Diabetes prevents water instead of soda and cola

Diabetes Prevention: Keep away from sweet drinks

More and more Germans are suffering from diabetes. Even with children, the widespread disease is on the rise. The increase is explained, among other things, by the high consumption of sugar - also in the form of drinks. Health experts advise, therefore, better to use water, instead of limo and Co..

Reduce consumption of soft drinks

To reduce the consumption of snacks and soft drinks is a good intention for the New Year, experts from the German Liver Foundation recently reported. In particular, reducing the consumption of sweet drinks brings health benefits. After all, soft drinks are often the cause of obesity. In addition, a study by Swedish researchers showed that two of these drinks already double the risk of diabetes on a daily basis. To quench your thirst, you should always drink water instead of sugary drinks.

Health experts point out the importance of having the right beverage choice for the prevention of type 2 diabetes. Of sugar bombs such as soda or coke should be better to keep your fingers. (Image: airborne77 / fotolia.com)

More and more diabetics in Germany

Diabetes is one of the major common diseases in Germany. At present, around six million diabetics live in Germany, with around 300,000 patients added each year.

Bad or even untreated, the disease has dramatic consequences: The complication rate for heart attack, heart failure (heart failure) and stroke is about 2 to 3 times increased according to the German Diabetes Association (DDG).

About one in every five deaths in this country is, according to a study associated with the so-called diabetes.

Pay attention to the right diet

To prevent diabetes, one should avoid overweight or obesity and move regularly. Very important for the prevention, however, is the diet.

It is recommended, among other things, to consume a lot of fruits and vegetables, to prefer high-fiber foods such as whole-grain products and to prefer low-fat foods.

From calorie-rich snacks such as chocolate you should better keep your hands off. This also applies to high-calorie drinks. Instead of lemonade or beer, better resort to water or unsweetened teas.

According to experts, fruit juices should at most be consumed as spritzers.

Right drink choice

The health magazine "Apotheken Umschau" points out in its current issue (1/2018 A) how important the right choice of beverage is for the prevention of type 2 diabetes.

Everything that brings fast and high amounts of sugar into the blood affects the risk of illness. According to the experts, sodas and coke in the US should be responsible for every tenth diabetes case.

As Prof. Peter Schwarz, prevention expert at the Clinic of the Technical University in Dresden, explained, sugar works particularly unfavorably in combination with fat.

"Sugar releases insulin, and bad fat indirectly inhibits the breakdown of the hormone."

When insulin levels remain high at all times, body cells are increasingly less responsive to the messenger substance. Therefore, saturated fatty acids, which predominate in animal fats, should be better avoided.

Healthier are polyunsaturated fatty acids, for example, stuck in nuts or olive oil. (Ad)