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Drinking Sugar-Laden Soda

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There’s a consistent flood of warnings these days about the widespread habit of drinking sugar-laden soda, with most focusing on obesity-related health issues. But new research points to another risk you could face by drinking too much soda – premature aging. The latest study found that even modest amounts of daily soda intake can age a person’s immune cells almost two years. Researchers measured the length of telomeres – the caps at the ends of chromosomes in white blood cells – to predict lifespan in participants who drank sugary beverages. Telomeres are directly linked to lifespan – the shorter they are, the shorter the lifespan, and the more stress, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer. The study concluded that people who drank

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