High-fructose corn syrup that's used to sweeten many foods is bad for us. It's been linked to high blood pressure. A study at the University of Colorado analyzed the diet and blood pressure of more than 4,500 adults with no history of hypertension. Researchers found that drinking 2.5 cans or more of non-diet soda daily - or consuming an equivalent amount of high-fructose corn syrup from other foods - increases the risk of high blood pressure 30%. Considering high blood pressure is a leading risk factor for heart and kidney disease, high-fructose corn syrup should be - low.
Fruits and vegetable aren't bad for us, they just aren't as good for us as they used to be. The selective breeding and synthetic fertilizers used by the farming industry to grow bigger produce faster decrease produce's ability to synthesize nutrients or to get them from the soil. As a result, produce contains less vitamins, minerals and protein. In 1950 broccoli had 130 mg calcium. In 2010 it had 48 mg. To compensate shoppers should buy brightly colored produce, which contains more healthy phytochemicals; smaller produce, which has more concentrated nutrients; eat produce within 1 week for optimum nutrition; or - or is the "or" in organic.
Hospitals are supposedly bad for us in July. More than 16,000 U.S. medical school graduates become doctors every year and many begin residency at teaching hospitals in July. A study done at the University of California/San Diego examined more than 240,000 death certificates of people who died from complications caused by medicine mistakes between 1979 and 2006. These mortality rates spiked in July - especially in counties with teaching hospitals. To protect ourselves from medical error at any time, we should research hospitals, self-educate ourselves through questions, question medications and complain to the top. Doing these make hospitals more "hospitable".
Even World Cup soccer is bad for us. A 2008 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that watching stressful soccer matches more than doubled the risk of cardiovascular problems. The adrenalin released by excitement can trigger arrhythmia, coronary spasms and heart attack and use of tobacco or alcohol increases the risk. Doctors recommend that soccer fans be in good health - exercising, eating healthfully and not smoking. At games fans shouldn't scream or stand up. However, light applause or saying "what a shame" when necessary are permissible. It seems fans can't "have a ball" at soccer games.
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