soft drinks cause diabetes
The Harvard School of Public Health has observed that sugary drinks increase the risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease and other chronic conditions.
The report says people who consume 1 to 2 cans a day or more have a 26 percent greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes than those who rarely have such drinks.
The Harvard school website www.hsph.havard.edu/nutritionsource said a report that followed 40,000 men for two decades found that those who averaged one can per day had a twenty percent higher risk of having a heart attack than men who rarely consumed sugary drinks.
“A similar study in women found a similar sugary beverage-heart disease link,” the site says.
The site also says a 22 year long study of 80 000 women found that those who consumed a can a day of sugary drinks had a 75% higher risk of gout than women who rarely had such drinks.
“Researchers found a similarly elevated risk in men,” the site says.
The site quotes Dr. Frank Hu,Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health recently made a strong case that there was sufficient scientific evidence that decreasing sugar –sweetened beverage consumption could reduce the prevalence of obesity-related diseases.
The report says people who consume 1 to 2 cans a day or more have a 26 percent greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes than those who rarely have such drinks.
The Harvard school website www.hsph.havard.edu/nutritionsource said a report that followed 40,000 men for two decades found that those who averaged one can per day had a twenty percent higher risk of having a heart attack than men who rarely consumed sugary drinks.
“A similar study in women found a similar sugary beverage-heart disease link,” the site says.
The site also says a 22 year long study of 80 000 women found that those who consumed a can a day of sugary drinks had a 75% higher risk of gout than women who rarely had such drinks.
“Researchers found a similarly elevated risk in men,” the site says.
The site quotes Dr. Frank Hu,Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health recently made a strong case that there was sufficient scientific evidence that decreasing sugar –sweetened beverage consumption could reduce the prevalence of obesity-related diseases.