Diet soda and increased diabetes risk

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Susan - 25 Feb 2009 18:36 GMT

This is association, not proven causation. But we have seen studies
indicating that some folks gain weight and over secrete insulin in
response to the sweetness of artificial sweeteners.

http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/results_print.php?storyarticle=6501

"Compared with participants who did not drink diet soda, those who drank
diet soda at least daily had a 36% greater relative risk for incident
MetSyn and a 67% greater relative risk for incident type 2 diabetes.

Of the individual components of MetSyn, only high waist circumference
(men: ? 102 cm; women: ? 88 cm) and high fasting glucose levels (? 100
mg/dL) were prospectively associated with consumption of diet soda.
Associations between diet soda intake and type 2 diabetes were
independent of baseline measures of adiposity or changes in these
measures. In contrast, associations between diet soda and MetSyn were
not independent of these factors.

"Although these observational data cannot establish causality,
consumption of diet soda at least daily was associated with
significantly greater risks of select incident MetSyn components and
type 2 diabetes," the study authors write."

Susan

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Marengo - 26 Feb 2009 16:25 GMT

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Actually, I think that the reasoning in this article is backwards.

People most likely aren't at higher risk because they drink diet soda
based on the study. It would make more common sense to reason that
people who drink diet soda do so because they already have a
propensity to gain weight, which is a factor in MetSyn and development
of diabetes. That's probably why no causation has been found.

It's kind of like saying that people who use parachutes are more
likely to splatter on the ground than people who don't. The parachute
isn't the issue; it's the fact that they're jumping out of an airplane
that is, they're using the parachute as a preventative measure.

JMO.

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Susan - 26 Feb 2009 21:35 GMT

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That's entirely possible.

BUT, other studies have found that artificial sweeteners trigger insulin
release in some folks, as the sweetness sensation hits the mouth and
that folks who use artificial sweeteners are more likely to gain weight
and to feel more hunger as a result.

Susan

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trader4@optonline.net - 27 Feb 2009 13:53 GMT

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I agree. This isn't a study, it's a farce. It's like concluding
that people that take Metformin have a higher risk of diabetes.

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