(CBS) Think weight loss and tooth decay is the only risk-related health soft drink? Think again. A new study suggests that drinking two or more sweetened drinks a day increases the risk of heart disease-women, at least.
To study-presented on Sunday at the American Heart Association meeting in Orlando, Florida-University of Oklahoma researchers see a sweet beverage consumption among healthy which almost 4,200 men and women ages 45-84. Sweet beverages including soft drinks, mineral water that's sweet and non-alcoholic beer-regular, not diet.
Five year follow-up showed that women who regularly consume sweet beverages have a high risk for heart disease and diabetes. Compared with those who drank less than one drink a day being sweet, she is nearly four times as likely to develop high blood levels of triglycerides of fat-related diseases and disorders of the heart-blood sugar levels.
The study found no relationship between sweet drinks and heart disease in men. Why not? Study author Dr. Christina Shay says it may be because women have a lower energy requirements than men. "They have a small body, less muscle mass and require fewer calories than men," said Shay HealthDay. "It may be that men need to see the effects more soda."
Not surprisingly, many women drinkers gain weight during soda study-and being overweight is a risk factor for heart disease. But many women do not always gain weight still get the extra fat around the waist. And experts say dangerous because belly fat including deep fat, which is located deep in the belly and around internal organs. This type of fat is associated with high blood pressure and cholesterol, and destroys the insulin metabolism.