Study: One Sugary Drink Per Day Raises Risk of Heart Disease for Men

[Eugene]

Source: ABC News

Study: One Sugary Drink Per Day Raises Risk of Heart Disease for Men

By CARRIE GANN and Dr. LARRY BORGES, ABC News Medical Unit
March 12, 2012

The evidence linking sugar-sweetened beverages with an array of health problems -- including obesity and diabetes -- keeps piling up. And a new study adds one more potential risk to the list: coronary heart disease.

According to a new study, men who drink one sugar-sweetened beverage daily have a 20 percent higher risk of coronary heart disease than men who drink none.

Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health tracked nearly 43,000 participants in the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study, which included male dentists, pharmacists, physicians, veterinarians and other health professionals ages 40 to 75, almost all of whom were of European descent.

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The results, published today in the American Heart Association's journal, Circulation, found that drinking 12 ounces of regular soda, fruit drinks and other sugar-sweetened beverages daily was associated with a higher risk of heart disease, even after taking into account other cardiovascular risk factors, such as smoking, physical inactivity, alcohol use and a family history of heart disease.

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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/daily-sugary-drink-linked-heart-risk-men-study/story?id=15904276#.T16dWfWV1W8

[Ian David]

1. Is beer a sugary drink? n/t

[onehandle]

2. It seems like they mean 'added-sugar.' I hope. I like beer, wine, and orange juice.

That's where most of the sugar in my diet comes from.

[Zanzoobar]

7. It depends on the beer.

And your definition of sugar.

In my opinion it doesn't matter, and it doesn't matter.

Skoll!

[Honeycombe8]

3. Wow. That's hard to believe. It doesn't take much, does it? nt

[tech3149]

9. I've never been much for sweets either solid or liquid

But I must admit that I do buy a few sodas a week to cut my bottom shelf rot gut to make it palatable. For myself, I don't worry about the health effects but if I had a life, family who depended on me, I'd stick to naturally sweeteners like honey or unprocessed sugar.

[arcane1]

4. It's hard to tell if they include coffee

They mention "sugar-sweetened water" but that still sounds like something already sweetened on the shelf, like Vitamin Water. Did I miss anything? Don't make me drink unsweetened coffee!!

[juajen]

6. I use splenda in everything, but do indulge in dark chocolate occasionally.

Hope splenda doesn't count.

[RC]

8. Splenda may not be splendid.

Sugar substitutes and the potential danger of Splenda
http://www.womentowomen.com/healthyweight/splenda.aspx

Duke Study Not Sweet on Splenda
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2008/09/splenda_study.html

Side Effects of Splenda and Other Artifical Sweeteners
http://www.splendainfo.com/dangers-side-effects-splenda-artificial-sweetener

[Betsy Ross]

10. Thanks for posting links.

Needs to be widely known.

[Bonobo]

5. Probably denotes a correlation due to other factors.

Such as guys who drink a sugary drink once per day ALSO don't exercise as much as those that don't, etc.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

11. I would also wager that those who drink ONE

might drink many MORE than the one. One of my coworkers goes through about 10 sodas a day...at 150 calories a pop he really shouldn't eat ANYTHING.

sP

[kestrel91316]

12. Women are 52% and yet they study MEN and not women for this.

Sigh. Still second class citizens......