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Diet Soda and Arthritis

August 24th, 2005

Freaky…

We occasionally (well, more than occasionally) check our referer logs for search trends; this helps us better understand and serve the needs of our readers. Search engine results can be surprising for users sometimes, but really weird for webmasters on occasion.

Today we noticed a Yahoo search for “diet c0ke and arthritis”. I saw something similar come up a few months ago, but shrugged it off. This time I checked- out of curiosity -to see who was doing the search. Someone at The Dow Chemical Company.

Makes me wonder if they know something we don’t. Obviously, Diet C0ke contains caffeine which can leech calcium from our bones and lead to osteoporosis, but the same can be said of loads of s0das, diet or not. That the search term specified a brand, rather than simply “s0da” is also interesting.

If anyone knows anything about a connection, let us know. In the mean time, I’m calling Scully and Mulder for advice…

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Entry Filed under: Caffeine, Diet, Freaky, Pain + Injury