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Re:Soda May Age You as Much as Smoking by awakeasleep on Tuesday October 21, 2014 @03:50PM (#8489459)
Nutrition doesn't work like that- there are too many variables. It could be something that fruit juice has and soda doesn't, it could be a confluence of factors that require lateral thinking.
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Re:Soda May Age You as Much as Smoking by jhallenworld on Tuesday October 21, 2014 @04:51PM (#8489896)
Many fruit juices have potassium, which should help with heart health by counteracting the too much sodium we eat. Not sure why it would have any effect on telomeres though.
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Re:Soda May Age You as Much as Smoking by xrange on Tuesday October 21, 2014 @05:08PM (#8490019)
>too much sodium we eat.

I thought sodium was coming back into style in the latest nutrition fads.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/05/15/183883415/eating...

https://www.google.com/search?q=low+salt+diet+bad

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Re:Soda May Age You as Much as Smoking by therealdrag0 on Tuesday October 21, 2014 @06:12PM (#8490452)
From what I've heard, low salt is bad, but there is still an ideal potassium to salt ratio.
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