Are sweetened drinks a gateway to alcohol addiction?

Increased use of sugar and its alternatives is the largest contributor to silent killer Non-Alcoholic Steato Hepatitis via unexpected cardiovascular thrombotic events, diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidaemia and possibly colon and breast cancers. Alcohol also produces Fatty Liver, with similar results. Combining the 2 is a ‘double whammy’, Sunderland University suggests.