Carbonated drinks are very popular among people, especially teenagers, due to their unique and refreshing flavor and irreplaceable function of cooling off and quenching thirst. In this article we discuss about Carbonated drinks cause chronic kidney disease
However, many medical studies in recent years have shown that the side effects of drinking carbonated beverages frequently on the human body will far exceed the sensory stimulation they bring, which has also become a major hidden danger for many diseases.
Sugary drinks are harmful
The harm of sugary drinks is mainly caused by excessive refined sugar. A 500ml bottle of drink has an average sugar content of about 50 grams and can provide 200kcal of calories. Two bottles of drinks a day are equivalent to eating an extra bowl of rice.
At present, there is still controversy about the impact of sugary drinks on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and cancer, but the impact on kidney disease and hyperuricemia is an indisputable fact.
Increased risk of multiple diseases
In 2016, the American Heart Association (AHA) published a scientific statement in the famous journal Circulation, stating that increase sugar intake is associated with an increased risk of obesity, diabetes, hypertension and other diseases in children/young people.
Excessive energy intake can easily lead to obesity, which is itself a major risk factor for type 2 diabetes . At the same time, sweet drinks generally contain monosaccharides and disaccharides that are easily digest and absorbed, which can easily cause blood sugar levels to rise.
Kidney disease
Recently, a survey sent out by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health show that high consumption of sugar-sweetened fruit drinks, soda water, and carbonated beverages (such as cola) is associate with a higher likelihood of developing chronic kidney disease (CKD).
The investigation lasted for 4 years. The researchers find that a beverage pattern consisting of soda, sweetened fruit drinks, and water was associate with a higher risk of developing CKD.
Participants in the top third of this beverage consumption pattern were 61% more likely to develop CKD than those in the bottom third.
The researchers were surprise to find water as a component of this beverage pattern. They note that study participants may have reported consuming various types of water, including flavored and sweetened water.
A human study also found that consuming more than two sugary drinks increased the risk of albuminuria, and rat experiments found that fructose intake aggravated proteinuria and accelerated glomerular sclerosis and tubulointerstitial damage .
Hyperuricemia
The fructose in sugary drinks can increase blood uric acid levels and induce gout.
From 1977 to 1996, the incidence of gout in the United States increased from 16/100,000 to 42/100,000, a trend consistent with the significant increase in soft drink and fructose consumption.
The Boston Medical School study also found that:
Compared with those who consumed less than one serving of sugary soda per month, women who drank one serving of sugary soda per day had a 74% increased risk of gout, and those who drank two or more servings per day had a 139% increased risk.
Sweetness is the brain’s reward to the body. Like alcohol and nicotine, it is also “addictive”. Sugar has become the most widely used “legal poison” in the world.
While becoming “addicted”, I hope everyone can keep a rational mind and be alert to the potential harm of sugary drinks to health!