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March 13th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda MONDAY, March 12 (HealthDay News) — Drinking sugar-sweetened
beverages every day raises men’s risk of heart disease, a long-term study
finds.
Researchers analyzed data from almost 43,000 men in the Health
Professionals Follow-Up Study and found that those who drank one 12-oz.
sugar-sweetened beverage a day had a 20 percent higher risk of heart
disease than those who didn’t drink any sugar-sweetened beverages.
They also found that consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages was
linked to inflammation and higher levels of harmful fats in the blood.
“There are obesity and diabetes epidemics which will ultimately lead to
an increase in [the] numbers of cardiovascular deaths in the U.S. in years
to come,” said Dr. Kevin Marzo, chief of cardiology at Winthrop University
Hospital in Mineola, N.Y. “Obesity rates have increased in tandem with
consumption of sugar-loaded drinks.”
“The time for research should be over,” Marzo added. “The American
Heart Association has already given [its] recommendation for not consuming
more than 450 calories from sweetened drinks per week — less than three
cans of soda.”
The men in the study, mostly white and from 40 to 75 years old, were
questioned about their health and eating habits every two years from 1986
until 2008. They also provided a blood sample halfway through the study
period.
Artificially sweetened beverages did not increase the risk of heart
attack, nor did less frequent consumption (twice weekly or twice monthly)
of sugar-sweetened beverages, according to the study published March 12 in
the journal Circulation.
The increased risk of heart disease among men who regularly drank
sugar-sweetened beverages persisted even after the researchers controlled
for other risk factors such as smoking, alcohol use, physical inactivity
and a family history of heart disease.
“This study adds to the growing evidence that sugary beverages are
detrimental to cardiovascular health,” lead author Dr. Frank Hu, a
professor of nutrition and epidemiology in the Harvard School of Public
Health in Boston, said in a journal news release.
“Certainly, it provides strong justification for reducing sugary
beverage consumption among patients, and more importantly, in the general
population,” he added.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. While
the study noted an association between sugary drinks and heart disease, it
did not show cause and effect.
More information
The U.S. National Institutes of Health outlines steps to reduce heart risks.
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