You have probably heard that soft drinks are not the best for you. (Two experts just said that it is true for diet as well.) Now a new study has looked at a broader category of beverages to find that when it comes to daily diets, it is not just soft drinks that can lead to disease and even earlier death.
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This was a longitudinal study of women.
In a new study published in Journal of the Nutrition and Dietetics Academy, a team of public health researchers at the University of California San Diego shares their findings after an analysis from the California Teachers Study.
As of 1995, more than 100,000 female participants with a mean age of 53 years shared their daily dietary habits. By 2015, by the end of the 20-year study, 14,143 of the original cohort of women had died.
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Not only soft drinks, but more sweetened drinks, had taken a toll.
The researchers for the current study discovered some important trends among regular drinkers of sugary drinks. In particular, they looked at the effect of sweetened bottled water and tea, fruit drinks and calorie drinks (meaning regular soda, not diet).
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Only one sugar drink per day played an important role.
Compared to a group who rarely or never drank this type of sweetened beverage, there were seven or more calorie drinks per week — on average one a day — that were associated with a higher risk of death from all causes and cancer. (Also read These 12 cancers are linked to a poor diet, says the doctor.)
On further analysis, consumption of 1.5 cups or more sugary drinks per day was associated with mortality of all causes.
The last straw:
Takeaway? After comparing the results with nationwide mortality, the researchers conclude that their results “support public health efforts to reduce calorie consumption.”
It may be time to kick that jar (or bottle) for good.
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