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in people who consume artificially sweetened beverages clearly struck a note, and with good reason. These days we are being heavily lobbied by beverage manufacturers to rethink our position on sugar sweetened beverages, no doubt because of the ever expanding medical literature that indicates that these dietary choices are profoundly threatening to our health.
Over the next few years we’re going to see more and more advertising for artificially sweetened beverages as the news related to the dangers of sugar sweetened beverages gets more traction. But clearly, this should in no way be interpreted as giving the green light for artificially sweetened beverages as we know see really good science demonstrating that risk or some of our most devastating medical conditions is actually even higher with these foods are consumed.
Finally, just so there’s no misunderstanding, my purpose in presenting this information is not to have you reach the conclusion that drinking sugar sweetened beverages is the right choice! And aside from soda, it’s important to recognize that even fruit juice is high in sugar with a 12 ounce glass of orange juice containing 36g of carbohydrates which translates to 9 teaspoons of sugar.
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