Juice Drink Increases Risk of Type II Diabetes

In the newly published “Internal Science Literature”, a medical expert’s research report pointed out that the regular consumption of sugar-containing soft drinks and fruit juice drinks, the risk of type II diabetes will significantly increase. Yesterday, Professor Jia Weiping, director of the Shanghai Diabetes Research Institute, said that at present, the public has a lot of dietary errors. In fact, sugar-sweetened beverages can cause people to inadvertently ingest too much calories and cause weight gain. In fact, the best drink is water.

A seemingly healthy juice drink is as good as a carbonated drink. The health problems caused by these drinks are unknown. Jia Weiping vividly stated that people usually feel full when they eat an apple, but 4 apples can only squeeze a small amount of juice, even if they do not feel full after drinking. But this glass of juice contains much more heat than an apple. "Especially for fruit juice drinks, a considerable portion of fruit juice drinks also contain sugar," Liu Fang, an endocrinologist at Shanghai No. 6 Hospital, said. "There are a lot of researches on fruit juices and fruit drinks in the international arena. Many research results are for Protect children from type 2 diabetes."

Food misconceptions still exist between "low-fat and low-calorie" foods. Both Jia Weiping and Liu Fang said that low-calorie diets should be promoted rather than low-fat diets. A recent international study also showed that reducing the proportion of dietary fat does not reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, and low-calorie diets are the key to preventing type 2 diabetes. "All foods that produce heat can produce hot calories, so we advocate that maintaining a reasonable total calorie intake can be the key to preventing type 2 diabetes," said Liu Fang.

Jia Weiping stressed that the following diet should be remembered in the daily diet: first meal after meals, blood sugar by half; first meal after food, blood sugar doubled; soup before meals, slender health; after dinner, soup, drink more fat.