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Fizzy drink warning: Just ONE can a day can cause you to put on 30% MORE FAT

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DRINKING just one can of sugary drink a day can lead to worryingly high levels of fat, triggering a host of dangerous health conditions, scientists warn.</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Experts have warned about the health dangers of fizzy drink</td></tr>
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A ground-breaking six-year study found middle aged who drank sugar-sweetened drinks put on 30 per cent MORE visceral fat than those who didn’t drink the drinks at all.</div>
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Those who drank sugar-sweetened drinks once a week, but not daily, were eight per cent more likely to carry the dangerous body fat around their middle. </div>
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Visceral fat is found around the abdominal cavity and therefore around important internal organs such as liver, pancreas and intestines.</div>
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It is thought to heighten heart disease and diabetes risk because of the way it impairs hormone function and insulin resistance.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Participants who drank sugary or fizzy drinks every day put on nearly a litre of this harmful fat.</td></tr>
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The results of the study showed participants who drank sugary or fizzy drinks every day put on nearly a litre of this harmful fat. </div>
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Those who had a weekly fizzy drink put on over 700ml of visceral fat.</div>
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Scientists from the US National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute said diet drinks had no impact on the levels of fat participants carried around their middle.</div>
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Even though the researchers couldn’t pinpoint exactly why sugary beverages increased the amount of this type of fat, they suggest it could be as a result of insulin resistance caused by excess sugar intake. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Visceral fat could be an precursor of conditions like diabetes and heart disease </td></tr>
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This hormonal imbalance has the potential to increase the risk of Type 2 diabetes and heart disease.</div>
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Dr Caroline Fox, the study lead, said: “There is evidence linking sugar-sweetened beverages with cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.</div>
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“Our message to consumers is to follow the current dietary guidelines and to be mindful of how much sugar-sweetened beverages they drink.</div>
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“To policy makers, this study adds another piece of evidence to the growing body of research suggesting sugar-sweetened beverages may be harmful to our health.”</div>
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The study tracked 1,000 people with an average age of 45 over a course of six years, examining their sugary drink intake and calculating visceral fat using specialised X-rays machines. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The study coincides with calls to have a sugar tax of 50 per cent</td></tr>
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Study co-author, Dr Ma added: "Our findings are in line with current dietary guidelines that suggest limiting the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages."</div>
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The study was published in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation.</div>
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The NHS warn fizzy drink consumption can lead to tooth decay and weight gain. Many unsuspecting drinks - such as flavoured water - contain a surprising amount of sugar and advise to always check the label.</div>
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This study also coincides with the recommendation from the National Obesity Forum that sugar tax should be set at 50 per cent in order to tackle childhood obesity.</div>
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Fizzy drink warning: Just ONE can a day can cause you to put on 30% MORE FAT

DRINKING just one can of sugary drink a day can lead to worryingly high levels of fat, triggering a host of dangerous health conditions, sc...

Dry January is BAD for you – Month of no drinking could actually HARM your health

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DRY January drinkers could be damaging their health MORE than if they drunk alcohol in moderation, health experts have warned.</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A leading university lecturer has suggested Dry January could do more harm than good</td></tr>
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More than 2million people are thought to be ditching the booze in a bid to start their 2016 on a health kick.</div>
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But despite the well meaning thinking behind Dry January, urging people to take part sends an "all or nothing" message and could do more harm than good, an expert has argued.</div>
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While the campaign says there are "significant health benefits" from taking part, from "weight loss and better sleep ... to more money in your pocket" a lecturer has argued it’s popularity outweighs its effectiveness.</div>
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Ian Hamilton, a lecturer in the Department of Health Sciences at York University, said people may view their 31 days of being teetotal as permission to resume service as normal, and go out binge drinking on their first day back on the booze.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mr Hamilton said people may view their 31 days of being teetotal as signal to get back on the booze</td></tr>
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Writing in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), he said: "Dry January risks sending out a binary, all or nothing, message about alcohol - that is, either participate by abstaining or carry on as you are.</div>
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"Alcohol Concern's ambition is to alter people's relationship with alcohol by encouraging us to reduce the amount we drink, not just for a month but for life.</div>
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"Unfortunately, this type of campaign has had no rigorous evaluation."</div>
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He argued people aren’t always honest about what they drink and going teetotal for 31 days was actually “relatively easy”.</div>
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Among heavy drinkers, "abrupt abstention from alcohol" could also induce serious symptoms, such as seizures, he added.</div>
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But Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, an honorary consultant physician at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, who is on the board of trustees at Alcohol Concern, said: "Our per capita consumption has doubled over 40 years, we have 1.5million heavily dependent drinkers in this country, and alcohol has become a central part of most social occasions.</div>
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"So what could possibly be wrong with encouraging and supporting the estimated two million or so adults who decide on Dry January to take a month off the booze and have time to reflect on their drinking?"</div>
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He said the campaign had been shown to have effects past the month of January.</div>
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Evaluation of the 2015 campaign by Public Health England showed that 67 per cent of participants said they had had a sustained drop in their drinking six months on.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This contentious debate comes just after new drinking guidelines were announced</td></tr>
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Some eight per cent also "stayed dry".</div>
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Sir Ian added: "In an earlier evaluation by the University of Sussex, 79 per cent of participants said they saved money, 62 per cent of participants said they slept better and had more energy, and 49 per cent said they lost weight."</div>
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This contentious debate comes just a a week after the UK’s Chief Medical Officer said NO level of regular drinking is without risk to our health and a reduction in men’s drinking limits.</div>
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Jackie Ballard, chief executive of Alcohol Concern, added alcohol is linked to more than 60 medical conditions and recent research showed that having just one month off has "a positive impact on blood pressure, cholesterol and liver".</div>
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Dry January is BAD for you – Month of no drinking could actually HARM your health

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