Soda Triggers Diabetes — Even If You're Not Overweight - AI Podcast
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- Drinking just one sugary beverage a day increases your risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by 25%, even if you're not overweight
- Boys who consume daily sugary drinks in childhood show a 34% rise in insulin resistance by age 17, along with higher fasting glucose levels
- Unlike glucose, which is used by every cell in your body, fructose is processed only by your liver — and in excess, it gets turned into fat, driving fatty liver disease and insulin resistance
- Fructose from whole fruit is not harmful because it's absorbed slowly with fiber and nutrients, but processed fructose in soda, including high-fructose corn syrup, floods your liver and overwhelms your mitochondria
- Replacing just one daily soda with water, coffee or tea reduces your risk of Type 2 diabetes by 17%, making it one of the easiest and most effective prevention strategies
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