A cohort study analyzing UK Biobank data that followed more than 120,000 adults over 10 years found that regular consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages was associated with about a 50% higher risk of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD).
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Longitudinal analysis of beverage consumption and liver outcomes using UK Biobank participants.
The cohort study analyzing UK Biobank data reported that replacing either sugar-sweetened beverages or low-/non-sugar-sweetened beverages with water was associated with up to a 15% reduction in risk of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), while substituting between sugar-sweetened and artificially sweetened beverages offered no risk reduction.
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Comparative substitution analysis of beverage types and MASLD risk in the cohort study.