By Stephen Beech

Sugary and artificially sweetened drinks both increase the risk of liver disease, suggests a new study.

Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and low- or non-sugar-sweetened beverages (LNSSBs) are "significantly associated" with a higher risk of developing the potentially deadly problem, according to the findings.

People should switch to drinking water instead, say scientists.

The study involved 123,788 participants in the UK Biobank database who didn't have liver disease at the outset.

Consumption of drinks was assessed using repeated 24-hour dietary questionnaires.

Researchers examined the associations between SSB and LNSSB intake and the risks of developing metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), liver fat accumulation and liver-related m

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