Soda and Processed Fruit Juices Linked To ‘Deep’ Fat And Consequential Diabetes
by Laura Geggel
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People who drink sugary beverages, such as soda or fruit juice, daily tend to gain a type of body fat associated with diabetes and heart disease, a new study finds.
Researchers looked at about 1,000 middle-age people over a six-year period and found that those who drank sugar-sweetened beverages tended to have more “deep,” or visceral, fat. This type of fat wraps around the internal organs, including the liver, pancreas and intestines; affects hormone function; and may play a role in insulin resistance, the researchers said.
Previous research has linked sweet drinks with other health risks. “There is evidence linking sugar-sweetened beverages with cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes,” Dr. Caroline Fox, lead author of the new study and a former investigator with the Framingham Heart Study of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, said in a statement. “Our message to consumers is to follow the current dietary guidelines and to be mindful of how much sugar-sweetened beverages they drink.”
In the new study, the researchers gave a dietary survey to 1,003 people, nearly half of them women, whose average age was 45. The participants answered a variety of questions, including how often they consumed drinks with added sugar — largely with sucrose or high fructose corn syrup — because these beverages are the largest contributors of added sugar intake in the United States, according to the study, published in the journal Circulation.
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Source: http://www.riseearth.com/2016/01/soda-and-processed-fruit-juices-linked.html
