Eating too much added sugar increases risk of dying with heart disease (2014)

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/eating-too-much-added-sugar-increases-the-risk-of-dying-with-heart-disease-201402067021

by mgh2 • 3 years ago

31 13 3 years ago

health.harvard.edu

mgh2• 3 years ago

Controls:

even if you aren't overweight.
regardless of a person's age, sex, physical activity level, and body-mass index (a measure of weight).
or healthy eating habits (fruits & veggies): "Regardless of their Healthy Eating Index scores, people who ate more sugar still had higher cardiovascular mortality,"

psychphysic4• 3 years ago

The controls might be reasonable but if you eat 200g of added sugar a day (not even total sugar) that's insane.

terribleperson• 3 years ago

I looked up some numbers to check and 200g of sugar is an enormous amount. A dozen Krispy Kreme donuts a day doesn't get you there. The only likely way someone is consuming that much sugar while not being overweight is if they constantly drink soda. Unfortunately, that's a decent chunk of the population - some googling comes up with 5%.

comfypotato• 3 years ago

This is a big deal. The study concludes that it makes you twice as likely to die from CVD. Normally it’s not a big deal when the chance of death doubles, because it normally starts at a tiny percent, but CVD is one of the leading causes of death!

psychphysic4• 3 years ago

All this stuff boils down to eat a balanced meal.

This compares >25% calories in added sugars to <10%. That's like 600 kcal of added sugar alone. A day.

600 kcal in sugars is 200g of sugar.

That's 5 full sized snickers bars or 4 cans of full sugar coke a day.

Who are these people!

technofiend• 3 years ago

Dude there are people who knock back 2 liter bottles of coke every day!

psychphysic4• 3 years ago

Very true, I bet allot of people consume equivalent "sweetness" amounts of sweetener.

Arrath• 3 years ago

Or more, as a friend of mine once admitted to.

He told me he scaled back because his insides hurt.

m463• 3 years ago

The television advertisements for coca-cola in mexico always have a (required?) message at the bottom that says "always eat fruits and vegetables"

ericmcer• 3 years ago

60% of Americans get 20% of their daily calories from added sugar. 4 cans of soda a day would be a huge cutback for many people.

xenospn• 3 years ago

We call them “Americans”.

Eating too much added sugar increases risk of dying with heart disease (2014)

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