According to American scientists data, sales gain of sweet carbonated beverages is the main reason of adiposity epidemic, which overwhelmed USA in last decades

About 1/3 of all carbohydrates in an average statistical American’s diet falls on various sweeteners, half of which a consumer receives from carbonated beverages, scientists note. At the same time, each additional tin of sweet carbonated beverage a day can lead to 15 pounds (6,8 kg) weight gain during a year, they warn.
A research, pubslished in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, was carried out under the auspices of American Heart Association. According to this research project’s co-ordinator’s, doctor Frank Hu, words, conclusions of authors of this publication are based on a detailed review of 30 scientific works’ data, dedicated to problems of nutrition in USA, issued during last 40 years.

“We tried to examine the situation as a whole, without trusting to single researches”, - Frank Hu notes, adding, that a received picture confirms justifiability of efforts, undertaken lately, directed on restriction of advertisement and distribution of sweet carbonated beverages in USA.

The main sweetener, forming part of most soft drinks, is a corn syrup, rich in fructose. Unlike glucose, this simple sugar cannot stimulate production of insulin, taking part in glycometabolism, and moreover, suppresses production of leptin, responsible for sense of satiety.

Right after publication of a new research, American Beverage Association hastened to reproach its authors with lack of conscientiousness and jaundice. Not all scientists come to conclusion about connection between adiposity epidemic and boost of carbonated beverages, and a number of scientific works, disproving this supposition, was ignored by authors of last analysis, Assosiation’s statement notes.