Cut back on sugar or pay the price (Poll Inside)


Potong kaki drinks: Three-layer ice tea, sirap Bandung and soft drinks are a favourite of many, especially youths. — CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: They look nice and taste extremely sweet, but if taken too much, it may affect your health, including losing part of your limbs.

These “potong kaki” beverages have something in common; they are made with excessive use of condensed milk, gula Melaka and concentrated syrups with incredibly high sugar content that can worsen diabetes.

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