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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 4006499" data-attributes="member: 56035"><a href="https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/sugary-beverages-linked-with-higher-risk-of-death/" target="_blank">https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/sugary-beverages-linked-with-higher-risk-of-death/</a>Previous studies have found links between SSB intake and weight gain and higher risk of <a href="https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/multitaxo/topic/diabetes/" target="_blank">type 2 diabetes</a>, heart disease, and stroke, although few have looked at the connection between SSB intake and mortalityAfter adjusting for major diet and lifestyle factors, the researchers found that the more SSBs a person drank, the more his or her risk of early death from any cause increased. Compared with drinking SSBs less than once per month, drinking one to four sugary drinks per month was linked with a 1% increased risk; two to six per week with a 6% increase; one to two per day with a 14% increase; and two or more per day with a 21% increase. The increased early death risk linked with SSB consumption was more pronounced among women than among men.There was a particularly strong link between drinking sugary beverages and increased risk of early death from cardiovascular disease. Compared with infrequent SSB drinkers, those who drank two or more servings per day of SSBs had a 31% higher risk of early death from CVD. Each additional serving per day of SSBs was linked with a 10% increased higher risk of CVD-related death.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 4006499, member: 56035"] [URL]https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/sugary-beverages-linked-with-higher-risk-of-death/[/URL] Previous studies have found links between SSB intake and weight gain and higher risk of [URL='https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/multitaxo/topic/diabetes/']type 2 diabetes[/URL], heart disease, and stroke, although few have looked at the connection between SSB intake and mortality After adjusting for major diet and lifestyle factors, the researchers found that the more SSBs a person drank, the more his or her risk of early death from any cause increased. Compared with drinking SSBs less than once per month, drinking one to four sugary drinks per month was linked with a 1% increased risk; two to six per week with a 6% increase; one to two per day with a 14% increase; and two or more per day with a 21% increase. The increased early death risk linked with SSB consumption was more pronounced among women than among men. There was a particularly strong link between drinking sugary beverages and increased risk of early death from cardiovascular disease. Compared with infrequent SSB drinkers, those who drank two or more servings per day of SSBs had a 31% higher risk of early death from CVD. Each additional serving per day of SSBs was linked with a 10% increased higher risk of CVD-related death. [/QUOTE]

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