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Fat people know they are fat. Fat people, not wanting to be fat switch to diet soda. Switching to diet soda alone isn't enough to lose large amounts of weight
by willcipriano 3y ago
Fat people know they are fat.
Fat people, not wanting to be fat switch to diet soda.
Switching to diet soda alone isn't enough to lose large amounts of weight.
Alternative study title: fat people have more heart attacks.
- erfgh 3y agoSuch sweeteners are everywhere, for example in many sports drinks and sports supplements.
- TheCapeGreek 3y agoThe real burying of the lede here is within the first few sentences: > Consuming two liters of diet soda [...] a day can increase the risk of a dangerous irregular heartbeat by 20% [...] Much in the same way of the hysteria around soy causing gynecomastia, it happens when you consume absurd amounts of the stuff.
- slau 3y agoI found that odd in the article as well. I wonder if there are any drinks other than water of which you could drink two litres a day without any ill-effects to your health.
- HPMOR 3y agoGreen tea maybe?
- bmacho 3y agoHow is that absurd amount?
- ritabratamaiti 3y ago2 litres of (diet) soda is definitely an absurd amount
- m45t3r 3y ago2 liters of soda everyday is huge. If it was sometimes (in a party, etc) it would be fine, but I can't imagine drinking close to that amount everyday. I am sure that people do even worse, but at that point you're in a bad situation if you drink normal (e.g.: the amount of sugar) or diet soda.
- throwaway8877 3y agoDaily recommend fluid intake for men is 3.7 liters (20% from food). 2l of something doesn't seem excessive.
- TheCapeGreek 3y ago2L of what is essentially a dessert liquid is very much absurd. We're not talking about water.
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- TheCapeGreek 3y ago2L of pretty much anything that isn't water is very likely too much. Put it this way: go read up experiences on reddit of people doing the GOMAD diet.
- abadpoli 3y agoThe article is wrong. The study actually says two liters _per week_ increases risk of irregular heartbeat. 2L/week is much less absurd of an amount: it’s slightly less than 1 can per day.
- DinaCoder99 3y agoJust because an explanation is satisfying to speculate about doesn't make it correct
- willcipriano 3y agoI agree. Moralistic people want diet soda to have some sort of downside due to a feeling that they worked hard to lose/maintain their weight and therefore so should everybody else. The problem is every experimental study finds diet soda is really zero calorie and without any major downsides, it's only the observational studies that are flawed in the way I described that ever find these sort of "effects".