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Regular consumption of sugary drinks is the cause of cancer, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, increased triglycerides and cholesterol, excessive secretion of insulin, resistance to these hormones and glucose intolerance, confirmed the Department Cognitive Neuroscience Neuroscience, Institute of Cell Physiology (IFC) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
After several years of research, scientists from the highest house of studies revealed that high-sugar beverages were detonating metabolic syndrome, defined by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), as the set of associated risk factors in the same person that leads to the presence of the aforementioned diseases.
Half of adults over the age of 20 suffer from metabolic syndrome, according to the Department of Nutritional Physiology at the National Institute of Medical and Nutritional Sciences n Salvador Zubirán (INCMSZ), which released last month's results from a study applied to 1,65 people in Mexico City.
Dr. Marcia Hiriart Urdanivia, Director of the Institute of Cellular Physiology, informed that In order to know the effects and sequelae of sugary drinkable products, they set up a model with rats to which they gave a drink similar to juice and soft drinks, that is, with 20% white table sugar
. consuming the drink, rodents showed an increase in abdominal fat, triglycerides, insulin, glucose resistance and intolerance.
The researcher explained that the growth of abdominal fat causes chemical mediators called adipokines and attracts white blood cells. that produce cytokines. These processes, he added, are perceived by the body as an inflammation.
He warned that type 2 diabetes occurs when beta cells – responsible for the synthesis and secretion of insulin – have been stimulated excessively for a while. they run out, then become unable to produce enough insulin to keep the glucose concentration at normal levels.
The results of the analysis are strengthening in a country plunged into an epidemic of overweight, obesity and diabetes decreed in November 2016, for the moment there are sufficient and effective measures to l & # 39; mitigate.
Data from the latest National Health and Nutrition Survey (Ensanut) revealed that 34.9% of children, 36.3% of adolescents and 71.2% of adults In summary, 3 out of 10 children, 3 out of 10 adolescents and 7 out of 10 adults have diabetes. obesity or obesity and 1 in 10 Mexicans has diabetes
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Health experts and civil society organizations have warned that the Sugar beverage consumption was one of the most important. factors responsible for the epidemiological emergency due to these noncommunicable diseases:
According to 2014 figures presented by Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, Director of the Friedman School of Science and Nutritional Policy, in the Mexican Republic Sugar drinks are responsible for more than 24,000 deaths a year and also cause between 22 and 33 percent of the total deaths related to diabetes, cardiovascular disease and obesity.
However, Mexicans consume excess carbonated beverages: the same Ensanut 2016 reported that 81.5% of children, 83.9% of adolescents and 85.3% of adults regularly consume sweet drinks A Coca-Cola 600 milliliters, according to The Power of the Consumer (EPC), contains just over 12 teaspoons of sugar, or more than 180 to 252% of what an adult should consume. in a whole day, according to the recommendations of the American Heart Association.
In January 2014, the Mexican government launched the 10 percent Special Tax (IEPS) for sugary drinks and although the measure was recognized by specialists and organizations that it was also asked to double as recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO).
It should be mentioned that during the first year of implementation of the IEPS, Mexicans purchase unhealthy beverages and already by the end of 2014 an average reduction by 12 percent was reached, in addition the purchase of natural water increased by 4 percent over the same period.
Evaluation According to a study published in the journal PLOS Medicine in the United States, it could save some 18,900 adult lives between 35 and 94 years and reduce the impact of diabetes and other diseases in the country during a decade.
Source: Sinembargo.mx
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