Do you like carbonated drinks? What about diet sodas? If your answer is yes and you are drinking more than 2 glasses of carbonated beverages a day, we recommend that you give up this habit immediately. Because the results of a study in which 81 thousand 714 women were followed for 12 years are not heartwarming at all.
If you’re drinking more than 2 glasses a day…
Those who drank 2 or more glasses of soda a day had a 23 percent higher risk of having a stroke and a 16 percent higher risk of dying early.
23 percent higher risk of heart disease and death
People who consume a lot of carbonated drinks and those who do not consume carbonated drinks once a week or at all were also compared in the study. Compared to non-drinkers, those who regularly consumed soda had a 23 percent higher risk of heart disease and death.
Lead author Dr Yasmin Mossavar-Rahmani, of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, “Many well-wishers, especially those who are overweight, drink low-calorie sweetened beverages to cut calories in their diet. However, this is not enough to eliminate the health risks.says.
