Sweetened Beverages, Cut Them Out
16 Dec 2024
It’s been a Gifford-Jones line for decades: sugar is the “white devil”. Now yet another study concurs. But yikes, an estimated 65 percent of adults in the U.S. consume sugar-sweetened beverages every day. According to Tufts University, a study following nearly 99,000 postmenopausal women ages 50 to 79 for an average of more than 20 years found that consuming one or more servings of sugar-sweetened beverages per day was associated with significantly higher rates of liver cancer and death from liver disease than consuming three or less servings per month. Was it the sugary drinks that caused liver problems, or other behaviours typically found among people who don’t heed the white devil? The jury is out on artificial sweeteners. So, keep it simple and drink plain water and other unsweentened beverages.
