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In a new study published in the journal Frontiers in Public Health, scientists investigated the associations between intake of added sugar and various sugar-sweetened foods and beverages and risk of 7 cardiovascular diseases in 69,705 participants aged 45-83 years (47.2% female) from the Swedish Mammography Cohort and the Cohort of Swedish Men. They found that eating too much added sugar increases your risk of stroke or aneurysm, but eating a few treats is associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular diseases; meanwhile, drinking sweetened beverages raises stroke, heart failure, and atrial fibrillation risks.
Cardiovascular disease comprises various diseases of the heart and blood vessels and is currently the leading cause of death and disease burden in Europe, primarily by stroke and ischemic heart disease. Despite diet being one of the main modifiable risk factors of many CVDs, the evidence regarding added sugar intake and CVD risk is scarce and inconclusive. Furthermore, most studies have primarily focused on sugar-sweetened beverage consumption rather than overall added sugar intake even though sugar-sweetened beverages make up only 14% of added sugar intake in Sweden and 25% in the United States.
"The most striking finding from our study is the divergent relationship between different sources of added sugar and CVD risk," said Suzanne Janzi, PhD candidate at Lund University. "This surprising contrast highlights the importance of considering not just the..
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