Soda ups weight.Drinking more soda these days? Watch out. Researchers tracked more than 50,000 women for four years. Those who went from drinking no more than one soft drink a week to at least one a day gained roughly 10 pounds over the four-year period. A jump in fruit drink intake intake /in·take/ (in-tak´) the substances, or the quantities thereof, taken in and utilized by the body. intake, n the substance or quantities thereof taken in and used by the body. was also linked to weight gain, but diet soft drinks were not. In a separate analysis of 90,000 women, those who drank soda or fruit drinks at least once a day had nearly twice the risk of diabetes diabetes or diabetes mellitus (məlī`təs), chronic disorder of glucose (sugar) metabolism caused by inadequate production or use of insulin, a hormone produced in specialized cells (beta cells in the islets of compared to people who drank those beverages less than once a month. Though the soda drinkers also weighed more and ate more, that didn't did·n't Contraction of did not. didn't did not didn't do entirely explain their higher risk. What to do: This study can't prove that soda (or fruit drinks) causes more weight gain or diabetes than other foods. But it's it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have one more reason to think twice before you reach for another 250-calorie bottle of Coke. J. Amer. Med. Assoc. 292: 927, 2004. |
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