High-Sugar, High-Salt Intake Creates 'A Ticking Time Bomb Of Health Problems'

Note what is most important - "high calorie."

The fat- and sugar-rich Western diet leads to a lifetime of health problems, dramatically increasing the risk of stroke or death at a younger age, according to a study presented today at the Canadian Stroke Congress.

Researchers found that a high-calorie, high-sugar, high-sodium diet nicknamed the 'cafeteria diet' induced most symptoms of metabolic syndrome - a combination of high levels of cholesterol, blood sugar, blood pressure and obesity - in rats after only two months.

And if the Calories are not high?

We know.

Apparently, no problem.

To wit, the Twinkie Diet.