There is even more evidence that drinking a lot of soda and coffee full of sugar could lead to early death

• A long-term study of more than 118,000 men and women suggests that the more people who drink sugar drink, the more likely they are to die, including heart disease.
• This was especially true for women.
• The study also suggests that artificial sweeteners are unhealthy when they are consumed in large doses every day.

The scientists found even more evidence that it was time to give up the soda, drop the lemonade and end the sweet-sweet coffee routine. These sugary drinks taste good, but they can also cause premature death of drinkers.

A 34-year study of more than 118,000 men and women in the United States, published in the newspaper Circulation on Monday, suggests that people who drink more sugary drinks are more likely to die for a variety of reasons, including heart problems and cancers. . Soda and sugar substitutes may not be better if they are consumed in high doses.

Scientists have known for a long time that these drinks can contribute to weight gain, diabetes, heart disease and stroke, but this latest evidence is the most damning so far that sugary drinks can be deadly.

"Diet sodas can be used to help regular consumers of sugary drinks to reduce their intake, but water is the best and healthiest choice," wrote the senior author of the program. study, Vasanti Malik, researcher at the Harvard TH nutrition department Chan School of Public Health, said in a press release.

The authors of this study found that daily consumption of four or more artificially sweetened drinks also increased the risk of female deaths. They could not say the same thing for men.

A double threat to health, due to sugar and lack of exercise

This is bad news because people who drink more sugary drinks also have a greater tendency to be less physically active, which means that they are subject to some kind of double threat to health.

After two long-term studies over 34 years, researchers found that people who drank sweetened beverages were more likely to die and that the more sugar they had, the higher the risk of death.

Compared with people drinking only one sugar drink per month (without fruit juice), women who drank more than 24 ounces of syrup had a higher risk of death of 63%, and men 29%.

There are caveats. Since this study was observational and scientists did not ask people to stay in a laboratory for decades to collect data, we can not be sure that there is a causal link between premature death and beverages. sweet.

People who drink more sugar may die young because of all their activities that are harmful to their health, such as consuming more calories, eating more red meat and eating fewer vegetables. However, even when the researchers in this study considered factors such as diet, physical activity, body mbad index, and age, they still found that the People who drank more sugary drinks were more likely to die prematurely.

The good news is that reducing sugar a little can help. Instead of adding sugar to your coffee or taking a soda, drink coffee with cream and cinnamon or spruce up your selter with a little lemon.

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