Millions of diabetes, heart disease cases globally linked to sugary drinks
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Millions of diabetes, heart disease cases globally linked to sugary drinks

The Hindu  

A new study estimates that in 2020, 2.2 million new cases of type 2 diabetes and 1.2 million new cases of cardiovascular disease occur each year globally due to consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, representing 9.8% and 3.1%, respectively, of all incident cases. “From 1990 to 2020, the largest proportional increases in sugar-sweetened beverage-attributable incident type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease cases were in sub-Saharan Africa, 8.8% and 4.4%, respectively,” the study found. While more than 48% of all new diabetes cases in Colombia were attributable to consumption of sugary drinks, nearly one-third of all new diabetes cases in Mexico were linked to sugary drink consumption. In South Africa, 27.6% of new diabetes cases and 14.6% of cardiovascular disease cases were attributable to sugary drink consumption.

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Sugary drinks causing over 3 million diabetes and heart disease cases every year
1 week, 1 day ago

Sugary drinks causing over 3 million diabetes and heart disease cases every year

India Today  

A recent study has revealed the alarming global health impacts of sugar-sweetened beverages. The study estimates that sugary drinks contribute to 2.2 million new cases of type 2 diabetes and 1.2 million new cases of cardiovascular disease every year worldwide. In Latin America and the Caribbean, these beverages were responsible for nearly 24% of new diabetes cases and over 11% …

Drinking sugary drinks may increase your risk of death. Here are alternative options
1 week, 2 days ago

Drinking sugary drinks may increase your risk of death. Here are alternative options

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Eat, But Better: Mediterranean Style. “This is a public health crisis, requiring urgent action,” said the study’s senior author, Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, a cardiologist and director of the Food is Medicine Institute at Tufts University. With the evidence, researchers created a comparative risk model and estimated that sugary drinks “cause more than 330,000 annual deaths from …

Is India's rising spending on processed foods linked to diabetes, heart disease?
1 week, 5 days ago

Is India's rising spending on processed foods linked to diabetes, heart disease?

India Today  

Indians have been spending more on beverages, refreshments, and processed foods than fruits and vegetables every month, according to the latest Household Consumption Expenditure Survey. In rural India, 47% of monthly expenditure went towards food, with nearly 10% allocated to processed foods and beverages. Experts have warned that this increased spending on sugary beverages and processed foods is linked to …

Some added sugar sources are worse than others for disease risk, study suggests
1 month ago

Some added sugar sources are worse than others for disease risk, study suggests

CNN  

CNN — Sign up for CNN’s Eat, But Better: Mediterranean Style. Outside factors might be behind the association between low added sugar intake and increased cardiovascular risk, since there are no biological mechanisms to explain it, Janzi said. “Solid sugars are often part of foods that contain other nutrients like fiber, proteins, and fats.” Those nutrients slow digestion, meaning there …

Occasional cakes and pastries are good for heart but not soft drinks
1 month ago

Occasional cakes and pastries are good for heart but not soft drinks

India Today  

The harmful health effects of drinking sugary beverages are well-known, but the impact of consuming added sugar in general is still not fully understood. A study from Lund University, Sweden, has shed light on how different types of sugar consumption affect heart health, offering a surprising twist: while high sugar intake is undeniably harmful, occasional treats could actually be linked …

Some added sugar sources are worse than others for disease risk, study suggests
1 month ago

Some added sugar sources are worse than others for disease risk, study suggests

CNN  

CNN — Sign up for CNN’s Eat, But Better: Mediterranean Style. Outside factors might be behind the association between low added sugar intake and increased cardiovascular risk, since there are no biological mechanisms to explain it, Janzi said. “Solid sugars are often part of foods that contain other nutrients like fiber, proteins, and fats.” Those nutrients slow digestion, meaning there …

Heart disease risk skyrockets with these 2 popular foods: Are they on your dinner menu?
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Heart disease risk skyrockets with these 2 popular foods: Are they on your dinner menu?

Hindustan Times  

Health experts have long warned against sugary sodas and processed meats. It is known that excess sugar can lead to chronic inflammation in the heart and blood vessels while processed meats that have been preserved by salting, curing, smoking or adding chemical preservatives, can increase blood pressure. Hence, researchers at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health tracked the ultra-processed …

Consuming sugar-sweetened beverages may cause significant harm to health: Study
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Consuming sugar-sweetened beverages may cause significant harm to health: Study

India TV News  

Although drinking sugar-sweetened beverages like sodas, fruit punch, and lemonade—whether indoors or outdoors—is quite common, scientists warned on Monday that doing so might have serious negative health effects, including kidney and tooth infections as well as heart disease. Drinks with added sugar or other sweeteners, such as sucrose, high fructose corn syrup, or fruit juice concentrates, are sugar-sweetened beverages. Additives …

