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Consistent consumption of soft drinks may raise the odds of developing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
A significant increase in the risk of stroke, dementia, and Alzheimer's disease is associated with high intake of artificially-sweetened beverages.
The sugary beverage industry spends billions of dollars every year on advertisements encouraging us to consume sugary beverages to refresh ourselves, but here is a caveat emptor: soft drinks have been implicated as a contributing factor to the development of many diseases, such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, and Alzh...
Regular drinking of soft drinks and artificially-sweetened beverages may up cardiovascular disease risk.
Frequent consumers of sugar-sweetened and artificial-sweetened beverages may be at increased risk of developing metabolic syndrome.
More than 75 billion dollars worth of soda is purchased yearly. Sugar-sweetened drinks not only drain the pockets of millions of Americans, but these beverages are a drain on the health of the nation as well. Heavy consumption of sugary beverages, such as soft drinks, fruit drinks, vitamin water drinks, and energy drinks, has been l...
Sugar-sweetened beverages are the largest single source of added sugar in the diet of most Americans. They supply about 36% of added sugar in the American diet, and consume a large portion of the grocery budget of many families. In 2013, US households spent an estimated $14.3 billion on sugar-sweetened beverages. This figure is a big boost to the f...
Regular consumers of sugary juice and soft drinks may have a high tendency of developing type 2 diabetes.
Type 2 diabetes is more likely to occur in African American women who are regular consumers of sugar-sweetened beverages, such as fruit drinks and soft drinks.
Regular drinking of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB), such as soft drinks, fruit drinks, iced tea, energy drinks, and vitamin water drinks, may increase an individual's susceptibility to type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome.
