Light-sodavand øger risiko for sukkersyge

[MaxPower]

http://www.berlingske.dk/article/20080205/sundhed/80205020/

Amerikanske forskere har fundet en sammenhæng mellem at drikke light-sodavand og udvikle sukkersyge.

Af Louise Lyck Dreehsen

Sidst opdateret Tirsdag den 5. februar 2008, 09:25

Ny amerikansk forskning viser overraskende, at risikoen for at udvikle sukkersyge stiger, hvis man dagligt drikker light-produkter.

Forskere fra University of Minnesota har i ni år overvåget helbredet blandt 9.500 mænd og kvinder i aldersgruppen 45-64 år.

Resultatet af undersøgelsen overrasker forskerne. De har fundet ud af, at risikoen for at udvikle metabolisk syndrom, som blandt andet kan medføre sukkersyge og hjertekarsygdomme, stiger med 34 procent, hvis man drikker en dåse light-sodavand dagligt. Det skriver The New York Times.

»Vi ved endnu ikke hvorfor undersøgelsen viser en sammenhæng. Vi ved ikke, om det kan være det kemiske indhold i produkterne, eller om folk, der drikker light-sodavand, bare har en anden livsstil, end dem der ikke gør det,« siger professor i epidemiologi Lyn M. Steffen, der har været med til at lave rapporten.

Danskerne har nordeuropæisk rekord i forbrug af sukkerfri sodavand.

Lidt ærgeligt de ikke har noget bud på om det direkte er pga kemien i light-sodavand eller afledt af øvrige livsstilsforskelle.

BTW: Hvorfor er det egentlig ikke standard, at der i sådan en artikel linkes til den oprindelige undersøgelse, hvis det overhovedet er muligt? Jeg kan ikke huske jeg nogensinde har set det fra danske nyhedsmedier.

[MaxPower]

Nå, jeg fandt da en lidt grundigere behandling af undersøgelsen:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/01/23/...=Health_3742668

Og det er ret tydeligt at de bestemt ikke konkluderer en direkte sammenhæng mellem kunstige sødemidler og sukkersyge mm.

Western Diet Ups Heart, Diabetes Risk

Study: Burger, Fries, And A Diet Soda Are Culprits In Metabolic Syndrome

(WebMD) Indulging in a typical Western diet of burgers, fries, and diet soda boosts your risk of getting heart disease and diabetes, a study shows.

And the amount of fast food the researchers linked to health problems may surprise you. Just two burger patties a day and one daily diet soda substantially boost the risk of getting metabolic syndrome, researcher Lyn M. Steffen, PhD, MPH, RD, tells WebMD.

Metabolic syndrome, in turn, increases the risk of heart disease and diabetes. For a diagnosis of metabolic syndrome, three of five criteria must be present, including a large waistline, elevated blood pressure, elevated fasting blood sugar, elevated fasting triglycerides, or reduced levels of HDL "good" cholesterol .

Western Diet vs. 'Prudent' Diet

"The Western diet increased risk by about 18% overall of getting metabolic syndrome over nine years [of follow-up]," says Steffen, an associate professor of epidemiology at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, who followed more than 9,000 people for the research. She divided them into those who ate a Western diet with those who ate a more prudent diet.

Those who ate two or more servings of meat a day, or about two burger patties, boosted their risk by 26% compared with those who only ate meat twice a week, she found. "Diet soda, one can a day, increased risk by 34%," she says. Regular soda didn't significantly boost risk of getting metabolic syndrome in this study, but Steffen notes that another recent study has linked it to metabolic syndrome.

Fried foods also boosted the risk of getting metabolic syndrome, she says, with those eating the most fried foods at 25% higher risk of getting the syndrome than those eating the lowest amounts.

At the nine-year mark, about 40%, or nearly 4,000 participants, had three or more criteria for metabolic syndrome, although none was diagnosed with it at the study start.

Diet and Metabolic Syndrome: Study Details

Steffen and her colleagues evaluated the diet habits of the more than 9,500 men and women who were part of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study by looking at a 66-item food questionnaire. Participants were 45 to 64 when the study started and were evaluated every three years over the nine-year follow-up.

The Western diet followers ate refined grains, processed meat, red meat, fried foods, eggs, and soda and not much fish, fruit, vegetables, or whole-grain foods.

The prudent diet followers ate more fruits, vegetables, fish, seafood, poultry, whole grains, and low-fat dairy foods.

The researchers grouped the participants in each diet group into segments, from those who ate the least amount of the foods studied to those who ate the most servings. They also looked individually at how eating fried foods, sweetened beverages such as regular soda, nuts, coffee, and diet soda affected the risk of metabolic syndrome.

The study is published in the journal Circulation, an American Heart Association publication.

Diet and Metabolic Syndrome: More Results

The development of metabolic syndrome was linked overall with eating the Western diet, even after Steffen adjusted for such variables as smoking, calorie intake, and physical activity .

Overall, eating the prudent diet did not decrease the risk of getting metabolic syndrome, which surprised Steffen. But when she looked at individual foods in the prudent diet, they found that three servings of dairy products lowered the risk of metabolic syndrome by 13%.

