Men who drank a 12-ounce sugar-sweetened beverage a day had a 20 percent higher risk of heart disease compared to men who didn't drink any sugar-sweetened drinks, according to research published in Circulation, an American Heart Association journal...We'll see.
Researchers, who studied 42,883 men in the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study, found that the increase persisted even after controlling for other risk factors, including smoking, physical inactivity, alcohol use and family history of heart disease. Less frequent consumption - twice weekly and twice monthly - didn't increase risk...
Artificially sweetened beverages were not linked to increased risk or biomarkers for heart disease in this study.
Monday, April 02, 2012
Men Who Consume Sugar-Sweetened Drinks At Increased Risk Of Heart Disease
Note that it is "risk," not actual cardiac events.
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