People looking for an alternative to sugar-sweetened soft drinks often turn to fruity beverages, but new research suggests that may be unwise. Researchers studied data on 43,960 women who did not have diabetes and had them report on their use of regular soda, all-natural fruit juices such as grapefruit juice and orange juice, and fruit-flavored drinks such as Kool-Aid. Over the course of the 10-year study, researchers found that the women who drank two or more sugary sodas per day were 24...
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Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease caused by the inability of the pancreas to produce insulin or to use the insulin produced in the proper way.... Read more »
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