Okay, we now know that soda is crummy for your kidneys and poor for your pancreas, but a new study in Hepatology shows that high-fructose corn syrup — found in most sodas — is also lousy for your liver. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, a condition that sometimes stems from obesity, sets the stage for worse liver conditions such as cirrhosis, liver cancer and liver failure. The Duke University liver study showed that subjects who consumed more fructose ran the same risks — liver scarring and liver inflammation — as heavy alcoholics. Here’s a creepy tidbit: one of the lead hepatologists on the study estimated that high-fructose corn syrup now makes up 10% of our caloric intake after being introduced into our food in the 1970s. Egggh. {via Los Angeles Times‘ Booster Shots health blog}
Posts Tagged ‘health’
Soft Drinks Hard on Liver
Posted: Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010Making Hospitals Better
Posted: Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
Just got my greasy mitts on Graphics Alive, a design book filled with wonderful art and illustrations from the world of graphics, fashion and art. Within its pages, a fabulous quote from Simone Legno, the illustrator for Tokidoki: “Hospital rooms, especially the branches where kids are, should be decorated with cute characters, positive colors, everything would give them a smile or strength to spend in a better way thier hard moments.” He’s right! It got us thinking about how cool it would be to decorate children’s hospital rooms with artwork from peeps like Tokidoki, Friends With You, Tado, and yes, our guts, a la the Volkswagen/Hotel Fox project in Copenhagen, where each room is transformed into a happy world. Anyway, if anyone wants a hospital room splattered with I Heart Guts, we wanna do it! Drop us a line…
A Hypochondriac’s Dream
Posted: Saturday, May 31st, 2008
Tend to obsess over your health? Then don’t read Merck’s Manual of Medical Information. Pick it up and you will quickly fall down the rabbit hole of the index, where you can find every malady you’ve had, might have and will have over your lifetime. It’s a miracle our bodies function at all, really.
A Hypochondriac's Dream
Posted: Saturday, May 31st, 2008Tend to obsess over your health? Then don’t read Merck’s Manual of Medical Information. Pick it up and you will quickly fall down the rabbit hole of the index, where you can find every malady you’ve had, might have and will have over your lifetime. It’s a miracle our bodies function at all, really.
