Sodas Increase Risk of Heart Disease
According to a new study, drinking sugar-sweetened beverages (like sodas) can increase the risk of coronary heart disease in men. Researchers found that those men who consume the most sugar-sweetened drinks “had a 20% higher relative risk of CHD (coronary heart disease)” than those who drank the lease.
Interestingly enough, “artificially sweetened beverage intake was not associated with CHD risk…”