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When we think of clogged arteries, we tend to vilify hamburgers, french fries, and other high-fat indulgence foods.

But these fatty foods have a quiet accomplice: sugar. Or rather, the immune cells that over-indulge on it.

Researchers from Stanford University have found that immune cells lurking in plaque buildups in arteries tend to over-consume sugar. When they do, they produce an over-zealous inflammatory response, which likely contributes to coronary artery disease (CAD) - a condition in which constricted arteries restrict or block blood-flow around the heart, leading to heart attacks, heart failure and death.

The disease affects about 16 million (pdf) Americans annually. Their research was published (paywall) Monday (Feb. 29) in the Journal of Experimental Medicine.

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-- Even some immune cells can’t resist sugar - and it makes them hyperactive
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8 years 7 months ago - 8 years 7 months ago #22960 by min1xyz
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Cheers to good health!

Carbonated Soft Drinks Consumption Falls to 30-Year Low In The U.S.

Diet Coke, Diet Pepsi especially hit.



The industry has found itself out of favor as consumers seek beverage alternatives to soda that they deem healthier, notably juices and flavored waters. Those alternatives don’t contain as many calories as soda, and also don’t include ingredients like the sweetener aspartame, which has fallen out of favor in recent years.
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8 years 7 months ago - 8 years 7 months ago #22975 by min1xyz
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Can you imagine yourself putting 25 teaspoons of sugar into one drink?
Starbucks has one such drink.

KFC has a mocha drink into which it adds 15 teaspoons of sugar.

Click to enlarge and find out more from Straits Times' report:


Table: The top 20 hot drinks with the most sugar on Action on Sugar's list
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Explosion in childhood obesity in China ‘worst ever’, expert says of new study findings

“Computer games themselves are not the issue,” adds Perk. “The problem is that kids sit there with a two-litre bottle of fizzy drink. To burn those calories they would need to walk 46 kilometres but they don’t.”
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8 years 6 months ago #23027 by min1xyz
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I was wrong - we should be feasting on FAT, says The Fast Diet author DR MICHAEL MOSLEY

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8 years 6 months ago #23042 by min1xyz
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The sugar conspiracy

Long, profound article from The Guardian.

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