The prudent diet may not have produced a lot of benefit, she tells WebMD, because on average the participants didn't meet the five or more recommended

servings a day of fruits and vegetables .

Second Opinion

"The finding that a Western diet, with high intakes of processed red meat and fried foods, would lead to the development of etabolic syndrome is in accordance with our traditional thinking," says Peter Sheehan, MD, an

endocrinologist and member of the board of directors for the American Diabetes Association, who reviewed the study for WebMD.

Exactly why isn't known, says Sheehan. In food processing, a "common denominator" substance produced might be to blame, he says. Or it "may be people who have a tendency to [be] overweight drink diet soda."

Industry Weighs In

The link found between diet and metabolic syndrome is an association, not cause and effect, cautions Roger A. Clemens, DrPH, professor of molecular toxicology at the University of Southern California School of Pharmacy, Los Angeles, who also reviewed the study for WebMD.

And that association was found between those who consumed the most servings, adds Clemens, a spokesman for the Institute of Food Technologists. "These results really emphasize the importance of dietary moderation and appropriate exercise," Clemens tells WebMD.

"I think diet sodas have a role in our lifestyle," he says. "They help reduce calories." The problem is, many people also eat a large order of fries with their diet sodas, he says.

Diet Advice

"Certainly fried foods are a huge culprit here," says Sheehan. "When cooking, try more gentle forms of cooking, like steaming. Limit consumption of processed foods and fast foods." Turn to water instead of other drinks, he adds.

Steffen advises a back-to-basics strategy. Instead of ordering the traditional burger, fries, and soda at your favorite fast-food place, "Order a baked potato, water, and [grilled] fish," suggests

Steffen.

[apprenti]

lidt trist at en af danmarks mest seriøse aviser endnu engang viser de ikke magter at viderebringe et forskningsresultat korrekt.

Man kan måske argumentere for at nyhedsværdien/interessen forsvinder kraftigt hvis overskriften er: "light sodavand hjælper ikke på sundheden"

[Løbekvinden]

Drejer det sig kun om Light produkterne eller taler vi også om Cola Zero? Hører Cola Zero ind under kategorien Light produkter?

[Brunsvigeren]

Drejer det sig kun om Light produkterne eller taler vi også om Cola Zero? Hører Cola Zero ind under kategorien Light produkter?

Det vil jeg i høj grad mene, at den gør.. Den er vel fyldt op med ligeså meget aspartam.. :)

[MaxPower]

Drejer det sig kun om Light produkterne eller taler vi også om Cola Zero? Hører Cola Zero ind under kategorien Light produkter?

"Diet Soda" betegnes det i den større artikel, så ja, det må vel inkludere Coke Zero.

Men bemærk igen at de udelukkende har fundet en statistisk sammenhæng mellem folk der drikker light sodavand og risiko for sukkersyge mm. De har ikke en årsagssammenhæng, og ligger sådan set heller ikke op til at det må være grunden.

[lille-B]

Kunne det mon tænkes, at grunden til "resultatet" kunne være, at overvægtige/fede også drikker light sodavand ?

For sjovt nok vælger mange af denne type befolkning at drikke sodavand uden sukker, men sparer bestemt ikke andre stedet

Betina

[MaxPower]

Kunne det mon tænkes, at grunden til "resultatet" kunne være, at overvægtige/fede også drikker light sodavand ?

For sjovt nok vælger mange af denne type befolkning at drikke sodavand uden sukker, men sparer bestemt ikke andre stedet

Betina

Noget i den retning, men det må så være fordi de oftere drikker light end normalbefolkningen.

Som jeg forstår statistikken og udsagnet har de ganske enkelt delt folk i dem der drikker mindst en dåse (eller tilsvarende) light sodavand og dem der ikke gør. På disse to grupper kan de så se at gruppen der drikker light har større risiko for sukkersyge. Så på en eller anden måde har den opdeling fået "inkluderet" signifikant flere i risikogruppen. Det må siges at være meget ringe journalistik (eller måske forskning), hvis de så ikke samtidig har kigget på alle mulige andre parametre der kunne være forskellige ved de to grupper - alder, vægt, bmi, motion osv osv for netop at forsøge at forklare det de ser.

[myomax]

Mon ikke, det er denne artikel, der er tale om: http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/ab...HA.107.716159v1

Jeg har en pdf på den bærbare.

Myomax

EDIT: mit første link fungerede af en eller anden grund ikke, så her er den rå URL

Edited February 6, 2008 by myomax

[Dysp]

Drejer det sig kun om Light produkterne eller taler vi også om Cola Zero? Hører Cola Zero ind under kategorien Light produkter?

Cola Zero ER Cola light. Kig på bagsiden; der er samme ingredienser og samme mængde næringsstof... Ingenting :p

[L^P]

Jeg er Pepsi-Max freak drikker omkring 4-6 dåser om dagen, and i looove it

[busted]

Me too my friend.

[L^P]

Me too my friend.

Jeg er løbet tør, har kun én kasse pepsi light tilbage, skal vi afsted i denne uge? jeg har alligevel fri i laang tid