Sugar-Sweetened Drinks Alter Gut Bacteria, Raising Diabetes Risk

A major study offers new insights into diabetes risk factors.
Sugar-Sweetened Drinks Alter Gut Bacteria, Raising Diabetes Risk
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Scientists have discovered a missing link between sugary drinks and diabetes risk: your gut bacteria.

A new study suggests that drinking sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) not only floods your body with empty calories but also disrupts the delicate balance of microbes in your digestive system—causing changes that may predict who will develop diabetes years before symptoms appear.

George Citroner
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George Citroner reports on health and medicine, covering topics that include cancer, infectious diseases, and neurodegenerative conditions. He was awarded the Media Orthopaedic Reporting Excellence (MORE) award in 2020 for a story on osteoporosis risk in men.