A recent abstract from beverage industry critics attempted to link beverage consumption to depression. This research, which has not been peer-reviewed, published or even, at the very least, presented at a scientific meeting, provided no evidence to support their alleged findings. But don’t simply take our word for it. Others are questioning the findings, including Joseph Stromberg at Smithsonian’s Surprising Science blog:

“We don’t know if the study’s authors controlled for all relevant factors, making sure to compare study participants who were alike in all ways except for their beverage consumption,” he wrote. “As a result, a third, unrelated factor may cause people to both drink more soda and become depressed more frequently.”

Furthermore, as noted in a story by Associations Now, the abstract’s own author, Dr. Honglei Chen, “said in a statement that more investigation is needed to confirm the findings.” We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: promoting any alleged findings without supporting evidence is not only premature, but irresponsible.

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