New research suggests that healthy yogurt drinks could increase your risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. The one finding by researchers from the International Chair on Cardio metabolic Risk found that just one or two sugary drinks daily increased more than twenty-five percent risk of developing metabolic syndrome or diabetes in people.
They are at greater risk of obesity. The genuine factor behind childhood obesity is sugary drinks, according to endocrinologist Prof Nick Finer from University College London Hospitals. One of the major problems is that twenty percent energy of the child comes from sugar which is added to drinks and foods and is associated with weight gain and obesity.
You cannot blame only fizzy drinks but some yogurt drinks can also contain as much as fifteen spoons of sugar in just one portion. Regrettably these fluid calories are imperceptible. These drinks do not satisfy you in the same way calories from food would, so you can consume more without feeling full, explains Susan Jebb, nutritionist from the Medical Research Council (MRC).
In the meantime, these are so sugary that human body reacts by releasing large surges of insulin. Frequent occurrences of these insulin spikes can make the body less sensitive to the hormone, increasing the risk of insulin resistance which may lead to diabetes added Susan Jebb.
When Glenys Jones from MRC calculate the number of sugary contents in popular beverages, the results were shocking. According to Glenys Jones, people buying five hundred ml bottle of drink, they do not stop at a neat half bottle a day but tend to finish it off.
There are many super-sized drinks bottles, so although they may contain two servings, people will often drink the whole bottle or carton. Various people do not recognize that by drinking a five hundred ml bottle, they could be doubling their intake of sugar added Glenys Jones. People should enjoy soft drinks as part of a balanced diet, explained a spokesperson for the British Soft Drinks Association.