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Diet Sodas May Be Tied To Stroke, Dementia Risk (cnn.com)
Gulping down an artificially sweetened beverage not only may be associated with health risks for your body, but also possibly your brain, a new study suggests. From a report: Artificially sweetened drinks, such as diet sodas, were tied to a higher risk of stroke and dementia in the study, which published in the American Heart Association's journal Stroke on Thursday. The study sheds light only on an association, as the researchers were unable to determine an actual cause-and-effect relationship between sipping artificially sweetened drinks and an increased risk for stroke and dementia. Therefore, some experts caution that the findings should be interpreted carefully. No connection was found between those health risks and other sugary beverages, such as sugar-sweetened sodas, fruit juice and fruit drinks.
Precisely how is this not science? A study suggests a link. This will lead to further studies to determine whether the link is causative, and if so, what possible mechanisms are involved?
As I said to the other poster, I truly get the sense that some around here actually don't have the foggiest idea how science is done.
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
This study shows correlation, not causation.
Diet soda is marketed at fat people, it's drunk by fat people.
Fat people get strokes. Fat people suffer from dementia as a result of those strokes.
This is no suprise to anyone.