A scientific study revealed that a higher consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages was associated with an elevated risk of subsequent Chronic Kidney Disease in a study[1].
We would like to suggest to call this particular variant: Sugary Drinks-Induced Chronic Kidney Disease.
But that's not all.
Men who consume large amounts of carbonated or soft drinks are at higher risk of contracting gout than those who abstain, a study has concluded[2]. Researchers found that those who consumed five or six sweet beverages a week were nearly 30% more likely to suffer attacks of gout than those who drank less than one serving monthly. The risk rose to 85% for those drinking two or more a day. As well as sugar in drinks, the study found that natural fruit sugar, or fructose, posed a substantial risk for gout.
That means people who drank orange or apple juice or even ate those fruit regularly were prone to the illness. Meanwhile, diet soft drinks, which often contain sweetener rather than fructose, were not found to be associated with gout.
Gout is caused by a build-up of uric acid in the bloodstream and can cause joint swelling, inflammation and acute pain in the extremities. Women are less likely to suffer from the condition.
Fructose is often used as a substitute for sugar, especially in high-fructose corn syrup, which is cheaper than cane sugar. It is a common ingredient in fizzy drinks. The risk is such that researchers caution that patients who switch from purine-rich food to improve their gout could in fact make it worse if they start eating large amounts of fructose.
[1] Rebholz et al: Patterns of Beverages Consumed and Risk of Incident Kidney Disease in Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology – 2019
[2] Choi, Curhan: Soft drinks, fructose consumption, and the risk of gout in men: prospective cohort study in British Medical Journal – 2008. See here.
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