Light drinks would also promote diabetes
To lower their sugar intake, many peoplefavor diet drinks. Are these drinks, supposedly low in sugar, really good for our health? Are they really low in sugar?
Unfortunately, it seems that thesweetenerspresent in diet drinks would present an increased risk in the development of diabetes. These facts were reported by a recent study conducted by Swedish researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm and published in the European Journal of Endocrinology(1).
A study of 2864 people
To come to these conclusions, the researchers conducted the study on a group of about 2864 people, about half of whom had type 2 diabetes. It was observed during this research that people consuming at least 2 cans of diet soda per day hada 2.4 times higher risk of developing type 2 diabetesthan people who did not drink it. The risk is multiplied by 2 for people drinking more than 5 cans a day.
More specifically, each 20 cl glass of diet soda increases the risk of type 2 diabetes by 18%, which is still not negligible. This phenomenon would be caused by the presence of sweeteners in these drinks, thus causing a dysfunction of bacteria in our intestine.
Building on previous studies
This study only reinforces the studies already carried out on the subject and which had shown in the past that the consumption of sugary drinksincreased the feeling of hunger, and therefore caused a higher consumption of sugary food. It had also been shown that the consumption of these diet drinks could increase abdominal fat in seniors.
All this shows that consuming light products is not necessarily a good thing. Indeed, most people absorbing this type of product are convinced to make an effort for their health. While in the end, the light present everywhere in our shelves is in fact a false friend, and would cause as much damage as a consumption of non-light products, rich in sugar and fat.
The right attitude is still to have atruly balanced diet, unmodified, and composed of natural products. This study once again destroys the myth that diet products are less harmful to our health, and would be beneficial within a diet.
Stephen Paul is the lead author and founder of My Health Sponsor. Holder of a diploma in health and well-being coaching with more than 200 articles in the field of health, he makes it a point of honor to offer advice based on reliable information, based on scientific research, and verified by health professionals.