American scientists from Georgia Universities and Southern California conducted a series of experiments and found unexpected consequences of drinking sweet drinks. According to the results of scientific work, published on the SCIENCEDILY website, drinks with sugar worsen the memory and ability to learn in children.
In the course of the study, experts noticed that rats, which, at the young age, were drunk by sweetened water, more often suffered from memory problems. Due to the consumption of sweet drinks, the composition of intestinal bacteria changed in experimental rodents, which fell into the work of the brain.
Scientists plan to carry out another number of experiments and establish whether it is possible to get rid of the negative effects of the use of sugar-containing drinks at the beginning of life with a healthy lifestyle.
Earlier in the journal of the American College of Cardiologists, the results of scientific work were published, according to which drinks with popular artificial sweeteners were potentially dangerous and capable of raising the risk of cardiovascular diseases. 104,760 volunteers took part in the observational study.