to a higher risk of Type 2 diabetes, according to new research.\n\n"Contrary to conventional thinking, the risk of diabetes is higher with 'light' beverages compared with 'regular' sweetened drinks," France's National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm) said.\n\nThe evidence comes from a wide-scale, long-term study, it said in a press release.\n\nMore than 66,000 French women volunteers were quizzed about their dietary habits and their health was then monitored over 14 years. The women were middle-aged or older when they joined the study.\n\nSugar-sweetened soft drink have previously been linked with an increased risk of diabetes, but less is known about their artificially-sweetened counterparts.\n\nResearchers led by Francoise Clavel-Chapelon and Guy Fagherazzi dug into the data mine to look at the prevalence of diabetes among women who drank either type of soda, and those who drank only unsweetened fruit juice.\n\nCompared with juice-drinkers, women who drank either of the soft drink had a higher incidence of diabetes.\n\nThe increased risk was about a third for those who drank up to 359 millilitres per week of either type of soft drink, and more than double among those who drank up to 603 ml per week.\n\nDrinkers of light soft drink had an even higher risk of diabetes compared to those who drank regular ones: 15 per cent higher for consumption of 500 ml per week, and 59 per cent higher for consumption of 1.5 litres per week, Inserm said.\n\nThere was no increase in diabetes among women who drank only 100 per cent fruit juice, compared with non-consumers.\n\nThe study noted that women who drank "light" soft drinks tended to drink more of it - 2.8 glasses a week on average compared to 1.6 glasses among women on "regular" soft drinks.\n\nThe findings are published in the latest issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.\n\nIts authors admitted the study had limitations.\n\n"Information on beverage consumption was not updated during the follow-up, and dietary habits may have changed over time," the paper said.\n\n"We cannot rule out that factors other than ASB (artificially sweetened beverages)... are responsible for the association with diabetes."\n\nThe authors urge further trials to prove a causal link.\n\nThe study covered women born between 1925 and 1950, who have been monitored since 1990.\n\nThe paper noted previous research which says that aspartame - the most frequently-used artificial sweetener - has a similar effect on blood glucose and insulin levels as the sucrose used in regular sweeteners.\n\n
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From a Courier Mail article: Artificially sweetened soft drinks have been linked to a higher risk of Type 2 diabetes, according to new research.\n\n"Contrary to conventional thinking, the risk of diabetes is higher with 'light' beverages compared with 'regular' sweetened drinks," France's National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm) said.\n\nThe evidence comes from a wide-scale, long-term study, it said in a press release.\n\nMore than 66,000 French women volunteers were quizzed about their dietary habits and their health was then monitored over 14 years. The women were middle-aged or older when they joined the study.\n\nSugar-sweetened soft drink have previously been linked with an increased risk of diabetes, but less is known about their artificially-sweetened counterparts.\n\nResearchers led by Francoise Clavel-Chapelon and Guy Fagherazzi dug into the data mine to look at the prevalence of diabetes among women who drank either type of soda, and those who drank only unsweetened fruit juice.\n\nCompared with juice-drinkers, women who drank either of the soft drink had a higher incidence of diabetes.\n\nThe increased risk was about a third for those who drank up to 359 millilitres per week of either type of soft drink, and more than double among those who drank up to 603 ml per week.\n\nDrinkers of light soft drink had an even higher risk of diabetes compared to those who drank regular ones: 15 per cent higher for consumption of 500 ml per week, and 59 per cent higher for consumption of 1.5 litres per week, Inserm said.\n\nThere was no increase in diabetes among women who drank only 100 per cent fruit juice, compared with non-consumers.\n\nThe study noted that women who drank "light" soft drinks tended to drink more of it - 2.8 glasses a week on average compared to 1.6 glasses among women on "regular" soft drinks.\n\nThe findings are published in the latest issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.\n\nIts authors admitted the study had limitations.\n\n"Information on beverage consumption was not updated during the follow-up, and dietary habits may have changed over time," the paper said.\n\n"We cannot rule out that factors other than ASB (artificially sweetened beverages)... are responsible for the association with diabetes."\n\nThe authors urge further trials to prove a causal link.\n\nThe study covered women born between 1925 and 1950, who have been monitored since 1990.\n\nThe paper noted previous research which says that aspartame - the most frequently-used artificial sweetener - has a similar effect on blood glucose and insulin levels as the sucrose used in regular sweeteners.\n\n
to a higher risk of Type 2 diabetes, according to new research.\n\n"Contrary to conventional thinking, the risk of diabetes is higher with 'light' beverages compared with 'regular' sweetened drinks," France's National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm) said.\n\nThe evidence comes from a wide-scale, long-term study, it said in a press release.\n\nMore than 66,000 French women volunteers were quizzed about their dietary habits and their health was then monitored over 14 years. The women were middle-aged or older when they joined the study.\n\nSugar-sweetened soft drink have previously been linked with an increased risk of diabetes, but less is known about their artificially-sweetened counterparts.\n\nResearchers led by Francoise Clavel-Chapelon and Guy Fagherazzi dug into the data mine to look at the prevalence of diabetes among women who drank either type of soda, and those who drank only unsweetened fruit juice.\n\nCompared with juice-drinkers, women who drank either of the soft drink had a higher incidence of diabetes.\n\nThe increased risk was about a third for those who drank up to 359 millilitres per week of either type of soft drink, and more than double among those who drank up to 603 ml per week.\n\nDrinkers of light soft drink had an even higher risk of diabetes compared to those who drank regular ones: 15 per cent higher for consumption of 500 ml per week, and 59 per cent higher for consumption of 1.5 litres per week, Inserm said.\n\nThere was no increase in diabetes among women who drank only 100 per cent fruit juice, compared with non-consumers.\n\nThe study noted that women who drank "light" soft drinks tended to drink more of it - 2.8 glasses a week on average compared to 1.6 glasses among women on "regular" soft drinks.\n\nThe findings are published in the latest issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.\n\nIts authors admitted the study had limitations.\n\n"Information on beverage consumption was not updated during the follow-up, and dietary habits may have changed over time," the paper said.\n\n"We cannot rule out that factors other than ASB (artificially sweetened beverages)... are responsible for the association with diabetes."\n\nThe authors urge further trials to prove a causal link.\n\nThe study covered women born between 1925 and 1950, who have been monitored since 1990.\n\nThe paper noted previous research which says that aspartame - the most frequently-used artificial sweetener - has a similar effect on blood glucose and insulin levels as the sucrose used in regular sweeteners.\n\n
