A recent study by Danish researchers found that when people drank regular soda every day for 6 months, they experienced a 132-142% increase in liver fat, a 117-221% increase in skeletal fat, and a 30% boost in both triglyceride blood fats and other organ fat. It also led to an 11% increase in cholesterol, compared with the people who drank other beverages such as water or milk.
EW! And according to Men’s Health, 10 ounces of carbonated, sugary drinks a day ups your risk of developing diabetes by 67%.
And diet soda isn’t any better. A study at University of Texas Health Science Center monitored 475 adults for 10 years, and found that diet soda drinkers had a 70 percent increase in waist circumference over the 10-year study, compared with those who didn’t drink any soda. Those who drank more than two diet sodas per day saw a 500 percent waist expansion! A separate study by the same researchers conducted on mice suggested that it was the aspartame, which raised blood glucose levels, that caused the weight gain; when your liver encounters too much glucose, the excess is converted to body fat.
Not so diet after all.
That’s not all. Nearly all aluminum soda cans are lined with BPA, which is known to interfere with hormones, and has been linked to everything from infertility to obesity and diabetes and some forms of reproductive cancers.
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Stick to water with lemon, club soda, and other unsweetened beverages. When you’re really craving that sweet, carbonated stuff – go for the real deal. A little bit of sugar in moderation won’t kill you. Just keep it to once a week at most.
