Claire. Posted April 25, 2017 #1 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Is soda bad for your brain? (And is diet soda worse?) Excess sugar -- especially the fructose in sugary drinks -- might damage your brain, new research suggests. Researchers found that people who drink sugary beverages frequently are more likely to have poorer memory, smaller overall brain volume, and a significantly smaller hippocampus. A follow-up study found that people who drank diet soda daily were almost three times as likely to develop stroke and dementia when compared to those who did not. Read more: Science Daily 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiXilver Posted April 25, 2017 #2 Share Posted April 25, 2017 sugar, dairy and processed wheats... yuck yuck and yuck. Life and health are so much better without them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted April 26, 2017 #3 Share Posted April 26, 2017 I was going to type something clever here but mmmm Pepsi. lol 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrover Posted April 26, 2017 #4 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Hang on, didn't we research the other day about the possible benefit of fructose on the brain? I'm taking no chances anyway, I'm sticking to tea, orange juice, beer, lager and whisky/whiskey. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkenpath25 Posted April 26, 2017 #5 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Hmm It hasn't seemed to effect me at all 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+and-then Posted April 26, 2017 #6 Share Posted April 26, 2017 30 minutes ago, XenoFish said: I was going to type something clever here but mmmm Pepsi. lol In S.King's GUNSLINGER series, one of the characters experiences a cold Pepsi for the first time. He hadn't ever had that amount of sugar or caffeine before and King details what the effects would be on the body for someone not accustomed to it. It rings true and it also makes you think about how much we just become numb to from what we take in regularly. He also gets into his longings for a "tooter fish" sandwich. I read that 15 years ago, I think, and to this day I still think "tooter fish" when I bite into a Tuna sandwich... so easily amused. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickian Posted April 26, 2017 #7 Share Posted April 26, 2017 I wouldn't be surprised if this is true, but soda is delicious and if it isn't going to cut my life by more than a few years I'm not giving it up since the only alternative is to only drink water. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartan max2 Posted April 26, 2017 #8 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Soda is pretty bad for you. So I'm sure it's true But in the idea of research integrity it is worth pointing out that correlation does not equal causation. People who drink alot of soda probably do alot of other unhealthy habits that goes in to this too 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimsonKing Posted April 26, 2017 #9 Share Posted April 26, 2017 I honestly can't remember the last soda i drank... But as bad as they are i can't tell you how many people i have preached to,yes "preached too" that artificially sweetened drinks are twice as bad! Some of the studies are already out there and more are coming... Diabetics hate me lol,but i tell them for their own good! Just drop that crap completely! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysticwerewolf Posted April 26, 2017 #10 Share Posted April 26, 2017 as big soda drinker and a diabetic who was just in the hospital for a 40 blood sugar my response to this question is 'I don't really care" I will drink diet coke until I pass and then they will go out of business from a lack of sales. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimsonKing Posted April 26, 2017 #11 Share Posted April 26, 2017 13 minutes ago, mysticwerewolf said: as big soda drinker and a diabetic who was just in the hospital for a 40 blood sugar my response to this question is 'I don't really care" I will drink diet coke until I pass and then they will go out of business from a lack of sales. Sorry to hear that man,and no worries i save my preaching for those i know personally I know and i get it diabetics crave sugar almost to the point a crackhead craves a rock (no offense) it's just how it is for some... Some people are born and through genes diabetes is likely,but now days our conveniant sugar everywhere society is ballooning the problem into a national catostrophe! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysticwerewolf Posted April 26, 2017 #12 Share Posted April 26, 2017 sorry I didn't mean to be abrupt, or seem like it but your right we do crave sugar ( you don't know how bad that craving sometimes gets.) it may be bad for us but it helps the craving and it keeps us away from the sugar that could do us in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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