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

 

1. Describe the association between diet soda consumption and the

risk for incident metabolic syndrome and its components.

2. Describe the association between diet soda consumption and the

risk for incident type 2 diabetes.

 

Authors and Disclosures

 

Laurie Barclay, MD

Disclosure: Laurie Barclay, MD, has disclosed no relevant financial

relationships.

 

Laurie Scudder, MS, NP

Disclosure: Laurie Scudder, MS, NP, has disclosed no relevant

financial information.

 

Brande Nicole Martin

Disclosure: Brande Nicole Martin has disclosed no relevant financial

information.

 

 

February 11, 2009 - Drinking diet soda at least daily is associated

with significantly greater risks for select incident components of

the metabolic syndrome (MetSyn) and type 2 diabetes, according to the

results of an observational study reported in the January 16 Online

First issue of Diabetes Care.

 

" Two longitudinal cohort studies have shown positive associations

between diet soda consumption and incident MetSyn independent of

baseline measures of adiposity, " write Jennifer A. Nettleton, PhD,

from the University of Texas Health Sciences Center in Houston, and

colleagues. " Replication of previously observed diet soda-MetSyn

associations in a distinct cohort would bolster their credibility and

provide further insight into the nature of the relationship. Previous

studies have not addressed associations between diet soda and

individual MetSyn components or risk of type 2 diabetes nor have they

fully addressed potential longitudinal mediators of these

relationships, i.e., changes in adiposity status. "

 

The goal of this study was to evaluate associations between diet soda

consumption and the risk for incident MetSyn, its components, and

type 2 diabetes in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).

 

Initial evaluation was performed from 2000 to 2002, at which time

baseline food frequency questionnaires measured diet soda

consumption. Three follow-up evaluations were performed from 2002 to

2003, 2004 to 2005, and 2005 to 2007. Incident type 2 diabetes was

defined as fasting glucose levels of more than 126 mg/dL,

self-reported type 2 diabetes, or use of diabetes medication.

National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel 3

criteria were used to define MetSyn and its components. After

adjustment for demographic, lifestyle, and dietary confounders,

hazard ratios (HRs) were estimated for type 2 diabetes, MetSyn, and

MetSyn components.

 

Compared with participants who did not drink diet soda, those who

drank diet soda at least daily had a 36% greater relative risk for

incident MetSyn (HR, 1.36; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.11 - 1.66)

and a 67% greater relative risk for incident type 2 diabetes (HR,

1.67; 95% CI, 1.27 - 2.20).

 

Of the individual components of MetSyn, only high waist circumference

(men: 102 cm; women: 88 cm) and high fasting glucose levels ( 100

mg/dL) were prospectively associated with consumption of diet soda.

Associations between diet soda intake and type 2 diabetes were

independent of baseline measures of adiposity or changes in these

measures. In contrast, associations between diet soda and MetSyn were

not independent of these factors.

 

" Although these observational data cannot establish causality,

consumption of diet soda at least daily was associated with

significantly greater risks of select incident MetSyn components and

type 2 diabetes, " the study authors write.

 

Limitations of this study include observational design, precluding

determination of causality; possible confounding by other dietary and

lifestyle/behavioral factors; and difficulties in estimating intake

of diet soda or artificial sweetener.

 

" These results corroborate findings from the ARIC [Atherosclerosis

Risk in Communities] and Framingham studies and show stronger adverse

associations exist between diet soda and type 2 diabetes, " the study

authors conclude. " Diet soda consumption, either independently or in

conjunction with other dietary and lifestyle behaviors, may lead to

weight gain, impaired glucose control, and eventual diabetes. "

 

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute supported this study.

The study authors have disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

 

Diabetes Care. Published online January 16, 2009.

Clinical Context

 

Diet soda and other artificially sweetened beverages were originally

considered " benign " because they contribute no calories and few

nutrients to the diet. Previously reported links between intake of

diet soda and MetSyn were therefore thought to result from residual

confounding by other dietary, lifestyle, or demographic factors.

 

However, biological mechanisms possibly underlying these associations

may be plausible, such as artificial sweeteners increasing the desire

for and consumption of energy-dense foods or interfering with the

ability to accurately estimate energy intake and remaining energy

needs. Better understanding of these associations has important

implications for nutritional counseling.

Study Highlights

 

* The objective of this study was to examine associations

between intake of diet soda and the risk for incident MetSyn, its

components, and type 2 diabetes in MESA, while considering the effect

of multiple lifestyle confounders, including measures of baseline

adiposity and changes in adiposity.

* MESA is a population-based study of 6814 white, black,

Hispanic, and Chinese adults, aged 45 to 84 years.

* The primary goal of MESA is to assess the prevalence and

course of subclinical cardiovascular disease.

* Baseline food frequency questionnaires administered from 2000

to 2002 measured consumption of diet soda.

* From 2002 to 2003, 2004 to 2005, and 2005 to 2007,

participants had 3 follow-up examinations to determine the presence

of incident type 2 diabetes, MetSyn, and/or its components.

* Incident type 2 diabetes was defined as a fasting glucose

level of more than 126 mg/dL, self-reported type 2 diabetes, or use

of diabetes medication.

* MetSyn and its components were defined by the National

Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel 3 criteria.

* HRs were estimated for type 2 diabetes, MetSyn, and MetSyn

components, after adjustment for demographic, lifestyle, and dietary

confounders.

* Participants who drank diet soda at least daily had a 36%

greater relative risk for incident MetSyn vs those who did not drink

diet soda (HR, 1.36; 95% CI, 1.11 - 1.66).

* Of the individual components of MetSyn, only high waist

circumference (men: 102 cm; women: 88 cm) and high fasting glucose

level ( 100 mg/dL) were prospectively associated with diet soda intake.

* Associations between diet soda intake and MetSyn were not

independent of baseline measures of adiposity or changes in these measures.

* Participants who drank diet soda at least daily had a 67%

greater relative risk for incident type 2 diabetes vs those who did

not drink diet soda (HR, 1.67; 95% CI, 1.27 - 2.20).

* Associations between diet soda consumption and the risk for

type 2 diabetes were attenuated but remained significant when

adjusted for baseline body mass index or waist circumference or

changes in body weight or waist circumference across examinations.

* The investigators concluded that consumption of diet soda at

least daily was associated with significantly greater risks for

select incident MetSyn components and type 2 diabetes.

* Although these observational data could not determine

causality, the investigators noted that diet soda consumption, either

independently or in conjunction with other dietary and lifestyle

behaviors, may lead to weight gain, impaired glucose control, and

eventual diabetes.

* Other limitations of the study include possible confounding by

other dietary and lifestyle/behavioral factors and difficulties in

estimating intake of diet soda or artificial sweetener.