Every extra 12-ounce sugary drink ups diabetes risk

 

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Stone Hearth News

NEWSWISE – David Levitsky, an expert on diet and professor of nutrition at Cornell University, discusses the implications of a large European study concluding that every extra 12-ounce serving of sugary drinks increases a person’s risk of developing diabetes by 22 percent.

Levitsky says:
“The results of the recent paper by the The InterAct Consortium demonstrating a link between the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and diabetes is another nail in the coffin of the idea that we are free to eat whatever or how much we want.

“The omnipresence and the cheap price of food in our culture are the direct causes of this increase in diabetes, a disease which will result in millions of dollars of additional medical costs and suffering. We can no longer eat anything we want without thinking about its consequence. We must learn to control our intake if we want to remain healthy.”