There Goes The GDP
Jan 24th, 2008 at 5:29 am by Susie
People aren’t going to be too happy over this:
In a study published in the journal Epidemiology, the team compared the dietary habits of 465 people with chronic kidney disease and 467 healthy people. After controlling for various factors, the team found that drinking two or more colas a day — whether artificially sweetened or regular — was linked to a twofold risk of chronic kidney disease.
But drinking two or more noncola carbonated drinks a day, they found, did not increase the risk.
The authors of the study say more research is needed, but their findings support the long-held notion that something about cola — the phosphoric acid, for example, or the ability of cola to pull calcium from bones — seems to increase the risk of kidney stones, renal failure and other conditions affecting the kidneys.
My father would never let us touch cola. He was a biochemist. He must have known something.
Doh! Of course I read this as I’m sucking down my 3rd cola of the day. Jeeez.
The first time I saw my dad cleaning the terminals on the car battery with coke was the last day I ever drank one. If it eats up that bluegreen crap on the terminals, it can’t be good for your insides.