Diet Soda And Diabetic Retinopathy

That said diet soda consumption was not associated with higher odds of less severe diabetic retinopathy or any level of diabetic macular edema.

Diet soda and diabetic retinopathy. Unsplash brooke cagle drinking diet sodas may help you feel more in control of calorie intake and weight control but a heavy diet soda habit may harm your eye health new research suggests. Almost a quarter had proliferative diabetic retinopathy. A cross sectional study hyder osman mirghani1 3naif mamdouh alali 2 hani basher albalawi majed s.

Drinking diet soda may increase the risk for proliferative diabetic retinopathy a severe type of diabetic eye disease that can lead to blindness according to a study published online in the. Findings show 4 cans of diet soda per week may up risk 2 fold healthday news diet soda consumption may up the odds of diabetic retinopathy dr according to a study published online january 23. Diet soft drink is associated with increased odds of proliferative diabetic retinopathy.

A total of 609 adult participants with diabetes 73 with type 1 510 with type 2 were recruited to explore the association between regular and diet soft drink consumption and diabetic retinopathy. Alqahtani iman mohsen abutaleb qisi4 and naif khalf almutairi5 1. Researchers found individuals consuming four plus 1 5 l cans of diet soda weekly had more than a twofold increased risk of having pdr.

Epub 2018 feb 23. Those who drank more than four 12 ounce servings of diet soda a week were 2 5 times more likely to have the disease researchers found. The relationship between diet soda soft drinks artificial sweeteners and diabetic retinopathy.