Just One Can Of Soda Raises Diabetes Risk By 22 Percent

Lance Devon, NaturalNews.com |

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 310 million people worldwide are affected by type 2 diabetes, a long-term condition characterized by insulin resistance. What is at the heart of this growing epidemic? According to a new European study, the mass availability of sugary soda drinks may be one of the greatest single contributing factors to the growing diabetes epidemic. In fact, researchers concluded that drinking only one 12-ounce can of sugar sweetened soda a day raises the risk of diabetes by 22 percent compared with drinking just one can a month. The study involved data from 350,000 people in eight European countries. The study questioned everyday people about how many sugary, artificially sweetened soft drinks and juices they drank each day. The research further explained that fruit juice consumption and diabetes incidence are not linked.

High fructose corn syrup, the evil culprit In the 1970s, HFCS began replacing cane sugar, due to the fact that HFCS is much cheaper to produce. According to Dana Flavin, author of the article “Metabolic Danger of High-Fructose Corn Syrup”, “HFCS is now the primary caloric sweetener added to soft drinks in the United States, and comprises more than 40 percent of caloric sweeteners added to foods and beverages.”

Between 1970 and 1990, the annual intake of HFCS increased by more than 1,000 percent, greatly exceeding the change in intake of any other food group.

HFCS, derived from genetically modified corn, is a man made product that goes through a series of processes that break it down into starch, glucose, and fructose using enzymes produced by bacteria and fungus.

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2013-04-30 20:57:08

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