A heart surgeon has labelled one of the planet's most widely consumed beverages as "liquid death", declaring that people simply should not drink it "period". Dr Jeremy London holds board certification in general surgery, vascular surgery and thoracic surgery, and regularly shares guidance via social media and interviews. He is far from alone in sounding the alarm about the devastating impact fizzy drinks can have on your wellbeing.

一位心脏外科医生将地球上最受欢迎的饮品之一称为“液体死神”，并明确表示人们“绝对”不应该喝它。 杰里米·伦敦医生拥有普通外科、血管外科和胸外科的董事会认证资格，他经常通过社交媒体和采访分享健康指导。 在发出关于碳酸饮料对健康可能造成毁灭性影响的警报方面，他并非孤例。

In an Instagram post, Dr London outlined "four things I absolutely avoid as a heart surgeon". These comprised smoking, alcohol, breads and pastas, and soft drinks. He said: "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't smoke."

伦敦医生在Instagram上列出了“作为心脏外科医生，我绝对避免的四件事”。 这四件事包括吸烟、饮酒、面包和意大利面以及软饮料。 他说：“第一，吸烟：毫无疑问，这是你能对整个身体做的最糟糕的事情。 它会破坏你的肺部，引发肺癌，增加心血管疾病风险，导致心脏病发作和中风，所以不要吸烟。”

Alcohol came second on his list. He said: "Hate to break it to you but it's toxic. Toxic to every cell in your body. Your body, your rules, you decide for yourself. For me personally removing alcohol from my life has probably been one of the most transformative decisions I've made as an adult."

饮酒在他的清单上排在第二位。 他说：“很遗憾要告诉你们，但酒精确实有毒。 它对你身体里的每个细胞都有毒。 你的身体，你做主，你自己决定。 但就我个人而言，从生活中戒掉酒精可能是我成年后做出的最具变革性的决定之一。”

Soft drinks followed in third place. He said: "Liquid death. Just don't drink them. Period. Done."

软饮料排在第三位。 他说：“液体死神。 就是别喝它们。 没商量。 就这么定了。”

Rounding off his list, Dr London said: "Avoid breads and pastas. 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."

在清单的最后，伦敦医生说：“避免面包和意大利面。 避免精制面粉和小麦。 体重控制的80%在于饮食，20%在于运动。 我敢保证，你吃进去的热量会超过你运动消耗的热量。”

In a subsequent interview with Today, Dr London stood firmly by his stance on fizzy drinks: "I think that soft drinks are just a scourge in our society, and so I was really trying to get some attention. Obviously, high-calorie soft drinks and ingesting a lot of calories that people don't realise they're getting with the sugar-based soft drinks is a big no-no."

在随后接受《今日》节目采访时，伦敦医生坚定地坚持了他对碳酸饮料的立场：“我认为软饮料是我们社会的一大祸害，所以我真的想引起大家的注意。 显然，高热量软饮料以及人们没有意识到自己从含糖软饮料中摄入了大量热量，这是绝对不行的。”

Yet he is far from alone amongst leading medical professionals in believing fizzy drinks pose a greater threat to health than most people appreciate, reports Wales Online. Dr William Li recently told the Zoe podcast: "Soda is everyone's favourite whipping boy. Rightfully so. The preponderance of clinical evidence, public health evidence, shows that high consumption of soda is associated with everything from metabolic disease to cardiovascular disease to cancer risk.

据威尔士在线报道，在顶尖医学专业人士中，认为碳酸饮料对健康的威胁比大多数人所认识到的要大的人远不止伦敦医生一个。 威廉·李医生最近在《Zoe》播客中说：“苏打水是每个人都喜欢抨击的对象。 这是理所当然的。 大量的临床证据和公共卫生证据表明，大量饮用苏打水与从代谢性疾病到心血管疾病再到癌症风险等各种疾病都有关联。

"But is it the sugar? Is glucose that demonic element that we need to crucify? Answer's no. Soda is not just water, otherwise that'd be just carbonated water. But soda itself has all these additives, colours, flavourings, preservatives, stabilisers... that is accumulated exposure to toxins. It's not one exposure, it's the chronic exposure over time."

“但问题是糖吗？ 葡萄糖是我们需要痛斥的恶魔元素吗？ 答案是否定的。 苏打水不仅仅是水，否则它就只是碳酸水了。 但苏打水本身含有所有这些添加剂、色素、香料、防腐剂、稳定剂…… 这是毒素的累积暴露。 这不是一次性的暴露，而是长期随时间累积的暴露。”

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