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One Soda a Day Increases Diabetes Risk 85 Percent

  • June 08, 2004

In addition to the many other dangers of soda, drinking more than one sugar-sweetened soft drink a day appears to significantly increase a woman's chances of developing diabetes, says a Harvard study that found the extra sugar does more than just add pounds. Women in the study who drank at least one sugar-sweetened soda a day were 85 percent more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those who drank less, researchers said, noting that noted that sugar in liquid foods is particularly...