Short Sleepers Drink More Sugary Sodas Treating sleep deprivation may help reduce sugar intake, researchers say

There appears to be a connection between getting too little sleep and drinking more caffeinated sugary drinks, but the direction of the association is not understood. It is not clear if drinking caffeinated, sugar-sweetened beverages causes people to sleep less or if it is the opposite, that sleep deprivation causes people to give in to cravings for the sugary drinks. Respondents who slept 5 hours or less had 21% higher consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (relative difference 1.21, 95% CI 1.11-1.32); When considered by beverage type, caffeinated sugary beverages accounted for this difference; and No associations were seen between self-reported sleep duration and consumption of 100% juice beverages, tea, or diet drinks. http://www.medpagetoday.com/PrimaryCare/SleepDisorders/61326?xid=NL_MBstandard_2016-11-10&eun=g721819d0r