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Researchers led by Francoise Clavel-Chapelon and Guy Fagherazzi dug into the data mine to look at the prevalence of diabetes among women who drank either type of soda, and those who drank only unsweetened fruit juice.
Compared with juice-drinkers, women who drank either of the sodas had a higher incidence of diabetes.
The increased risk was about a third for those who drank up to 359 millilitres (12 US ounces) per week of either type of soda, and more than double among those who drank up to 603 ml (20 ounces) per week.
Drinkers of light sodas had an even higher risk of diabetes compared to those who drank regular ones: 15 percent higher for consumption of 500 ml (16.9 ounces) per week, and 59 percent higher for consumption of 1.5 litres (50 ounces) per week, Inserm said.
There was no increase in diabetes among women who drank only 100-percent fruit juice, compared with non-consumers.
The study noted that women who drank "light" sodas tended to drink more of it -- 2.8 glasses a week on average compared to 1.6 glasses among women on "regular" sodas.
http://www.france24.com/en/20130207-light-sodas-hike-diabetes-risk-study
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Hard Assets
(274 posts)does that mean I have to give up Diet Coke?
FarCenter
(19,429 posts)Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)this is how you can tell it's France; in America there are a lot more people who drink multiples of that in a day.
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/map_of_the_week/2012/07/map_of_soda_consumption_americans_drink_more_than_anyone_else_.html
FarCenter
(19,429 posts)Which means that Americans are far more at risk than the French.
laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)that the sweetness in artificial sodas still triggers an insulin release even though there is no sugar and I could see how that would impact diet soda drinkers EXCEPT for the fact that those who drank fruit juices or sugar-laden soda were less likely, even with all that extra insulin production, to get diabetes that diet soda drinkers. This would mean it's something WITHIN the chemicals that is attacking islet cells or modifying them in some way. Interesting - I do hope they study this more.
demwing
(16,916 posts)were heavy sugar users from other sources ?
just because B follows A doesn't mean A caused B.
GoCubsGo
(32,083 posts)Weren't artificial sweeteners (a.k.a. "sugar substitutes"
created, primarily FOR diabetics, rather than for the diet industry?
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davidn3600
(6,342 posts)It's pretty easy to test whether diet coke triggers an insulin response. Since the level of glucose in the blood is unchanged after one drinks the diet soda. If aspartame triggers an insulin response, the blood glucose should decline. It does not.
There can be many other factors involved here. People who drink a lot of diet soda may be living a more risky lifestyle. They may be overweight. They may be adding sugar from other sources. They may not be exercising regularly. There is also very likely a genetics factor involved. Diabetes does tend to run in families and some individuals are more predisposed to it.
But this study has the same problem as those ones that say diet soda makes you gain weight. The problem is the people who are more likely to drink diet soda or diet products have weight problems to begin with. And a lot of times people think that because they didn't gain any weight with the soda since its zero calories, they think they can have a bigger piece of cake or a bigger dish of ice cream.
marions ghost
(19,841 posts)Splenda (sucralose) and Nutrasweet/Equal (aspartame).
--otherwise accept being a guinea pig. Research it.
