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re: Diet drinks associated with higher risk of stroke, dementia
Posted on 4/21/17 at 1:31 pm to TigersHuskers
Posted on 4/21/17 at 1:31 pm to TigersHuskers
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The frick is this?
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Posted on 4/21/17 at 1:35 pm to Jim Rockford
A buddy I worked with was addicted to diet coke. He started out with 1 a day, then a 6 pack and then at least a 12 pack. Every single day. If you saw him you would think he was a model of health. Not obese & appeared physically fit. Over a few years his blood pressure became near uncontrollable, his decision making more erratic and he became very untrustworthy. I'm not saying it's related but when they found him dead of a massive stroke at the age of 32 I couldn't help but think all the diet cokes did him in.
Posted on 4/21/17 at 1:39 pm to jonboy
damn. That is scary. It is also crazy how our brains will easily addict to something, seemingly anything.
Posted on 4/21/17 at 1:40 pm to jonboy
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him dead of a massive stroke at the age of 32 I couldn't help but think all the diet cokes did him in.
while it probably didnt help... i doubt this "caused" it. Hell i know tons of people that drink a couple cases of sodas a week.
Posted on 4/21/17 at 1:40 pm to Jim Rockford
Well I'm fricked.
Posted on 4/21/17 at 2:18 pm to oleyeller
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i doubt this "caused" it
I don't think they wrote "Diet Coke" as the cause of death either. I do know he made increasingly bad health decisions as the diet cokes increased. When I first met him he was a light smoker: 2, maybe 3 cigarettes a day. Some days he wouldn't smoke at all. As he became more addicted to the DC's guess what followed? 3 packs a day at the end. Same with food. A week before he died I watched him literally eat pizza & Doritos for 3 days straight.
It was like the DC's were the catalyst for it all. Was it the sole cause of death? No, probably not. Would he still be alive had he not been so addicted to diet Coke? I'm convinced he would be.
Posted on 4/21/17 at 2:42 pm to TigersHuskers
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Just another reason why I avoid diet pop
I RA'd.
Posted on 4/21/17 at 2:43 pm to Jim Rockford
I'm dead I drink Diet Coke constantly
Posted on 4/21/17 at 3:12 pm to Bluefin
I fail to believe that everyone's body metabolizes stuff the same. Some guys smoke and drink until they are 100. Some can't handle it. Same goes with food and drink.
Posted on 4/21/17 at 3:32 pm to Popths
I just add whiskey to mine, that way it kills the bad stuff
Posted on 4/21/17 at 3:36 pm to Jim Rockford
Artificial sweeteners taste like poison. I'm not surprised at all.
Posted on 4/21/17 at 3:52 pm to Popths
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I fail to believe that everyone's body metabolizes stuff the same.
Of course, they don't. It's called genetics. Other risk factors can make certain stressors worse.
It's why efficacy for drugs is measured on a percentage of the test population.
Posted on 4/21/17 at 4:00 pm to Bmath
Coke Zero is going to be the death of me then 
Posted on 4/21/17 at 4:03 pm to Bluefin
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Ugh, I'd rather have severe dementia and forget my family members than not be able to fit into my size 32s, thank you very much!
It is better to look good than to feel good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0RTD7250II
Posted on 4/21/17 at 5:16 pm to Jim Rockford
Aspartame poisoning is real
Friends don't let friends drink diet coke... they give em scotch
Friends don't let friends drink diet coke... they give em scotch
Posted on 4/21/17 at 5:36 pm to Jim Rockford
Ive often wonder about this possible connection and maybe another to autism.
Posted on 4/21/17 at 5:55 pm to The Torch
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All I drink is water, tea and budlite
Pretty much the same thing
Posted on 4/21/17 at 6:09 pm to el Gaucho
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I think this is probably more because only fat people drink diet drinks
Or people with conditions like Type I diabetes, which also increases stroke risk.
Dementia is an old age disease and they've changed artificial sweeteners enough times over the years that we can't establish causation.
Posted on 4/21/17 at 9:46 pm to Isabelle81
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Ive often wonder about this possible connection and maybe another to autism.
People are trying to correlate every modern convenience to autism. It's a crap shoot.
Posted on 4/21/17 at 10:05 pm to TigersHuskers
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pop
Damn yankee
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