Posted on 10/22/2016 12:30:00 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Drinking two servings of carbonated soda — even the diet kind — could double the risk of diabetes, according to a Swedish study.
Research by the Karolinska Institute on 2,800 adults found that those who consumed at least two 6½ ounce servings of soft drinks daily were 2.4 times as likely to suffer from a form of type 2 diabetes.
Many sodas are sold in 12-ounce cans, meaning that one and a half cans would be enough to double the risk.
According to the study, people who drank a liter of soda saw their chances of suffering from diabetes increase tenfold.
The increased risks were the same regardless of whether the drinks were sugary or artificially sweetened, according to the findings published in the European Journal of Endocrinology.
Researchers said the sugary drinks may have induced insulin resistance, triggering the cases of diabetes.
The artificial sweeteners in the diet drinks may stimulate and distort appetite, they said, increasing food intake, and encouraging a sweet tooth. Such sweeteners might also affect microbes in the gut leading to glucose intolerance.
The research was a retrospective study, which relied on participants to recall their diet habits.
Josefin Edwall Löfvenborg, lead author, told The Telegraph that soft drinks might influence glucose metabolism and insulin sensitivity, leading to the increased risk of latent auto-immune diabetes, a form of type 2 diabetes.
“In this study we were surprised by the increased risk in developing autoimmune diabetes by drinking soft drinks,” he said. We next plan on investigating what could counter this risk.”
More research was needed into the impact of diet drinks, he said.
Are you following the Paleo diet?
No, just a high fat, high protein, low carb diet. . . With few fruits. They have too many carbs. I got rid of 154 pounds.
Notice I didn't say "I lost 154 pounds." If I lost those pounds, that implies "I can find them again." That won't happen.
It’s called effect and cause. It doesn’t occur to anybody that people who might choose to cook might be healthier than those who do not. This is what I love about scientist, they can’t tell the difference between a behavior and an outcome.
They didn’t control for fat or calories consumed; the artificial sweetened consumers had the highest BMI of the the three subgroups (no drinks, sugar sweetened drinks, artificially sweetened drinks). The authors suggest that these could represent former sugar sweetened drink consumers who then switched to artificially sweetened to reduce caloric intake. A better study would use a larger population and eliminate other risk factors, in other words, do skinny people who drink tons of diet or sugary soda (there are lots of them) have an increased risk of Type II diabetes.
Huh? So it's hardly the diet drink itself that is causing it.
I agree it's rubbish. How ridiculous and unscientific.
This is silly. Perhaps the people who drink diet soft drinks are 2.5 times more likely to be overweight and at risk of diabetes. It’s like saying 60% of people who die are in hospitals when they pass. So therefore avoid hospitals and you will cut your chance of dying in half.
A close relative recently died of heart attack, young, digging a ditch. Nobody knew why. My “inner reader” told me right away.
He drank a 12 pack of diet soda per day as a roofer.
Score. Bingo. Yahtzee.
Are they talking about Sweet and Low or Stevia which is a plant? I very rarely eat sweets or drink sodas of any type. But I do drink 2 Citrus Green Teas a day with Stevia.
My diet is high on the glycemic side due to a digestive disorder. I don’t digest fiber fruits or veggies. No small things like seeds, nuts or rice either.
I admire your successful weight reduction.
The “few fruits” worries me though. Fruit, veggie & water is like basic nutrition as long as all sugar comes from fruit.
That is more likely the issue. All eating and drinking factors have to be present. Also eating disorders. I have Gastropresis, diverticulosis, Barrett’s Esophagus, Haital Hernia. So soda’s are not part of my diet, yet the GP will send you to the Type 2 diabetes end eventually. It’s taken me 5 yrs 2 misdiagnosis and relearning to eat to eliminate the worse of the GP flares. AVOID the GP drugs Reglan is Black Boxed for neurological side effects 2 weeks, Domperidone England has Black Boxed for 2 weeks Heart Disease. Yet Gastros will leave patients on it like they do Nexium for YEARS, and it is also a 2 week drug.
So, in other words, the title of the post is complete BS, as this sentence says the opposite
Probably, but a least the diet soda drinkers have half a brain
I am often guilty of enjoying a diet drink with an ice cream cone.
Most of the really skinny people I know don't like sweets.
I used to drink diet soda and consume diet everything. I grew up with packets in the house as a sugar replacement. Almost 20 years ago I cut out all artificial sweeteners from my diet and lost 15 pounds in two weeks. At that time in my life that was the only change in my diet.
Artificial sweeteners mess with your body. I may not have the unassailable scientific proof that they are harmful, but I’ve lived it.
I loved pepsi over ice all my life, but got tired of carrying those heavy 2-liters home, and making ice, this fridge has no icemaker. Now, I just have beer delivered, and that’s all I drink, other than morning coffee or ice water. Guess who lost 30 pounds? Go figure...? Heh!
Bad stuff in those diet drinks.. this crap was pushed because the price of sugar is kept artificially high...
Congrats, very impressive.
I agree, bad stuff - nasty chemicals that our bodies aren’t equipped to deal with. Also, there’s been enough evidence (for me) that the metabolic response to these chemicals just makes you hungrier than what regular old sugar would cause.
When I was on a low carb diet I drank tons of diet soda, and used Splenda instead of sugar. I lost about 40 pounds, and diet sodas never interfered with going into ketosis, which is what happens when your body starts burning it’s own fat instead of carbs. But I suppose if it’s combined with carbs it can make things worse. Still, I don’t think it’s as bad as sugar.
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