Prediabetes – What is it, how sugary beverages
increase your risk?
Individuals who
regularly consume sugar-sweetened beverages such as soda, colas and other
carbonated beverages, and non-carbonated fruit drinks such as lemonade and
fruit punch, may be at an higher risk of developing prediabetes, new research has revealed.
Prediabetes is a
condition in which blood sugar is high, but not high enough to be Type 2 diabetes.
If diagnosed early, it is reversible through lifestyle changes such as diet and
exercise.
"Our results
suggest that high sugar-sweetened beverage intake increases the chances of
developing early warning signs for Type 2 diabetes," said Nicola McKeown,
Associate Professor at the Tufts University, Massachusetts in the US. "If
lifestyle changes are not made, individuals with prediabetes are on the
trajectory to developing diabetes," McKeown added.
The findings showed
that adults who drink a can of soda per day or a median of six 12 fluid ounce
servings a week are at 46 per cent higher risk of developing prediabetes.
Further, the highest
consumers of sugar-sweetened beverages had nearly eight per cent higher insulin
resistance scores, compared to low- or non-consumers.
On the other hand, diet
soda -- defined as low-calorie cola or other carbonated low-calorie beverages
-- intake was found with no associations with risk for either prediabetes or
insulin resistance, the study said. However, and further studies are needed to
reveal the long-term health impact of artificially sweetened drinks, the
researchers noted.
Intake of
sugar-sweetened beverage should be limited, or replaced with healthier
alternatives such as water or unsweetened coffee or tea, McKeown
recommended.
For the study, the
researchers analysed 1,685 middle-aged adults over a period of 14 years, who
did not have diabetes or prediabetes during an initial baseline
examination.
The findings were
published in the Journal of Nutrition.
Source: www.zeenews.india.com
11.11.2016
Knowing
is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do
Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe
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