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A new study says that increased consumption of sweetened beverages and smoothies or fruit flavored soft drinks, may have favored the emergence of new cases of diabetes and cardiovascular disease over the last decade.

These conclusions are based on the results of a simulation model created from large epidemiological studies conducted in the U.S.. According to this model, increased consumption of sweetened beverages between 1990 and 2000 favored the appearance of 130,000 new cases of diabetes, 14,000 new cases of ischemic heart disease and 50,000 years of life with coronary heart disease over the decade .
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During normal pregnancy metabolic adaptations occur, aimed at correcting the imbalance that occurs when you need a higher nutritive supply to the fetus. One of these imbalances is that the body needs more insulin delivery to require a greater use of glucose.

Pregnant women undergoes many changes during its gestation process nausea, drowsiness, tiredness, weakness, among others but when they are diabetic are more noticeable changes.

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One mistake is often made those who are dieting are crossing out the fatty foods and high calorie, but forgot to remove the drink that also has the potential to fatten the body such as sweet tea, cendol or fresh fruit juice and sweet. Because the shape of the liquid, sugar-rich drinks can also contribute calories in the body as well as with the food intake in the black list.

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A specially designed program will soon help diabetics lose weight? The American “look AHEAD” study, in German as “Look forward,” with its program, allowing an average weight loss of 30%. Older people who are frequently more successful than the younger participants.

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