werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner) (08/05/85)
While everyone is debating sugar/saccharine/nutrasweet, I might add the following to the fire, having nothing to do with the sweetener. Quite possibly the greatest problem that diet softdrinks might pose is that women(+) now drink them instead of "high calorie" milk (*). Not only do sodas contain no Calcium, but they are high in Phosphoric Acid, i.e. Phosphate, which interferes with Calcium absorbtion, multiplying the effect. Of course whether this theory is right or not will not be determined for another thirty years or so. But if it is, it could be that today's Pepsi generation will be the 21st century's Osteoporosis generation. [(+) This is not to imply that women are more prone to drink soda, only that they are more prone to develope osteoporosis. [(*) I receive no money from the Dairy industry. In fact, I pay them $2.66/gal] -- Craig Werner !philabs!aecom!werner "The world is just a straight man for you sometimes"
doug@terak.UUCP (Doug Pardee) (08/09/85)
> Quite possibly the greatest problem that diet softdrinks might pose > is that women(+) now drink them instead of "high calorie" milk (*). Sounds like "white man" talk to me. (1/2 :-) We of European ancestry tend to forget that the majority of the world's adults become violently ill if they drink milk. The "1/2 :-)" above is because I recognize that those people are probably not drinking diet soda anyway... -- Doug Pardee -- CalComp -- {seismo!noao,decvax!noao,ihnp4}!terak!doug
phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) (08/12/85)
In article <667@terak.UUCP> doug@terak.UUCP (Doug Pardee) writes: >Sounds like "white man" talk to me. (1/2 :-) > >We of European ancestry tend to forget that the majority of the world's >adults become violently ill if they drink milk. That's funny, I drink milk often and enjoy it. Meanwhile I have three roundeye friends who have lactose intolerance. I know these data points are unimportant statistically but I find them interesting nevertheless. -- "Where are all the good men?" "I think they're out with all the bad women!" Phil Ngai (408) 749-5720 UUCP: {ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4,allegra}!amdcad!phil ARPA: amdcad!phil@decwrl.ARPA