Just 2 glasses of soft drinks daily tied to higher death risk

A study of nearly 452,000 people ties higher soft drinks consumption — including of those artificially and sugar sweetened — to raised risk of early death.

Soda and fruit juice are ‘biggest culprits in dental erosion’

In a large new study, participants who consumed the most fruit juices or soft drinks also had the most severe symptoms of tooth wear.

Soda and fruit juice are ‘biggest culprits in dental erosion’

In a large new study, participants who consumed the most fruit juices or soft drinks also had the most severe symptoms of tooth wear.

Daily cola ‘raises cancer risk’ due to caramel coloring

Caramel coloring in soft drinks creates a carcinogen during production, say researchers, producing a cancer risk above the acceptable level of one case in every 100,000 people.

The balance between acids and host protection in a healthy mouth disrupted by high acidity drinks

Dental researchers at the University of Adelaide are warning parents of the dangers of soft drinks, fruit juice, sports drinks and other drinks high in acidity, which form part of a “triple-threat”…

Coca-Cola Launches Anti-Obesity Campaign

Coca-Cola, the most powerful and well known soft drinks company in the world, is claiming to publicly address the link between sugary drinks and obesity with a global advertising campaign which has started in the USA. This is quite a change from the promotion of its soft drinks as a route to happiness…

The Benefits Of Caffeine On Motor Impairment In Parkinson’s Disease

Caffeine, which is widely consumed around the world in coffee, tea and soft drinks, may help control movement in people suffering from Parkinson’s. This is the finding of a study conducted at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI MUHC) that was recently published in Neurology®, the official journal of the American Academy of Neurology…

Cellular Energy May Be Depleted In Patients With Obesity And Diabetes By Increased Fructose Consumption

Obese people who consume increased amounts of fructose, a type of sugar that is found in particular in soft drinks and fruit juices, are at risk for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NFALD) and more its more severe forms, fatty inflammation and scarring. Now researchers at Duke University Medical Center believe they better understand what mechanism may account for fructose-related liver injury…

Gout In Women, A Not So Sweet Outcome Of Sugar-Sweetened Drinks

Women who consume fructose-rich beverages, such as sugar-sweetened soft drinks and orange juice, are at an increased risk for gout, according to research presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting in Atlanta. Gout is a painful and potentially disabling form of arthritis that has been recognized since ancient times…