[ad_1]
World – Various
Researchers at the University of the Sorbonne followed more than 104,000 people for 10 years, studying how many sodas with or without sugar they drank during that time.
The study authors found that soda drinkers, whether they contained sugar or those without sugar, were 20 percent more likely to have heart disease, strokes or heart attacks than those who did not drink at all.
The study academics divided the researchers into 3 categories, non-drinkers of carbonated water, low drinkers and high drinkers, while they divided the drink into sugary or artificially sweetened.
The research asked participants to fill out 3 diet forms every 6 months, and records from 2009 to 2019 looked for any relationship between the drinks and heart and brain problems.
The research found that participants who drank a lot of “diet” drinks had the same risk of heart disease compared to those who drank sugary drinks.
The risk of heart disease among high-end consumers rose to 20 percent, compared to non-consumers who drank other options such as water, tea or coffee, according to the announced results.
The study’s lead author, Eloy Chazillas, concluded that “high intake of sugary or artificially sweetened beverages was associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease.”
And Chazelas considered that this result indicates that “artificial sweeteners may not be a healthy alternative to sugary drinks.”
Diet drinks, such as diet sodas, are often marketed as a way to reduce calorie and sugar intake, but experts are concerned about mounting evidence that artificial sweeteners alter the body’s metabolism, increasing the rate of absorption of sugar.
