(Bloomberg) -- Just a single soft drink a day, diet or regular, may contribute to an array of health conditions that can hurt the heart and lead to diabetes, researchers said.
The results were surprising since so little soda increased the risk and because diet drinks, noteworthy for their lack of calories, had the same effect as sugary beverages, the researchers said. In the study, people who drank one or more cans a day had a 44 percent higher risk of developing the condition known as metabolic syndrome, the study found.
The study adds weight to earlier reports that drinking regular soda may lead to obesity and heart disease, said Ramachandran Vasan, a cardiologist and senior author of the paper from Boston University School of Medicine. The findings for diet drinks, about 30 percent of the $70.1 billion U.S. soda market, must be confirmed by future research, he said.
The results were surprising since so little soda increased the risk and because diet drinks, noteworthy for their lack of calories, had the same effect as sugary beverages, the researchers said. In the study, people who drank one or more cans a day had a 44 percent higher risk of developing the condition known as metabolic syndrome, the study found.
The study adds weight to earlier reports that drinking regular soda may lead to obesity and heart disease, said Ramachandran Vasan, a cardiologist and senior author of the paper from Boston University School of Medicine. The findings for diet drinks, about 30 percent of the $70.1 billion U.S. soda market, must be confirmed by future research, he said.
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