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Carbonated drinks lead to obesity
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Specialists from the University of Bangor (UK) found that regular consumption of carbonated drinks with the addition of sugar can accelerate weight gain and fat metabolism, as well as increase blood sugar levels.
So, if you want to quench your thirst with some cola, think about how soda will negatively affect your health, and drink plain water.
The study showed that the regular presence in the diet of sweet soft drinks affects how our muscles use food as a source of energy. In particular, they are more willing to burn sugar instead of fat. And, as it turns out, these changes are of a long-term nature.
Scientists have also demonstrated that isolated muscle cells identify and respond to a sweet diet by switching from burning fat to processing sugars in the same way as in the bodies of subjects when using soda. Switching to an ineffective metabolism was observed in those respondents of both sexes who were slightly physically active, slim and drank a sweet pop just four weeks.
All this suggests that regular consumption of soda provokes the same changes in muscles, as well as those that occur in people with obesity and type 2 diabetes.
The authors of the work are sure that the authorities need to limit the sale of sweet soda. For example, the strict taxation of such products would allow the collection of significant funds that could be invested in health care and used to treat obese patients and diabetics.
The results of the study are published in the European Journal of Nutrition.
By the way, the consumption of sweet soft drinks also provokes asthma, diabetes, kills the heart, harms blood vessels, causes pancreatic cancer and accelerates the aging of the body.
For reference: young men in the US drink daily an average of 1.8 liters of sweet soda, and the average American - for 0.5 liters. Scary, if you think about numbers.
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