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Manuel N. M. P. Alçada, PhD; Rosário Monteiro, PhD; Conceição Calhau, PhD; Isabel Azevedo, PhD

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In the context of the metabolic syndrome epidemic, the prospective study on the effect of sugar-sweetened beverages on the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus, recently published in the Archives, is of utmost importance.¹ The identification of single factors with a significant impact may facilitate prevention of this resilient pathologic condition.

The results of that study were partly expected in that sugar-sweetened soft drinks increase the risk for diabetes and that fruit drinks were also associated with an increased risk, and partly unexpected in that orange and grapefruit juice consumption was not associated with diabetes risk.

We have some experimental data that may aid in the discussion of the results from Palmer et al.¹ When given an orange-flavored soft drink or orange juice as the only beverage for 30 days, Wistar rats drank a . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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