As someone who has type 2 diabetes, this is something to read here:
(CNN)Drinking two or more sweetened drinks per day could greatly increase your risk of diabetes, according to new research.In fact, it could double it.Diet soda may do more harm than goodDiet soda may do more harm than goodIn the study, two or more 200-milliliter servings of sweetened drinks, consumed daily, were found to double the risk of developing the condition. Given that standard 12-ounce drinks cans are more than 300-milliliters, this means just 1 and a half of these drinks per day could double your risk.But more importantly, the level of risk was about the same regardless of whether the drinks used sugar or artificial sweeteners. So choosing the diet option may make no difference, as both types were seen to result in two times the risk of having diabetes.”Not all studies have been able to look at sugary and artificially beverages separately,” said Josefin Edwall Löfvenborg, a nutritionist at the Karolinksa Intitute in Sweden, “(but) it’s getting more and more established that soft drinks increase risk of type II diabetes.” – Source: Drinking two sugary drinks per day? You could be doubling your risk of diabetes – CNN.com
It is amazing the people who will not heed this warning. I never did, when I was younger. I always thought to myself, “Diabetes? That’s an old people disease.” Well, here I am 44 years old, a type 2 diabetic and you know what? It is a real danger, to ones life. Here is hoping that young people today, are a bit smarter about all of that, then I was. 🙁