783 million by 2045, the researchers wrote.
How to change your drinking habits
Some healthy drinking habits reaped big benefits, the study found.
For example, replacing one serving of soda or lemonade with a cup of coffee can lower your risk of premature death from all causes by 18 percent and lower your risk of death from heart disease by 20 percent. If you’re a tea drinker that has amazing benefits as well. The benefit for tea was 16 percent and 24%, respectively.
Plain water paid dividends, too — lowering the risk of early death by 16 percent for all causes and 20 percent for heart-related causes.
Replacing a sugar-sweetened beverage with low-fat dairy milk showed a 12% and 19% lower risk.
“I think the keyword, if there’s only one keyword here, is quality,” Sun notes. “One factor to measure quality is the association of health effects of beverages.”
His advice: Drink healthy versions of beverages and reduce or avoid unhealthy choices.
Beverages with artificial sweeteners were found to be less problematic than their sugary counterparts. But they weren’t as good as