Diet Coke WON’T stop you getting diabetes: Two glasses of calorie-free drinks a day ‘doubles the risk’

 

Diet Coke WON’T stop you getting diabetes: Two glasses of calorie-free drinks a day ‘doubles the risk’

• Calorie-free drinks ‘make us hungrier so we crave sugar-laden snacks’
• Scientists suspect artificial sweeteners interfere with our gut bacteria
•  Team from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden studied 2,874 adults who completed a year-long diary about their drinks intake
• Those who had two sweetened drinks a day were 2.4 times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes

By Sophie Borland Health Editor For The Daily Mail

 

Many of us have ditched our favourite sugary drinks for their diet alternative in a bid to boost our health and keep off the pounds.

But it seems that diet drinks can be just as bad for you, according to a study.

Scientists found drinking just two glasses of diet drinks a day more than doubles the risk of developing diabetes.

They believe that calorie-free drinks make us feel hungrier, prompting us to crave sugar-laden snacks.

And they also suspect that artificial sweeteners interfere with the bacteria in our gut – which may trigger diabetes.

The team from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden studied 2,874 adults who had completed a year-long diary about their intake of drinks.

Those who had two or more sweetened drinks a day were 2.4 times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes. This included sugary beverages and artificially sweetened ones, such as Diet Coke or sugar free cordials.

Having five or more sugar-free drinks a day increased the risk by 4.5 times…..More Here

 

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