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Cola during pregnancy – the path to diabetes

If a week to drink more than five servings of sweet cola, the risk of diabetes during pregnancy greatly increase. Told scientists at once six research institutions throughout the U.S., reports Innovanews.ru.

The researchers analyzed data from 13,475 women. Over the 10-year period, there were 860 cases of gestational diabetes.

After determining the traditional factors, including age, heredity, fertility, level of physical activity, bad habits, body mass index and nutrition researchers have concluded that the risk of developing diabetes during pregnancy is linked with the consumption of cola with sugar content. For other sweetened beverages such connection could not be found.

«Compared with women that drank no more than 1 serving of sweet cola a month, participants who consumed up to 5 servings of sweet Coke a week, risking a 22% increase “, – said Dr. Livi Chan of New Orleans School of Medicine.

Gestational diabetes mellitus, characterized by glucose intolerance that develops during pregnancy, is one the most frequent complications during pregnancy female fetus. Children of mothers diagnosed with gestational diabetes diabetva more likely than their peers to become obese, they develop glucose intolerance and diabetes.

Although the basic mechanism of disease is still not clear, is the assumption that the primary defect leading to gestational diabetes – a relatively reduced insulin secretion in conjunction with normal pregnancy resistant to insulin.

«We do not know exactly why the relationship found only cola with sugar, – said Dr. Chen. – Perhaps this explains the popularity of this drink in the USA ».

Earlier Japanese scientists engaged in research in the field of medicine, were able to detect hormones that improve blood sugar levels. They point out that blocking these hormones may lead to the development of medicines for the treatment of diabetes.