Addiction to soft drinks more than milk, few people know its terrible harm

11/04/2022 09:26 GMT+7

Diabetes because of soft drinks

Children’s Hospital Ho Chi Minh City gave emergency treatment to a 13-year-old girl admitted to the hospital because of a coma, ketoacidosis due to dysglycemia. The baby is addicted to soft drinks and one day he can drink all three large bottles of soft drinks of 1.5 liters. On admission, the pediatric patient had a blood sugar level of more than 1500 mg/dl, a critical number ready to cause complications such as coma and unpredictable infection. After several days of emergency, the doctor said that he had diabetes and had to be treated for the rest of his life.

Or the case of baby Nguyen AT born in 2008. T. was discovered to have type 2 diabetes last year. The baby’s parents said that since childhood, T. was fatter than his peers and was addicted to sweets and soft drinks. In the morning, his mother gave him money for breakfast, instead of buying food, he bought a can of soft drink. Not only at school, at home, anyone who gave him money just a few minutes later, the boy ran to the supermarket to buy a can of soft drink.

T.’s mother said that even though she didn’t buy it, she sometimes kept it hidden from her parents to drink soft drinks. Only when T. lost weight, he was tired, fell asleep, fell asleep, drank a lot of water, and his parents rushed to check. The doctor diagnosed diabetes early. One year this year, T entered the treatment of type 2 diabetes, completely changed the diet as well as the time of exercise.

Doctor Nguyen Thuy Nhung, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital, said that soft drinks are a drink of choice for many people, both among children and adults.

Carbonated soft drinks are drinks containing saturated CO2, sweeteners, flavorings, colorings, additives, preservatives… Usually, carbonated soft drinks also contain acids such as malic, tartric, citric, etc. phosphoric… plus sugar. Soft drinks are a cause of obesity and diabetes.

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The latest studies have shown the common harmful effects of carbonated soft drinks on human health as follows:

Firstly, causing obesity

Carbonated soft drinks often contain fructose, which in the body does not need insulin, it also turns into excess fat, easily causing obesity.

A study conducted by the Center for Health Sciences, University of Texas found that there is a link between regular consumption of carbonated soft drinks and waist size.

People who drink a lot of carbonated soft drinks will have a larger waistline than others who drink less or don’t drink.

Soft drinks are like many alcoholic beverages like alcohol in that they are high in gas and calories.

Therefore, if consumed a lot, it will lead to bloating, indigestion, increase the amount of excess fat around the abdomen, which increases the risk of obesity, diabetes, and high blood pressure.

Second, increase the risk of diabetes

The main role of insulin in the body is to guide glucose from the blood into the cells correctly, but consuming excess sugar in the form of sodas forces the pancreas to make more and more insulin to process.

This leads to insulin resistance, leading to the development of negative pathologies, which then often progress to malfunctions in energy metabolism.

In addition, according to Dr. Nhung, if you drink soft drinks, it will reduce the therapeutic effect, control heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, liver disease, cancer, osteoporosis, increase mortality. Children who drink a lot of soft drinks also increase dental disease, slow down height growth and the risk of developing cardiovascular disease and diabetes in adulthood.

In fact, Dr. Nhung said that while milk is good for growth, children prefer sweet water to milk. If you drink a lot of soft drinks high in phosphorus, it affects the child’s bone development system.

Sugar in soft drinks is also a food for bacteria to grow, so soft drinks are evaluated to increase oral diseases in children and adults.

If you drink 2 cans of soft drinks a day, your risk of cardiovascular disease and death increases by 30%. Therefore, to ensure the best development for children and the health of adults, Dr. Nhung recommends that you limit soft drinks as much as possible.

Khanh Chi