Sweet soda kills more than 180,000 people every year
Last reviewed: 16.10.2021
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In the United States, an annual conference on healthy lifestyles, nutrition and metabolism was recently held at which American scientists issued a shocking statement. Recent research has proven that carbonated water - one of the most popular beverages of our time - has proved deadly to the human body. The use of water with sugar, energy drinks, carbonated drinks for athletes every year leads to the death of a large number of people (more than 180,000 people).
One of the leaders of the study, conducted at the Institute of Health (Boston), said that statistics indicate about 25,000 deaths associated with the use of soda, only in 2010. At the moment, only the causes of death of adults are studied, the next study will be aimed at children. Also, in the plans of specialists to analyze the use of sweet drinks by children and to trace their influence on the body in the future.
The fact that carbonated sweet water is harmful to the body, contributes to the appearance of excess weight and obesity, provokes diabetes mellitus, diseases of the cardiovascular system and causes oncological diseases of internal organs, the society has known for quite some time. Researchers around the world have repeatedly conducted experiments, the results of which showed the harmful effect of soda. Now the situation is different: sweet drinks are directly "blamed" for the death of many people.
American scientists analyzed data on deaths that occurred in 2010 and received the following results: among fans of sweet drinks in 2010, about 134,000 people with diabetes died, more than 44,000 people who had heart disease, more than 5,000 patients with various types of cancer. The findings suggest that 78% of these cases were observed in low- and middle-income regions.
Later, researchers analyzed the level of consumption of carbonated beverages around the world, especially in countries that are less economically developed and the effect of sweet water on diabetes mellitus on the appearance of excessive weight. The main purpose of the study was to find out whether carbonated beverages can really be considered the cause of death for many people. The results showed that the greatest number of deaths caused by the consumption of sweet water and subsequent diabetes mellitus was seen in Latin America and the Caribbean islands. In Russia, Kazakhstan and other countries of Central Asia, the greatest number of deaths caused by diseases of the cardiovascular system. Doctors believe that the main cause of the development of diseases and the subsequent deaths can be considered just carbonated water.
Mexico is a country in which the level of consumption of sweet drinks is considered to be one of the highest in the world. Unsurprisingly, the country has the highest mortality rate in the world caused by sweet water (for example, for 1,000,000 deaths - 318 are caused by soda). For comparison, in Japan, where carbonated beverages are not popular, from one million deaths in only 10 you can "blame" dangerous drinks.
Cardiologists recommend not using any carbonated sweet water, in order to avoid possible health problems.
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