Dr. Cranquis' Mumbled Gripes

I'm an American physician who works in an Urgent Care clinic. I see lots of stupid or funny things that people do with-and-to their health. I cope by mumbling under my breath (and then posting about it on this pseudonymous blog). Thought you might be interested.

(Disclaimer: Questions related to medical topics will be answered to the best of Dr. Cranquis' (and Google's) knowledge, but the internet-delivered wisdom on this blog CAN NOT AND SHOULD NOT SUBSTITUTE for your Real-Life Doctor's personal attention + examination, and your own common sense too! If you think you're having a medical emergency, hang up and go email 911. The author of this blog takes no responsibility for any medical, relationship, scholastic, financial, or other decisions you may make based on information found in this blog.)

And since people seem to be a bit confused about this: any "real-sounding" patients names are just horrible puns, and not HIPAA violations.

Blogs I Follow

Research Study: Diet soda consumption may be linked to Type 2 Diabetes (just like regular soda)

Remember this List of 7 Bad Things linked to Diet Soda? Time to add an 8th: increased risk for Type 2 Diabetes.

A 14-year prospective study in France found a significant risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes among women who drink >359mL/week (12 oz) of “sugar-sweetened beverages” (i.e. regular soda). No real surprise there.

But the study also found a significant risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes linked to consumption of >603mL/week (20 oz) of “artificially-sweetened beverages” (i.e. DIET SODA).

20 ounces! That’s less than 2 standard 12-oz cans of diet soda per week!

Yes, it took a greater amount of diet soda to reach the same statistical significance, but the point remains: DIET SODA IS NOT MAGICALLY HEALTHIER THAN REGULAR SODA… and may in fact be worse.

PS: The study did not find a link between consuming 100% fruit juice and developing Type 2 Diabetes.