A new study led by United European Gastroenterology found that both sugar-sweetened beverages and artificially sweetened beverages are linked to a higher risk of developing metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, or MASLD.

The study followed 123,788 Biobank participants who began the research free of liver disease.

After a decade, researchers found that those who consumed more than 250 grams per day of artificially sweetened beverages had a 60% higher chance of developing MASLD compared to those who drank water. Participants who drank at least 250 grams per day of sugar-sweetened drinks had a 50% higher risk.

The study did not find an association between sugar-sweetened drinks and a higher risk of liver-related deaths. However, researchers said there could be an assoc

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