Sweet lie: how are fizzy drinks and juices bad for your health?

Excessive consumption can lead to weight gain and metabolic disorders.

Sugary drinks cause more than a million heart attacks worldwide each year. Juices and carbonated drinks account for half of the daily sugar requirement, functional diagnostics doctor Rashid Songurov told Gazeta.ru.

"The WHO recommends that sugars should be included in the diet at a level of less than 10% of the total daily calories consumed. If a person consumes less than 5% of the total amount (25 grams or 6 teaspoons of sugar), then they are in a healthy range. However, the average daily requirement can be easily met with a glass of grape or apple juice, which contains about 6-8 teaspoons of sugar," the specialist explained.

The doctor also noted that people often do not stop at a glass of juice, but then consume fruits, sweets and other products containing sugar. Thus, they significantly exceed the permissible norm. From this we can conclude that even one sweet drink per day can lead to an imbalance in the diet.

Excessive consumption of sugary drinks leads to weight gain and metabolic diseases. The second is the possibility of developing diabetes and cardiovascular diseases increases. Excessive consumption of juice and carbonated drinks can lead to the development of several heart diseases at once.

"Excess sugar contributes to an increase in triglyceride levels and a decrease in the level of "good" cholesterol (HDL). This increases the risk of developing atherosclerosis, in which the walls of the arteries thicken and lose elasticity, the development of which can subsequently lead to a heart attack (infarction) or a blood vessel rupture (stroke); In addition, regular consumption of sugary drinks leads to an increase in visceral fat (deposits around the internal organs). And this, in turn, is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases," the doctor explained.

The constant desire to drink sweet drinks can be the result of deficiencies in the body. For example, a deficiency of chromium, phosphorus, sulfur and tryptophan. When choosing a juice or soda, you should carefully study its composition. Drinks with low sugar content should be preferred. The best option is water with natural additives. Follow “Zamin” news on “Telegram”