Here’s why diabetics should quit sugar-sweetened beverages: Study
| Mar 3, 2020, 13:41 IST
An average person takes about 22 teaspoons of sugar regularly in their everyday life. This is more than thrice of the regular amount recommended by the American Heart Association. Are you shocked? Don’t be! Sugar induced food and beverages are quite preferable in India. If you’re someone who would do everything to avoid sugar-laden food infront of you, but still sipping cups of sugary chai, then you are guilty here. Probably you know this already, but we just have to put this one more time infront of you-sugar-sweetened beverages alone can create havoc with your cholesterol level and heart health.
Regular consumption of sugar or sugar-induced beverages holds a strong chance of messing up with your healthy eating habbits, a new study finds. This is harmful to everyone and even dangerous for diabetics.
According to the researchers, consuming more than 12 ounces or 1 regular can-sized sugary beverage, such as soda, milkshakes, coffee in a day may not dwell well in your body. This tends to play a vital role in one’s cardiovascular health.
The research included data from 6,000 people who took part in the Offspring and Generation 3 Framingham Heart Study. Later, McKeown and her team found through their observation that people who drank more than 12 ounces of sugary drinks daily were linked to chances of having high triglycerides and odds of low HDL cholesterol.
The findings don’t indicate whether the low calorie sweetened drinks and 100% fruit juice was associated with any negative changes in cholesterol. However, this doesn’t mean that they should be used as healthy alternatives to sugar-sweetened drinks since the research is inconclusive, researchers explained.
Dietitians suggest that people of all age including diabetic patients need to take major steps to curb their sugary drink habits. This might take a while but needs determination for better health.
This report was published online in the journal of the American Heart Association.
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Regular consumption of sugar or sugar-induced beverages holds a strong chance of messing up with your healthy eating habbits, a new study finds. This is harmful to everyone and even dangerous for diabetics.
According to the researchers, consuming more than 12 ounces or 1 regular can-sized sugary beverage, such as soda, milkshakes, coffee in a day may not dwell well in your body. This tends to play a vital role in one’s cardiovascular health.
The research included data from 6,000 people who took part in the Offspring and Generation 3 Framingham Heart Study. Later, McKeown and her team found through their observation that people who drank more than 12 ounces of sugary drinks daily were linked to chances of having high triglycerides and odds of low HDL cholesterol.
The findings don’t indicate whether the low calorie sweetened drinks and 100% fruit juice was associated with any negative changes in cholesterol. However, this doesn’t mean that they should be used as healthy alternatives to sugar-sweetened drinks since the research is inconclusive, researchers explained.
Dietitians suggest that people of all age including diabetic patients need to take major steps to curb their sugary drink habits. This might take a while but needs determination for better health.
This report was published online in the journal of the American Heart Association.
Photo credit: Google