Sugary Drinks May Be Linked To Earlier Menstruation.

blog reports that research published online in Human Reproduction suggests that consuming sugary drinks may be linked to earlier menstruation. an associate professor of epidemiology at Harvard, said that the contribution of sugary drinks to early menarche was independent of the well-known contribution of obesity. Investigators looked at “data on 5,583 girls ages 9 to 14 who had not yet attained menarche at the start.” Participants “filled out diet questionnaires yearly from 1996 to 1998.” http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/27/sugary-drinks-tied-to-earlier-menstruation/?ref=health&_r=0