The Alcohol-Sugar Double Whammy Coming to Patients Near You
Experts warn that highly sweetened alcoholic drinks pose a dual threat to liver health by combining alcohol and sugar. This engineered exposure is linked to a rise in metabolic dysfunction-associated alcohol-related liver disease (MetALD). The design and marketing of these products may contribute to increased consumption and health risks.
- ▪Highly sweetened alcoholic beverages combine concentrated alcohol exposure with substantial metabolic stress.
- ▪MetALD reflects the interaction between obesity, fatty liver disease, diabetes, and alcohol consumption.
- ▪Product design and marketing strategies optimize the consumption of these potent drinks, making them more appealing.
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BARCELONA, Spain — Highly sweetened, flavored alcoholic drinks, often marketed in brightly colored portable containers, may deserve greater attention from hepatologists because they combine concentrated alcohol exposure with substantial metabolic stress, experts warned.“What hepatologists are telling us is that more and more patients are coming into clinic where the problem is no longer alcohol or sugar, it’s both together. It’s an engineered exposure, where alcohol and sugar are being delivered into the body at the same time,” said Catherine Paradis, PhD, technical officer and sociologist at World Health Organization (WHO) Europe, speaking with Medscape News Europe.“The liver is being punched twice,” she said.
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