Claim: Researchers found that a daily sugar-sweetened soda is associated with about 4.6 years of extra cellular aging, comparable to the effect of smoking.
Verdict: Correct (95% confidence)
Explanation: According to a study published on PMC (Tier 1), daily consumption of a 20-ounce sugar-sweetened soda is associated with 4.6 additional years of cellular aging, which is comparable to the effect of smoking. EurekAlert (Tier 8) also supports this finding, stating that UCSF researchers calculated the same association between soda consumption and cellular aging. Consultant360 (Tier 9) corroborates this by reporting that the biological aging effect of soda consumption is similar to smoking. These sou...