Researchers of Harvard School of Public Health have found out that replacing sweet drinks and fruit juice with water can help in lowering the risk of diabetes in women.
A research over 83,000 women was carried out for over a 12-year span that revealed that women have a lower risk of developing diabetes if they drink plain water and not sweet fizzy drinks or fruit juice.
During the study it was found that more than 2,700 women developed diabetes.
The research was carried put by Professor Frank Hu from Harvard School of Public Health and his team.
They collected data from the Nurses Health Study that keeps records of health of tens of thousands of women in U.S.
However, it was also found that the amount of water women consume does not have affect on the diabetes risk. So those who drank six or more cups of water a day will have the same risk as of those who drank one cup a day.
While women drinking sweet fizzy drinks and fruit juice have 10 per cent higher risk of diabetes with each cup consumed.
The result was that drinking one-cup of coffee, tea or water reduces the risk of developing diabetes by 12 to 17 per cent in women.
So women must opt for plain water which is best calorie-free drink and avoid carbonated drink or fruit juice.
This study was published in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
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