Coca-Cola, cancers, and coronaries: personality and stress as mediating factors.

Full Abstract

A theory is presented relating the consumption of stimulant and depressant drugs to cancer and coronary heart disease, with stress/personality acting as an intermediary. The predictions from the theory that large-scale consumption of Coca-Cola would prevent cancer and promote coronary heart disease was tested and found to be supported by the results of a long-scale prospective study. Results replicate those from an earlier study using coffee as a stimulant drug.

Author information

Author/s: Grossarth-Maticek, R (R); Eysenck, H J (HJ);

Affiliation: Institute of Psychiatry, London, United Kingdom.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Psychological reports (Psychol Rep), published in UNITED STATES. (Language: eng)

Reference: 1991-Jun; vol 68 (issue 3 Pt 2) : pp 1083-7

Dates: Created 1991/11/21; Completed 1991/11/21; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 1924609, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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