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The case against added sugars continues to mount.
This new study, from the Journal of the American College of Cardiology is showing greater risk of obesity, Type II diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/09/150928144031.htm
This may be obvious to many, but this type of research is what leads to real change. Same thing happened with tobacco products. The science continued to mount until it reached a breaking point no denial.
Notice this also convicts table sugar (sucrose) not just HFCS.
This new study, from the Journal of the American College of Cardiology is showing greater risk of obesity, Type II diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/09/150928144031.htm
There is compelling evidence that drinking too many sugar-sweetened beverages, which contain added sugars in the form of high fructose corn syrup or table sugar (sucrose), can lead to excess weight gain and a greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, according to a new review paper published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
The review--the most comprehensive review of the evidence on the health effects of sugar-sweetened beverages to date--also takes a closer look at the unique role fructose may play in the development of these conditions.
"Since we rarely consume fructose in isolation, the major source of fructose in the diet comes from fructose-containing sugars, sucrose and high fructose corn syrup, in sugar-sweetened beverages," according to Frank Hu, MD, PhD, Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and lead investigator of the paper. "Our findings underscore the urgent need for public health strategies that reduce the consumption of these drinks."
Sweeteners such as high fructose corn syrup, produced from corn starch, have been widely used in the U.S. as a low-cost alternative to sucrose in foods and beverages. While the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages has decreased moderately in the past decade, they are still the single greatest source of added sugar intake in the U.S. diet. In fact, half of the U.S. population consumes these types of drinks every day, with one in four getting at least 200 calories per day from them and 5 percent consuming more than 500 calories per day, which is the equivalent of four cans of soda.
"This is particularly concerning as the research shows that consuming one or more sugar-sweetened beverages a day has been linked to greater weight gain and obesity in numerous published studies," said Hu. "Regular consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages can lead to weight gain because the liquid calories are not filling, and so people don't reduce their food intake at subsequent meals."
This may be obvious to many, but this type of research is what leads to real change. Same thing happened with tobacco products. The science continued to mount until it reached a breaking point no denial.
Notice this also convicts table sugar (sucrose) not just HFCS.