High sugar drinks are more dangerous than sweet foods, really?

Trubus.id – To prevent diabetes, many people avoid sugary foods, but without feeling guilty, they continue to drink sugary sugary beverages, including iced coffee bubble drink. However, sugary drinks are more dangerous than foods containing natural sugar as a trigger for type 2 diabetes.

A study conducted by a team at St. Michael's Hospital in Canada found that sugary drinks containing fructose are more dangerous because of their effect on blood sugar levels.

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Fructose is a natural sugar found in foods, for example fruits and vegetables or honey. Fructose is also sometimes added to foods such as cakes, soft drinks or cereals, as "sugar free". The form can be granulated sugar, refined sugar or corn syrup.

According to the badysis, drinks with added sugar can increase the risk of diabetes. That's why we should start limiting our consumption. However, the bad influence of fructose is not found in fruits and vegetables containing natural fructose.

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Nevertheless, this research is still small scale and additional studies are needed to confirm it. Excess fructose stimulates the production of fat cells and does not stimulate the production of leptin, a hormone responsible for regulating energy intake and expenditure.

Therefore, it is feared that excess fructose will cause a fat accumulation faster than excess glucose. Excess fructose has the same effect as people who have an excess of fatty foods.