American Heart Association Says Sugar Is Bad News

The American Heart Association explains how sugar drinks and heart disease go together. A study compared men who did and did not consume sugar-sweetened beverages and risk of coronary heart disease.

Researchers followed 42,883 health professionals for a period of 22 years.  They adjusted for age, smoking, physical activity, alcohol, multivitamins, family history, diet quality, energy intake, BMI, pre-enrollment weight change and dieting.

They found that intake of sugar-sweetened beverages (and not artificially sweetened beverages) was significantly associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease and adverse changes in lipids, inflammatory factors and leptin.

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Heart Health and Food Choices

Dietary choices can protect your heart from disease as you age.
The Mediterranean Diet offers suggestions for food substitutions to improve your heart health:

• eat meals based on plants: fruits and vegetables, whole grains, beans and nuts
• substitute herbs and spices for flavor instead of salt
• restrict meat intake to a couple of times per month, and eat chicken or fish twice a week
• substitute olive or canola oil for butter
• choose low-fat/fat-free options for dairy

Source:  Mayo Clinic, Mediterranean Diet

Robert G. Tupac, DDS, FACP, Inc., Diplomate, American Board of Prosthodontics (661) 325-1275 | www.drtupac.com 5060 California Ave., #170, Bakersfield, CA 93309