Anyone who brought the Daily Express today will be met with the headline:
DANGER OF JUST TWO FIZZY DRINKS
So as I consume a hefty amount of diet cola, I thought I’d look into this.
But it all falls apart there.
Dr Nimer Assy said his research, published in the Journal of Hepatology, showed that long-term consumption of fizzy drinks could result in liver failure and the need for a transplant.
Dr Assy said parents would be better replacing the juice in their children’s lunch boxes with a bottle of water.
The ingredient in fizzy drinks and juices that causes the damage is a fruit sugar called fructose, which is highly absorbable in the liver.
Dr Assy said: “Fructose ups the chances that you will suffer from a fatty liver, which can lead to cirrhosis of the liver and liver cancer.
Let’s back up a bit.
Dr Nimer Assy said his research, published in the Journal of Hepatology
So obviously, I looked up Dr. Assy’s name in the Journal of Hepatology and found nothing about ‘the danger of fizzy drinks’.
Nothing about this. What Willey has done here is what the Express always does; clutch at straws. Of course Dr. Assy seems like an upright and reputable doctor. But there’s something that I can’t quite put my finger on… something almost… fishy…
Read the full article from the Daily Express here… and visit the Journal of Hepatology here.
