Women who drink fewer sugary drinks at lower risk of early death

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Consuming fewer sugary drinks has been linked to a decreased risk of death in women, researchers have said. The study suggests that having two beverages a day, which includes sugary soda, sports drinks and fruit juice, could have significant impacts on health and longevity. The US trial involved more than 80,000 women and 37,000 men, who were followed for nearly three decades. They were asked to complete surveys about their diet and lifestyle every four years. The findings showed women who drank between two to six sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) per week were six per cent more likely to die during the study period, when compared to those who consumed fewer drinks. Study lead author Vasanti Malik, a research scientist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health's Department of Nutrition, said: "Our results provide further support to limit intake of SSBs and to replace them with other beverages, preferably water, to improve overall health and longevity." The research team also found evidence to suggest that frequent sugary drink consumption was also linked with increased risks of stroke and cardiovascular disease. Lead study author Yasmin Mossavar-Rahmani, an associate professor of clinical epidemiology and population health at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, said: "Women who, at the onset of our study, didn't have any heart disease or diabetes and were obese, were twice as likely to have a clot-based or ischemic stroke." Previous studies have linked sugary drink consumption to weight gain and an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke. However, few studies to date had examined the association between sugary beverages and early death. Study co-author Dr Walter Willett, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the same institution, added: "These findings are consistent with the known adverse effects of high sugar intake on metabolic risk factors; and the strong evidence that drinking sugar-sweetened beverages increases the risk of type 2 diabetes, itself a major risk factor for premature death." The findings have been published in the journal Circulation.

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[Tophat1900]

Wow, some stunning work there

 

[Mike d]

As soon as I come down from my Red Bull hit, I'll read it

 

[ickihun]

Water cannot hurt. In fact it's excellent for kidney health.

 

[lucylocket61]

are they saying its the sugar in the drinks (carbs) that are the problem?

If so, how i that compatible with the NHS stance that carbs are good for our everyday diet/

 

[Tophat1900]

Water cannot hurt. In fact it's excellent for kidney health.

Unless you are standing in front of a tsunami

 

[ickihun]

Unless you are standing in front of a tsunami

True! Ha ha

 

[Dark Horse]

are they saying its the sugar in the drinks (carbs) that are the problem?

If so, how i that compatible with the NHS stance that carbs are good for our everyday diet/

The NHS says:-

Added sugars shouldn't make up more than 5% of the energy (calorie intake) you get from food and drink each day. This is about 30g of sugar a day for those aged 11 and over. Fruit juice and honey can also count as added sugars, as they're sometimes added to foods to make them sweeter.
https://www.nhs.uk/common-health-questions/food-and-diet/how-much-sugar-is-good-for-me/
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Assuming 2,000 Calories needed per day, this equates to no more than 100 Calories a day from added sugar. A single can of Coca-Cola would exceed this (139 Calories https://www.coca-cola.co.uk/faq/calories-in-330ml-can-of-coca-cola).

 

[zand]

Again just half the story. I so wish the NHS would go on to warn that switching to diet versions is not the answer. Long term they are worse than sugary drinks. It isn't about calories. It's about the effect of diet drinks fooling the body into releasing insulin that it doesn't need. Too much insulin is way worse than too much sugar. I gave up sugary drinks in my teens, drank lots of diet drinks though and here I am, an insulin resistant T2. Personally I wish I had stuck to the sugary colas. My liver and gut microbiome (and every other part of my body) would have thanked me for it.

NHS GPs when you have an obese person in front of you please test their insulin levels. These can become way too high 20 years before their blood sugar levels are affected. 20 years of damage that could have been avoided by simply telling the patient that they have too much insulin and are developing IR.

 

[Member496333]

Should this headline not read thus?

All humans who drink fewer sugary drinks at lower risk of early death.