Women who drink one or more sweet drinks each day - such as juice, water or sweetened teas and fruit drinks - would have a 20% higher risk of cardiovascular disease compared to women who rarely or never consume them, according to new research.
Daily drinks were also associated with a higher than 26% chance of needing procedures to "unclog" blood vessels, such as angioplasty, and with a higher than 21% chance of having a stroke.
"Although the study is observational and does not show a cause and effect link, we hypothesize that sugar may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease in several ways," study lead author Cheryl Anderson said in a press release. Anderson is a professor and interim chair of the Department of Family and Public Health at the University of California San Diego. "It raises blood glucose levels and insulin levels, which can increase appetite and lead to obesity, a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease."
The research, part of the ongoing study of California teachers, which began in 1995, included more than 106,000 women who reported in a questionnaire how much they drank. Participants, whose mean age was 52 years, were not diagnosed with heart disease, stroke or diabetes when they entered the study. The paper was published in May 2020 in the Journal of the American Heart Association (AHA).
Anderson, președintele comitetului nutrițional al AHA, a declarat că prea mult zahăr în sânge este legat și de „stresul oxidativ și inflamații, rezistența la insulină, profilurile de colesterol nesănătoase și diabetul de tip 2, condiții care sunt puternic legate de dezvoltarea aterosclerozei, îngustarea arterelor care stau la baza celor mai multe boli cardiovasculare”.
The women who drank the most sugary drinks were younger, most likely smokers, obese, and most likely did not even have a healthy diet.
Noul studiu a definit băuturile zaharoase ca fiind băuturi răcoritoare calorice, ape îmbuteliate îndulcite sau ceaiuri și băuturi adăugate cu zahăr, nu sucuri de fructe 100%.
The kind of sugary drinks women chose made all the difference. One or more added sugary drinks a day were associated with a 42% higher probability of developing cardiovascular disease compared to women who drank them less or never. In the case of soft drinks, this probability was 23%.
The study was limited to a single measurement of the intake of sugar-sweetened beverages and also could not assess the consumption of artificially sweetened beverages and / or sweetened hot drinks.
The AHA recommends limiting added sugar to no more than 100 calories a day, which means about 6 teaspoons, or 25 grams for most women. For men, the recommendation is a maximum of 150 calories a day, ie about 9 teaspoons of sugar or 38 grams.
https://www.heart.org/en/news/2020/05/13/even-1-sugary-drink-a-day-could-boost-heart-disease-stroke-risk-in-women