There is no denying that sugar-loaded soft drinks are having ‘a negative impact on health’. These words from Dr. Kelly Brownell, director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University, clearly warn people who enjoy soft drinks at the cost of their health.
This remark from Dr. Kelly is the conclusion of the study, which tracked more than 91,000 women for about eight years and concluded that women who drank one or more sodas per day were twice as likely as those drank less than one soda per month to develop diabetes over the course of the study.
In addition, this study states that the higher people consumed sugary sodas the lower they consume milk, calcium and other essential nutrients, fruits, etc. It shows that a big percentage of soft drink consumers ignore the importance of healthy diet, which further exacerbates the situation.
During the review experts also found that, results presented by the industry-funded studies were too biased when compared to the non-industry-funded studies. Recently, news stating that coca-cola pays doctor who claims soda has no link to obesity, diabetes, etc. were also beamed, which confirm the fakeness of the these so-called ‘biased studies’.
In the words of Dr. Kelly:
...with the industry-funded studies much more likely to find the results favorable to industry.
This shows that most of such industry-funded studies are part to a massive campaign of these industries to advertise their products by throwing dust into the eyes of innocent consumers.
No doubt, this study has strongly undraped the covetous attitude of soft drink producing industries along with exposing negative effects of soft drink consumption, but we should not forget that several studies conducted earlier have also tired their hands in this awareness mission. As a result, many people have come forward saying ‘no’ to these soft drinks, which are pushing us to embrace slow death. Following are some of the links that would provide you with the idea what other studies says about health effects of soft drinks and how society has responded to this awareness:-
How soft drinks affect health:-
The Health Hazards of Drinking Coca-Cola and other Soft Drinks
Soft drinks weight gain warning
Soft Drinks Reportedly Linked to Health Problems
Kindling awareness:-
National ban on soft drinks in schools sought
Restrict soda vending machines in public schools, says American Dietetic Association
Bottlers Agree to a School Ban on Sweet Drinks
Push for wider soft drink ban
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Via: DNA India
