Even 1 Soda a Day Can Hike Your Diabetes Risk

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If you drink to much soda you will get sugar rush. The good thing about soda is it tastes good,but you need to work it off.

Teen 13 of NY 8:11PM October 31, 2010

The drug makers and diabetes drug makers take in 10 billion$$$$ every year with no cure!!
Food Chemicals are the cause of the diabetes and obesity crisis NOT SODA!
The FDA and Drug makers know this and are laughing to the Billionaire$$$ bank!
The food chemicals break the gut(insulin) and this is the cause of the diabetes and obesity crisis
A filmmaker has been reversing diabetes and Obesity in now 10 countries and the drug makers do not promote the story
just google SPIRIT HAPPY DIET

AmyLynn of CA 6:38PM October 29, 2010

Judging by the other comments on this story, it seems like consumers are getting the message that obesity, and in this case diabetes, cannot be blamed on one single ingredient or product. The reality is that 95 percent of the “sugar-sweetened” beverages out there aren’t really sweetened with sugar, but with another modified corn-based starch sweetener. Dubansky is correct, Americans do love sweetened drinks. With just 15 calories per teaspoon, sugar has been a trusted sweetener for more than 2,000 years. We urge readers to consume all foods and beverages in moderation, and stick with a sweetener they can trust – all-natural sugar.

Mollie O'Dell of DC 11:17AM October 29, 2010

I drank sugary soda and ate french fries and white breads (refined flour) and my triglycerides were sky high. Cut those food items way back and started to exercise five times a week, taking fish oil, and no other meds, and got the triglycerides down.
OK sugary soda is not the only source of the problem, but it sure contributes to the problem.
If you want to live, it is back to what makes sense. Eat the bad foods in moderation then lots of veggies, fruit, lean meats and regular exercise.

bob of KS 2:47PM October 28, 2010

As a registered dietitian, I do not believe sugary beverages are a unique risk factor for type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome. First of all, as the article mentions, this was a meta-analysis, meaning the authors took the results of several studies and combined them into one. However, this type of study does not prove a cause-and-effect relationship.
Second, the researchers acknowledge that their results may be affected by the inability to separate the effect of drinking sugary beverages from other lifestyle factors that may impact risk of type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome. No single food or beverage has been directly linked to causing these health conditions. The risk factors for type 2 diabetes include age, obesity, family history, physical inactivity, race/ethnicity, higher than normal blood glucose levels (impaired glucose tolerance), and prior gestational diabetes in women. Metabolic syndrome itself is a group of risk factors that together contribute to the incidence of heart disease, stroke, and diabetes.
I tell my clients, which also include food and beverage companies, that when it comes to diet moderation is a key factor. Whether you're looking to manage or prevent metabolic syndrome or type 2 diabetes, everything including sugary beverages and even sweets can be consumed, as long as it’s in reasonable quantities. Physical activity and weight management are both important components in risk reduction. Most people do not get enough exercise on a typical day, and numerous studies have pointed to the preventative power of exercise when it comes to various diseases.

Alisa Winters, RD of GA 1:40PM October 28, 2010

What a smoke screen! SODA IS NOT THE PROBLEM.
The drug makers and diabetes drug makers take in 10 billion$$$$ every year with no cure!!
Food Chemicals are the cause of the diabetes and obesity crisis NOT SODA!
The FDA and Drug makers know this and are laughing to the Billionaire$$$ bank!
The food chemicals break the gut(insulin) and this is the cause of the diabetes and obesity crisis NOT SODA
A filmmaker has been reversing diabetes and Obesity in now 10 countries and the drug makers do not promote the story
just google SPIRIT HAPPY DIET

Amme of CA 9:53AM October 28, 2010

One of the points that I find very useful is that any drink that has added sugar (with the exception of Stevia) has no useful funtion nutritionally. They tickle the taste buds and tackle the body. We just do not want to drink "plain water", because "I don't like it" or "it doesn't taste good". A move from 1 a day toward 1 a week would be substantive!

Bob Landry of NY 7:33AM October 28, 2010

First this is a meta-analysis, according to the author's description. That means the researchers didn't actually do any hard data gathering of their own. They simply looked at previous studies. So, we have no way to know what or how good the controls on those studies were. The problem with any meta-analysis is confounding factors, particularly difficult in the case of diet. For example, is this study stating that the compounds in soft drinks, mostly corn syrup, cause diabetes while when found in other foods they do not? It's just a meta-study, so unless the raw data and analysis is looked at, there's no way to tell.
Second, there is as usual with this kind of health propaganda all sorts of trojan numbers and none of the really useful ones. The 91,000 number is meaningless. The only really important number was what was the expected and what was the actual number of cases. And with that actual and expected, what was the statistical margin of error. Unless you know all these things you have no way to tell whether this is a meaningful finding or just more health food propaganda.

Colin Hunt 1:02AM October 28, 2010

Untreated obstructive sleep apnea is a major aggravator of elevated glucose and insulin resistance. Anyone with significant diabetes should be screened for obstructive sleep apnea. Sugars can be better controlled if any underlying sleep apnea is properly addressed.
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Steven Y. Park, MD of NY 10:51PM October 27, 2010