Reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, drink less sugary drinks

  A new study by researchers at the University of Cambridge in the UK shows that instead of drinking artificially formulated soft drinks or sugary milk drinks, replacing them with water, sugar-free tea or coffee will help reduce people's risk of type 2 diabetes.

  Soft drinks refer to artificially prepared drinks that contain almost no alcohol. Judging from the types of soft drinks, most of them contain sugar.

  An announcement issued by the University of Cambridge stated on the 1st that British researchers began a large-scale sampling survey many years ago. A total of more than 25,000 volunteers participated in the survey, and they were between 40 and 79 years old. During the 11-year follow-up investigation, the volunteers recorded their dietary patterns, especially sugar intake, as required. At the end of the investigation, 847 of the volunteers were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

  Researchers have found through data analysis and calculations that if volunteers substitute water, sugar-free tea or coffee for their daily soft drinks, their risk of type 2 diabetes can be reduced by 14%. If the sugar-free beverages mentioned above were substituted for the sugary milk beverages habitually drunk every day, these volunteers' risk of type 2 diabetes could be reduced by 20% to 25%.

  Researchers said that the results of this study are basically in line with the conclusions of similar research reports previously published, which also provide a more adequate basis for the recommendations of the World Health Organization on restricting dietary sugar intake.