Swapping sugary sodas for tea and coffee could reduce the chances of death among type 2 diabetics by up to a quarter, research suggests. Those who consumed the most sugary drinks were a fifth more likely to die early from any cause, according to the findings. Those who preferred tea had a 21 percent lower risk, water, 23 percent and 12 percent for low-fat milk. Coffee and low-fat milk were associated with a lower risk, according to the findings published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ). But they concluded that replacing sugary drinks, artificially-sweetened drinks, fruit juice or full-fat milk with coffee, tea, or plain water ‘was consistently associated with lower all-cause mortality’.

Source: The Star April 19, 2023 22:31 UTC