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Excess Sugar Consumption Boosts Heart Disease Risk
Keeping a normal weight is not a guarantee that you’re healthy. For instance, if you’re of normal weight and yet to eat a sugar-rich diet, you are still at risk of dying of heart disease. According to a study published by JAMA Internal Medicine, added sugars make up at least 10 percent of the daily calorie intake of the average American; and 1 in 10 people get a quarter of their calorie intake from added sugar. The study, which took 15 years to conduct elucidated the connection between added sugar and heart disease: the participants who took in 25% or more of their daily calories via sugar were more than twice as likely to die from heart disease as those who included less than 10% of added sugar in their diets. The study shows the clear relationship of added sugar to heart disease regardless of a person’s weight, age, sex, physical activity level, and BMI. The biggest sources of added sugar are sodas, energy drinks, and sports drinks. These products account for more than a third of the added sugar America consumes. The following are also culprits: cookies, cakes, candies, pastries, ice cream, frozen yogurt, and cereals. Sugar [...]