Not all sweet treats have struck in the same way. According to new research, the release of a soft drink can be worse for your metabolic health than nibbling a soft snack.
The systematic journal brings together health data of more than half a million adults around the world, and it notes that each additional portion of a sugary drink or fruit juice per day is associated with a higher risk of type 2 diabetes.
Food sugar, on the other hand, was linked to a lower Risk of type 2 diabetes.
The results suggest that all sugar is not just as bad for you. Certain types and amounts can be more associated with insulin problems than others.
“This is the first study to establish clear dose-answer relationships between different sources of sugar and the risk of type 2 diabetes”, ” said Nutritional scientist Karen Della Corte from Brigham Young University.
“This emphasizes why drink your sugar – whether from soda or juice – is more problematic for health than eating it.”
Today, it is a popular belief that food sugars are linked to diabetes. But some researchers argue This hypothesis lacks persuasive data. They say that type 2 diabetes is more clearly linked to excessive energy consumption or excessive body fat gain, rather than sugar alone.
In 2023, for example, researchers find A significant association between total sugar intake and an increased risk of diabetes, and yet this relationship was closely linked to the body mass index of a person. The results suggest that sugar facilitates weight gain, indirectly impacting body metabolism. But could he also have other health impacts?
To find out more, Della Corte and his colleagues compared the risk of diabetes from daily doses of fructose, sucrose, free sugars (which are natural, as in honey), added sugars and total sugars. They also focused on sugary drinks, such as carbonated drinks or sports drinks and fruit juices.
The risk of developing type 2 diabetes differs according to the sugar consumed. The contributions of sucrose and total sugar were associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes, while no association was found for added sugar and fructose.
However, other sugars were linked to the opposite result. Each additional daily portion of a soft drink has increased the risk of type 2 diabetes by 25% in this study. In addition, each additional portion of fruit juice has increased the risk by 5%.
It was true even after the researchers adjusted themselves for a person’s body mass and the energy intake.
This does not mean that each time you drink a soda box, your risk of developing type 2 diabetes increases by 25%. These are relative risks, not absolute risks.
Based on these figures, if you had a reference risk of developing diabetes which was 10%, for example, having four sodas per day would increase this risk to 20%.
The study highlights a worrying correlation, but additional research is necessary to understand why fruit juice can be more damaging to body metabolism than say, a real fruit.
“The high sugar content and the lack of fiber in fruit juice are similar to sugary drinks, making it a bad substitute for whole fruit, which provide a higher fiber content to support better regulation of blood sugar”. explain the authors.
“Sweet drinks fuel isolated sugars leading to a greater glycemic impact, while other sources of food sugars, especially when consumed in nutrients rich in nutrients such as whole fruits, dairy products or whole grains, can cause slower blood sugar due to accompaniment of fibers, fats or proteins.
Rather than “condemn all added sugars”, the team arguments that future nutritional directives should take into account the context in which sugars are consumed.
Without a solid base of nutrients rich in nutrients, certain types of treats can be more dangerous than others.
The study was published in Progress of nutrition.
