Sugar Archives - Cleveland HeartLab, Inc. https://www.clevelandheartlab.com/blog-tag/sugar/ Cleveland HeartLab, Inc. Tue, 15 Dec 2020 19:35:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 “How Sweet It Is”: Does It Matter to Your Heart this Holiday Season? https://www.clevelandheartlab.com/blog/how-sweet-it-is-does-it-matter-to-your-heart-this-holiday-season/ Tue, 15 Dec 2020 19:33:55 +0000 https://www.clevelandheartlab.com/?post_type=x-portfolio&p=13459 You may know that drinking sugar-sweetened drinks isn’t the wisest health move. Sodas, coffee or tea with sugar, lemonade, sports drinks, and fruit punch aren’t just bad for your waistline. Consuming a lot of these beverages increases your risk for heart attacks and stroke. But you might be surprised to know that diet drinks—those that contain artificial sweeteners—aren’t much better ...

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]]> Sugar and the Heart: The Hidden Heart Harm in Your Diet https://www.clevelandheartlab.com/blog/sugar-and-the-heart-hidden-heart-harm-diet/ Mon, 22 May 2017 13:09:52 +0000 http://wwwdev.clevelandheartlab.com/?post_type=x-portfolio&p=10699 Sugar plays a well-known role in the development of obesity and diabetes. But research is beginning to show that it’s also murder on the heart. Over the 15 years of a Harvard School of Public Health study, those who got 17 percent to 21 percent of their calories from added sugar were 38 percent more likely to die from cardiovascular ...

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