Daily consumption of sugary drinks is dangerous for women’s hearts

We know that excessive consumption of sugary drinks is bad for your health. So much so that the non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NASH), a silent disease that damages the liver, has been dubbed “soda disease”. Apart from the risk factor that these sugary drinks represent in the development of obesity and diabetes, they are also harmful to the liver.

An American study conducted since 1995 on 106,000 women with an average age of 52 and published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, demonstrates the dangers associated with daily consumption of sodas, fruit juices with added sugars, as well as sweetened waters and teas. According to the trends observed over the years, the biggest consumers of these products were more likely to smoke, to be overweight or obese and to have a less balanced diet than the others.

+20% risk of suffering from cardiovascular disease

The observation then made by researchers on cardiovascular health is alarming: women who used to consume sugary drinks on a daily basis ran a 20% higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease (stroke, heart attack, hypertension, cardiac arrhythmia, venous thrombosis, etc.) compared to those who drank it only rarely.

In detail, daily consumption of sugary drinks was associated with a 26% higher risk of needing angioplasty to unclog clogged arteries and increased the likelihood of having a stroke by 21%. However, the risks varied according to the type of drink consumed: the risk of developing cardiovascular disease was indeed 42% higher when consuming fruit drinks with added sugar than sodas (+23%).

“The sugar contained in drinks would increase the cardiovascular risk due to several physiological effects. These include an increase in blood glucose and insulin concentration, which can increase appetite and therefore lead to obesitycomments Cheryl Anderson of the University of California (USA) and lead author of the study. Too much sugar in the blood is associated with oxidative stress and inflammation as well as a risk of type 2 diabetes and therefore atherosclerosis, an environment conducive to several cardiovascular diseases.”

The consumption of sugary drinks in France

It is estimated that the French consume an average of 50.9 liters of soda per year and per person. A figure much lower than that of Americans (146.5 liters per capita) but which has a considerable impact on our health, according to an Inserm study presented at the congress of hepatologists in July 2019.”Now we know that a consumption of 33 centilitres per day endangers the liversaid Lawrence Serfaty, professor at the Strasbourg University Hospital. Before, we only had estimates.”

According to the reference site Planetoscope“Ihe carbonated beverage sector consumes about 6.5 kilos of sugar per second in France. In other words, 205,000 tonnes of sugar are used for sodas and sugary drinks” every year.