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Your ‘healthy’ soft drink habit might be quietly hurting your liver

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A major study finds both sugary and diet drinks may raise fatty liver risk, challenging the idea that artificially sweetened beverages are harmless.

Breakdown
  • A major study examined the health effects of artificially sweetened and sugary drinks. 5s
  • Both types of drinks were linked to an increased risk of liver disease. 11s
  • The study involved more than 100,000 participants and assessed liver disease, liver fat, and mortality. 13s
  • Artificially sweetened drinks showed a stronger association with liver-related deaths. 21s
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