Mouse Study Suggests Soda Consumption May Be Fatal

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A new study found that female mice that consistently consumed 25 percent of their calories in the form of added sugar, which is the equivalent of a human drinking three cans of soda per day, died at twice the rate of mice that were not on the high-sugar diet. What do you think?


“Don’t feed soda to mice. Got it.”

Kristi Mondell • General Practitioner

“That’s a roundabout way to kill mice, but it sounds more humane than those sticky traps.”

Bron Pedigo • Drapery Cutter

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“That’s why I always run my soda through a Brita filter two or three times first. It tastes awful, but at least it’s healthier, I think.”

Tom Leetch • Puppeteer