Long-term sucrose-drinking causes increased body weight and glucose intolerance, according to recent research from Japan. The research states, "The current epidemic of diabetes likely reflects marked changes in environmental factors, although genetic susceptibility plays a powerful role in the occurrence of diabetes in certain populations.
"We investigated whether long-term sucrose-drinking causes hyperglycemia in male Wistar-Imamichi littermates (n=32), which are not genetically susceptible to diabetes or obesity."