date:Oct 24, 2012
New research published in the Current Atherosclerosis Reports suggests consuming soft drinks and fruit juices containing fructose may increase the risk of metabolic disease.
Lead researcher G.A. Bray at Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University published the paper in which he noted fructose and glucose in soft drinks and fruit drinks account for just under 50% of added sugars.
Soft drinks intake has risen fivefold between 1950 and 2000, and this increase in intake of s