The Los Angeles Times (11/14, Roan) "Booster Shots" blog reports, "Two or more sugar-sweetened drinks a day have been associated with a larger waist and a higher risk of heart disease in adult women, according to research released" at an American Heart Association meeting. Researchers found that "women ages 45 to 84 who drank at least two sugar-sweetened drinks a day -- such as soda or flavored waters with added sugar -- were nearly four times as likely to develop high triglycerides as women who drank one or fewer of those beverages."
HealthDay (11/14, Mann) reports, "What's more, women who drank two or more sodas a day also had more belly fat, but not necessarily more weight."
POSTED BY: Steven Almany M.D.
How do these findings rate in men in the same age range? Just curious as my dad has high triglycerides.
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