Researchers say two or more soft drinks per day increases a person’s risk for earlier death from all causes.
The researchers said it doesn’t matter if the drink is sweetened with sugar or artificial ingredients.
Besides obesity and heart disease, researchers say excess sugar increases the risk of digestive health problems as well as Parkinson’s disease.

2 Soft Drinks a Day Can Increase Your Risk for Earlier Death

Findings In this population-based cohort study of 451 743 individuals from 10 countries in Europe, greater consumption of total, sugar-sweetened, and artificially sweetened soft drinks was associated with a higher risk of all-cause mortality. Consumption of artificially sweetened soft drinks was positively associated with deaths from circulatory diseases, and sugar-sweetened soft drinks were associated with deaths from digestive diseases.