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It seems like a new study linking soda consumption to poor health makes headlines each week. And whether you're choosing the full-sugar or diet variety, the data shows that you may be putting yourself at a heightened risk for everything from heart attack to osteoporosis.
Most recently, a study linking sugary soda consumption to heart attacks in men made headlines this week. So should you be concerned about drinking the sweet stuff? Certainly, full-sugar soda is high in calories and can contribute to weight gain. It's also well-documented that liquid sugar consumption leads to a high level of fasting glucose: a precursor to diabetes. But what else could soda do? And is diet as bad as full-sugar? The latest research below:
Heart Attacks
This week, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health found that drinking just one sugar-sweetened beverage a day was associated with a 20 percent bump in a man's risk of having a heart attack over a 22-year period. What's more, that risk increased along with the amount of sugary drinks consumed -- even after researchers controlled for other factors like family history, tobacco use and BMI. Reported NBC:
And while link doesn't absolutely prove that sugary drinks increase the risk of heart disease, there is evidence from other studies showing that these beverages have an impact on risk factors, [lead author Lawrence] de Koning said. In one study, for example, volunteers who decreased sugary soda consumption experienced a reduction in blood pressure levels, he added.
The researchers used data from the longitudinal Health Professionals Follow-up study -- a long-term research project that tracked the health behaviors of 42,883 men over 22 years. Of the entire cohort, a total 3,683 had either fatal or non-fatal heart attacks.
Previous analysis of long-term research, such as data from the Nurses' Health Study, show that sugary soda consumption has been individually linked to overall heart disease rates for women as well.
But before you consider switching to diet soda, research has shown that it, too, has a negative effect on heart attack and stroke: a separate study of 2,600 adults found that those who drank diet soda regularly were 40 percent more likely to have a heart attack or stroke.
Soda's Health Risks: How Bad Is It Really?
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translation/explanation for those not so used to USA-English;
They do NOT mean that sugarless stuff from Singh or Chang that Thai put in liberal quantities in their ''whiskey''. It is US-style english for what the rest of this world calls soft drinks. Think Sprite, Fanta, Coke, Pepsi and the like. In Latino-America they have translated that as gaseosa.
One striking example in the USA for those not very used to going there is the enormous quantity of ''soda machines'' everywhere. It takes much more effort to simply find a pack of milk-and at normal cost and non-inflated 7-11 ''convenience'' prices.
They do NOT mean that sugarless stuff from Singh or Chang that Thai put in liberal quantities in their ''whiskey''. It is US-style english for what the rest of this world calls soft drinks. Think Sprite, Fanta, Coke, Pepsi and the like. In Latino-America they have translated that as gaseosa.
One striking example in the USA for those not very used to going there is the enormous quantity of ''soda machines'' everywhere. It takes much more effort to simply find a pack of milk-and at normal cost and non-inflated 7-11 ''convenience'' prices.