gregg: a shocking new study now linking sugary drinks with hundreds of thousands of deaths worldwide. come on. can the sweet stuff really kill you? and how much is too much? doctor somati is here with what you need to know. [ lisa ] my name s lisa, and chantix helped me quit. i honestly loved smoking, and i honestly didn t think i would ever quit. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. it put me at ease that you could smoke on the first week. [ male announcer ] some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depresd mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chanti if you notice any of these stop taking chantix and call your doctor right away. tell your doctor about any history of depression or otr mental health proems, which could get worse while taking chantix. don t take chantix if you ve had a serious allergic or skin reaction to it. if
times in the past i ve replaced the soda in my life with coffee. jamie: now what dr. somati likes to drink, coffee. without sugar? without sugar, a little bit of milk. it s not for everybody, if you have high blood pressure risk, it s not for you. what i like about caffeine, it has an acid, antioxidant. many showed three to four cups a day can reduce the risk of stroke. gregg: i ve got my coffee, you know, i drink a lot of coffee every day, but i drink the diet sodas, that are not supposed to be sugary. you re still getting a lot of calories from them and now what, and what comes with it. it makes a different. gregg: the can says zero calories, i drink dr. brown s diet black cherry soda, zero salaries. it s all about the calorie. jamie: and the thing was i m told the body recognizes it as a sugar and even though,
welcome back, everybody. i am so glad it s not valentine s day because dr. david somati is here to tell us about new research about sugar. this research suggests that sugary drinks, thanks our chocolate is safe, and contributing to deaths in the u.s. the study linking sweet beverages to major health issues like type ii diabetes and dr. somati a-teamer, and chief of robotics at mount sinai. you can have as big a soda as you want, but you don t want us to. we ve talked about this many times on sunday house call and the fact that sugary drinks mean weight gain, diabetes, heart disease and stroke. nothing is new, everybody knows that.
sclerosis and even arthritis, potential health risks all from a salty diet you might not have known about. dr. david somati a member of the medical a-team. chief of robotics at mount sinai medical center. if you never pick up the salt shaker, do you still have to worry. a good question because 77% of the satellite is hidden in our food and doesn t come straight from the salt shaker, but this is a study coming out of nature this week and it s very important because now all of a sudden salt is going to cause what we call auto immune disease, diabetes type 1, multiple sclerosis and psoriasis and others and we never knew about this. everyone knows about salt and high blood pressure and heart disease and stroke, that s a given, but not causing auto immune disease and this is a serious problem. what it does and what autoimmune disease is taking
of $9.80, it doesn t change money was spent or making, it s how much more money you were going to get. so all of this nonsense, this is going to now to start to slow everything down is just nonsense. it has a zero impact on the economy short run, even long run. kelly: all right, ed butowsky weighing in for us today not only on the sequester, but the new numbers saying they re good, but not so fast. we ve still got a lot more work to do ahead. jamie. thanks. jamie: pepper yes, salt shaker, no. a new health warning you need to hear about salt. dr. david somati here next. [ male announcer ] it s relobster s lobsterfest our largest selection of lobster erees, like lobster lover s dream or new grilledobster and lobster tacos. come in now and sea food differently. visit redlobster.com now for an exclusive $10 coupon on two lobsterfest entrees.