小心可乐..

Euyis

医生警告: 长期大量饮用可乐可能会导致瘫痪(图) 搜狐科学

　　据英国《每日电讯》报道，国际研究机构的医生日前警告称，每天喝大量可乐能引发肌肉疾病、心跳失常，甚至瘫痪等症状。医生发现长期喝可乐会造成身体的血钾过少，病人因此会表现出身体轻度虚弱、便秘直至瘫痪等一些症状。医生称，对长期饮用可乐的人，家庭医生应该更加关注他们的肌肉状况。  

　　最新出版的一期《国际临床实践杂志》公布了希腊约阿尼纳大学的研究人员记录的有关这一病症的众多病例，其中的一名患者是一位每天喝3-7升可乐的孕妇。

　　研究表明，每天饮用2到10升可乐的人会出现这种血钾过少症状。  

　　负责这项研究的莫色斯•埃利沙夫医生表示，比起过去，人们现在饮用了太多的软饮料，导致出现了诸如牙齿疾病、骨头软化、新陈代谢综合症和糖尿病之类的许多疾病，更多的病例越来越证明过量饮用可乐确实会导致人体内血钾过少，进而导致肌肉疾病，心跳失常，瘫痪等一系列疾病。  

　　所有的患者在终止饮用可乐并补充钾制剂后都能得到迅速且全面的康复。该研究小组确信可乐中的糖和咖啡因是低钾血症的诱因

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Excessive Cola Consumption Can Lead To Super-sized Muscle Problems, Warn Doctors

ScienceDaily (May 20, 2009) — Doctors have issued a warning about excessive cola consumption after noticing an increase in the number of patients suffering from muscle problems, according to the June issue of IJCP, the International Journal of Clinical Practice.

“We are consuming more soft drinks than ever before and a number of health issues have already been identified including tooth problems, bone demineralisation and the development of metabolic syndrome and diabetes” says Dr Moses Elisaf from the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Ioannina, Greece.

“Evidence is increasing to suggest that excessive cola consumption can also lead to hypokalaemia, in which the blood potassium levels fall, causing an adverse effect on vital muscle functions.”

A research review carried out by Dr Elisaf and his colleagues has shown that symptoms can range from mild weakness to profound paralysis. Luckily all the patients studied made a rapid and full recovery after they stopped drinking cola and took oral or intravenous potassium.

The case studies looked at patients whose consumption ranged from two to nine litres of cola a day.

They included two pregnant women who were admitted with low potassium levels.

The first, a 21 year-old woman, was consuming up to three litres of cola a day and complained of fatigue, appetite loss and persistent vomiting. An electrocardiagram also revealed she had a heart blockage, while blood tests showed she had low potassium levels.

The second also had low potassium levels and was suffering from increasing muscular weakness.  It turned out she had been drinking up to seven litres of cola a day for the last 10 months.

In a commentary on the paper, Dr Clifford Packer from the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Centre in Ohio relates the strange case of the ostrich farmer who returned from the Australian outback with muscle weakness. He had been drinking four litres of cola a day for the last three years and drank up to 10 litres a day when he was in the outback, causing a rapid reduction in his potassium levels.

He also relates a puzzling case he saw in his own clinical practice, which was solved when the patient turned up at his office with a two-litre bottle of cola in the basket of his electric scooter. It turned out he routinely drank up to four litres a day. He refused to stop drinking cola, but halved his consumption and the muscle weakness he had been complaining of improved.

In 2007 the worldwide annual consumption of soft drinks reached 552 billion litres, the equivalent of just under 83 litres per person per year, and this is projected to increase to 95 litres per person per year by 2012. However the figure has already reached an average of 212 litres per person per year in the United States.

It appears that hypokalaemia can be caused by excessive consumption of three of the most common ingredients in cola drinks – glucose, fructose and caffeine.

“The individual role of each of these ingredients in the pathophysiology of cola-induced hypokalaemia has not been determined and may vary in different patients” says Dr Elisaf.

“However in most of the cases we looked at for our review, caffeine intoxication was thought to play the most important role. This has been borne out by case studies that focus on other products that contain high levels of caffeine but no glucose or fructose.

“Despite this, caffeine free cola products can also cause hypokalaemia because the fructose they contain can cause diarrhoea.”

The authors argue that in an era when portion sizes are becoming bigger and bigger, the excessive consumption of cola products has real public health implications.   

“Although most patients recover when they stop drinking cola and take potassium supplements, cola-induced chronic hypokalaemia can make them more susceptible to potentially fatal complications, such as an irregular heartbeat” says Dr Elisaf.

“In addition, excessive consumption of any kind of cola can lead to a range of health problems including fatigue, loss of productivity and muscular symptoms that vary from mild weakness to profound paralysis.

“We believe that further studies are needed to establish how much is too much when it comes to the daily consumption of cola drinks.”  

Dr Packer agrees that the problem needs to be addressed.

“Cola drinks need to be added to the physician’s checklist of drugs and substances that can cause hypokalaemia” he says.

“And the soft drink industry needs to promote safe and moderate use of its products for all age groups, reduce serving sizes and pay heed to the rising call for healthier drinks.”

Fred

3，3，3 到 7，7，7，7升……
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Ksw.immortal

叔叔,我要喝可乐.要冰镇的

猪样年华

自来水路过~~~~~~~

cfttomb

喔也

同自来水，路过……

bzaku

我已经不敢喝碳酸饮料了,还是老老实实的喝白开水吧.

Euyis

其实哈
白开水喝上3-7升也会有低血钾症

bzaku

是连续喝3-7升水,还是按时间慢慢喝?

SPY

很长时间没接触过可乐，俺么介疙瘩都是脉动激活白开水

Saccharomycetes

我倒是特意在超市里统计过，在非碳酸类的软饮料中，最便宜的事2L包装的各式冰红茶，明显要便宜，当然跟碳酸类相比还是没得比。而且冰红茶我见过的最大包装只有2L，而碳酸类最大的则是2.5L。