Indian researchers study effect of artificial sugar on diabetes. Here's what they found
5 months, 1 week ago

Indian researchers study effect of artificial sugar on diabetes. Here's what they found

India Today  

The Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, a non-profit medical research institute, has published India's first study on how the artificial sweetener sucralose affects heart and metabolic health in adults with type 2 diabetes. Over 12 weeks, 179 Indians with type 2 diabetes participated in this research, which is a randomised controlled study looking at replacing sugar with artificial sweeteners. The results …

The drinks that increase your risk of heart conditions revealed
10 months, 1 week ago

The drinks that increase your risk of heart conditions revealed

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. And those who drank similar amounts of beverages containing added sugar – with ingredients such …

A new study links 45 health problems to "free sugar." Here's what that means, and how to avoid it
1 year, 9 months ago

A new study links 45 health problems to "free sugar." Here's what that means, and how to avoid it

Salon  

"Sugar is bad for you" is an old health axiom, but the depths to which sugar can harm one's body has perhaps not yet been fully tabulated. As the BMJ study revealed after reviewing 73 meta-analyses of 8,601 unique scientific articles about added sugar, they found significant links with 45 different adverse health outcomes. Most people who consume over 30 …

Could our love affair with sugar and artificial sweeteners literally break our hearts?
1 year, 10 months ago

Could our love affair with sugar and artificial sweeteners literally break our hearts?

LA Times  

Candy — all that sugar! Now artificial sweeteners have been associated with higher risk of “adverse cardiac events.” I love sugar and, as a kid, I had a lot of cavities. In Harvard Health’s bulletin, nutrition professor Frank Hu, who led the study, said, “Excess sugar’s impact on obesity and diabetes is well documented, but one area that may surprise …

Study finds link between ‘free sugar’ intake and cardiovascular disease
1 year, 11 months ago

Study finds link between ‘free sugar’ intake and cardiovascular disease

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Eat, But Better: Mediterranean Style. Eating a high amount of free, or added, sugars from foods such as sweetened baked goods could raise your risk for cardiovascular disease, according to a new study. But when they analyzed how outcomes differed depending on the types and sources of carbohydrates eaten, they found higher free sugar intake was …

Study Says Dietary drinks Can Up Heart Disease Risk
2 years, 4 months ago

Study Says Dietary drinks Can Up Heart Disease Risk

News 18  

A new study has found a link between consumption of artificial sweetener, generally found in dietary beverages, and increased cardiovascular disease risk like stroke. “Aspartame intake was associated with increased risk of cerebrovascular events, and acesulfame potassium and sucralose were associated with increased coronary heart disease risk,” said the researchers. It studied early markers of cardiovascular health like weight status, …

Sweeteners linked to heart disease in new study
2 years, 4 months ago

Sweeteners linked to heart disease in new study

The Independent  

Sign up to IndyEat's free newsletter for weekly recipes, foodie features and cookbook releases Get our food and drink newsletter for free Get our food and drink newsletter for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Researchers have identified a possible link between artificial sweeteners and …

Study finds that sweetened drinks cause more harm than eating sugary foods
5 years, 2 months ago

Study finds that sweetened drinks cause more harm than eating sugary foods

Firstpost  

Five researchers found in a clinical study that drinking sweetened beverages may be worse for health than eating sugary foods. Five researchers — four from China and one from the UK’s University of Aberdeen — found in a clinical study that drinking sweetened beverages may be worse for health than eating sugary foods. In addition to weight gain, eating too …

Drinking diet drinks 'could increase your risk of developing type 2 diabetes'
6 years, 3 months ago

Drinking diet drinks 'could increase your risk of developing type 2 diabetes'

Daily Mail  

Diet drinks and artificial sweeteners that many use to cut their sugar consumption could actually put them at risk of developing type 2 diabetes, research suggests. Low-calorie sweeteners which are used in many diet drinks were linked to changes in bacteria in the gut that could increase the risk of diabetes Many people at risk of diabetes, such as those …

WHAT ARE THE FEARS OVER SWEETENERS? AND WHAT DOES THE SCIENCE SHOW?
6 years, 3 months ago

WHAT ARE THE FEARS OVER SWEETENERS? AND WHAT DOES THE SCIENCE SHOW?

Daily Mail  

In an era of obesity and diabetes, there is more focus on sweeteners and sugar alternatives than ever before. OBESITY AND DIABETES A study published in April this year from the Medical College of Wisconsin and Marquette University linked artificial sweeteners to obesity and diabetes, claiming sweeteners change how the body processes fat and uses energy. GUT BACTERIA Leading gut …

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