TASTY DEATH –
Jan. 10, 2025 – You may want to think twice before adding soda to your shopping cart. New research shows that not only do sugary drinks increase your risk for serious conditions such as heart disease and type 2 diabetes, but they are also linked to hundreds of thousands of deaths every year.
A study published in Nature Medicine analyzed global data on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) consumed around the world from both observational and randomized studies, as well as diabetes and cardiovascular disease prevalence.
On a global level, researchers found that 2.2 million new cases of type 2 diabetes and 1.2 million new cases of heart disease in 2020 were attributable to SSBs—representing about 1 in 10 new type 2 diabetes cases and 1 in 30 new heart disease cases. They also estimated that about 340,000 people died in 2020 from SSB-related type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
