Are Fruit Juices Healthy?

People are waking up to the fact that carbonated beverages (Soda drinks) like Coke, Pepsi, Thumbs Up, Sprite etc are harmful to health when consumed on a regular basis. More and more research is throwing light on their association with Diabetes and Obesity.

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But did you know that drinking Fruit Juices and Artificially flavored drinks can also increase the rsik for Diabetes!
New research published in BMJ  shows that consumption of sugar sweetened beverages over years may be related to a substantial number of cases of new onset diabetes.

 So what is the message?

Stop drinking:

1. Fruit juices

2. Carbonated beverages

3. Artificially Sweetened beverages

What to Eat?

Raw fruits washed clean. They have fiber which helps you in multiple ways.

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If you want to read more scientific articles:

1. Basu S, McKee M, Galea G, Stuckler D. Relationship of soft drink consumption to global overweight, obesity, and diabetes: a cross-national analysis of 75 countries. Am J Public Health2013;103:2071-7.

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2. Stanhope KL. Role of fructose-containing sugars in the epidemics of obesity and metabolic syndrome. Annu Rev Med2012;63:329-43.

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3. Weed DL, Althuis MD, Mink PJ. Quality of reviews on sugar-sweetened beverages and health outcomes: a systematic review. Am J Clin Nutr2011;94:1340-7.

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4. Malik VS, Popkin BM, Bray GA, et al. Sugar-sweetened beverages and risk of metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis. Diabetes Care2010;33:2477-83.

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