India, June 3 -- People often think that having a sweet tooth leads to a higher risk of type 2 diabetes. But a new, large study found that the link between sugary drinks and diabetes is more complicated.
Researchers from Brigham Young University in the U.S., along with scientists from Germany, looked at the results of 29 studies from around the world-including Europe, the U.S., Asia, Australia, and Latin America.
"This is the first study to draw clear dose-response relationships between different sugar sources and type 2 diabetes risk," said lead author Karen Della Corte. "It highlights why drinking your sugar-whether from soda or juice-is more problematic for health than eating it."
Published in the journal Advances in Nutrition, they f...