{"id":17844,"date":"2020-10-27T14:14:12","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T18:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caloriecontrol.org\/?p=17844"},"modified":"2020-12-09T09:13:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T14:13:00","slug":"research-fails-to-show-causation-with-diet-drinks-and-cardiovascular-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caloriecontrol.org\/research-fails-to-show-causation-with-diet-drinks-and-cardiovascular-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Observational Data Presented by Chazelas et al. Fails to Show Causation with Diet Drinks and Cardiovascular Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
A letter to the editors of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology<\/em> was published, entitled \u201cSugary Drinks, Artificially-Sweetened Beverages, and Cardiovascular Disease in the NutriNet-Sant\u00e9 Cohort\u201d. 1<\/sup>This letter references the findings of an observational study<\/a> conducted by the authors, which was published previously in the European Journal of Public Health<\/em>, and reports that both sugar and low-and no-calorie sweetened (LNCS) beverages are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD).2<\/sup> Not only is there no evidence of a causal relationship between the use of LNCS and CVD risk, the Calorie Control Council maintains its longstanding position that, when consumed as part of a healthy and balanced diet, the consumption of LNCS may serve as a tool for managing body weight, blood glucose control and sugar intake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Calorie Control Council strongly cautions that its findings should be interpreted carefully due to several limitations in the study methodology:<\/p>\n\n\n\nResearch Limited by Several Factors<\/h4>\n\n\n\n