Two or more diet beverages a day linked to high risk of stroke, heart attacks
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ok, update. YES.
These companies will sell your life for a dollar.
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It's the phosphoric acid, which binds and prevents the absorption of other micronutrients.
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#6"...16% more likely to die from any cause than women who drank diet beverages less than once a week or not at all."
Doesn't this suggest that they actually failed to control for lifestyle effects?
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TL;DR: it's an association, not a causal relationship.
It may as well be that people more prone to stroke or heart attacks pick up diet beverages.
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#8The article states that the research was done only for women above 50, and that it is observational, does not show cause and effect, so not sure how to interpret this.
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#9I think I'll go grab a diet coke.
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#10Coke and similar drinks are q problem for patients with renal failure its the phosphor.
You normally take phosphor binders (Renagel) as well as giving up coke - god only knows what costs in the states it cost the nhs about £1000 for 2 months supply for me.