{"id":4186,"date":"2026-05-11T01:05:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T01:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.hopemakers.online\/?p=4186"},"modified":"2026-05-11T01:05:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T01:05:43","slug":"a-heart-surgeon-specialising-in-general-vascular-and-thoracic-surgery-has-issued-a-stark-warning-about-the-cardiovascular-risks-of-consuming-certain-drinks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.bollyent.com\/?p=4186","title":{"rendered":"A heart surgeon specialising in general, vascular and thoracic surgery, has issued a stark warning about the cardiovascular risks of consuming certain drinks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A heart surgeon has branded one of the world&#8217;s most widely consumed drinks &#8220;liquid death&#8221;, declaring that people simply should not drink it &#8220;period&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[adinserter block=&#8221;6&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Jeremy London, who holds board certification in general surgery, vascular surgery and thoracic surgery, routinely shares\u00a0health guidance\u00a0via social media and interviews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He is far from alone in sounding the alarm over the damaging effects of soft drinks on your&nbsp;health. In an Instagram post, Dr London outlined &#8220;four things I absolutely avoid as a heart surgeon&#8221;, citing smoking, alcohol, breads and pastas, and soft drinks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On smoking, he said: &#8220;Number one, smoking: no question the single worst thing you can do for your entire body. Destroys your lungs, causes lung cancer, high cardiovascular risks, heart attacks and strokes, don&#8217;t smoke.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr London said alcohol is &#8220;toxic to every cell in your body&#8221;&nbsp;(Image: Witthaya Prasongsin via Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alcohol featured second on his list<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said: &#8220;Hate to break it to you [but it&#8217;s] toxic. Toxic to every cell in your body. Your body, your rules, you decide for yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"amp-readmore-target\">&#8220;For me personally removing alcohol from my life has probably been one of the most transformative decisions I&#8217;ve made as an adult.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>[adinserter block=&#8221;5&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Soft drinks were next<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Continue reading by clicking the ( NEXT \u300b ) button below!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--nextpage-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said: &#8220;Liquid death. Just don&#8217;t drink them. Period. Done.&#8221; Dr London concluded by cautioning: &#8220;Avoid breads and pastas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[adinserter block=&#8221;7&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Avoid the refined flours and wheats. Eighty per cent of weight control is diet, 20% is exercise. I guarantee you can out-eat any exercise that you do.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking to Today afterwards, Dr London stood firmly by his stance on soft drinks, although he conceded that calling them &#8220;liquid death&#8221; was intended to capture people&#8217;s attention, reports&nbsp;the Express.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said: &#8220;I think that soft drinks are just a scourge in our society, and so I was really trying to get some attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Obviously, high-calorie soft drinks and ingesting a lot of calories that people don&#8217;t realise they&#8217;re getting with the sugar-based soft drinks is a big no-no.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, he&#8217;s not the only prominent medical expert who believes fizzy drinks present a more serious health risk than many recognise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>[adinserter block=&#8221;5&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A heart surgeon has branded one of the world&#8217;s most widely consumed drinks &#8220;liquid death&#8221;, declaring that people simply should&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.bollyent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.bollyent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.bollyent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.bollyent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.bollyent.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.bollyent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.bollyent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.bollyent.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.bollyent.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.bollyent.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}