Excessive consumption of soft drinks during Ramadan can cause health complications, including death, according to studies.

Books – Sayed Metwally

Soft drinks are considered essential for many of us during the month of Ramadan, as they are not absent from the iftar table, and the fasting person does not abandon them, and he may overeat them thinking that they help digestion, and this belief is wrong, which may harm his health.

One package of these drinks contains 39 grams of sugar, so excessive consumption of them can cause many health complications for humans, according to the eatthis website, such as:

– overweight

– Tooth decay

Formation of kidney stones.

– Joint pain

– Cardiovascular disease

– High harmful cholesterol

Cancer

– old age

A study published by the British newspaper The Independent, quoting the journal Gamma Internal Medicine, warned that consuming two cups of soft drinks per day may cause death, as it analyzed data on more than 450,000 people over the average age of 50 years, in 10 European countries. The experts followed them over a period of 16 years, during which more than 41,600 deaths were recorded.

The study revealed: “9.3% of those who drank less than one cup of soft drink per month died during the 16-year period that the study lasted, compared with 11.5% of those who drank two or more cups of a 250-milliliter cup per day, noting that these factors Others that affected the results, such as body mass index, diet, physical activity, smoking, and education.

But the study clarified: “Soft drinks are not the only reason for the increased risk of early death.”