A recent study has shown that a high sugar diet can increase the risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Two groups of men, with either low levels of liver fat or with high levels of liver fat diagnosed as Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, were put on either a low or high sugar diet for 12 weeks. The low sugar diet consisted of 140 kcals from sugar (equivalent to 35 grams of sugar) a day and the high sugar diet had 650 kcals from sugar (equivalent to about 160 grams of sugar) each day. In both groups on the high sugar diet, fat metabolism was altered in a way that increased risk of cardiovascular disease, heart attack, and stroke. Keep in mind that a single 12 oz can of coke contains 39 grams of sugar and 8 oz of apple juice contains about 26 grams of sugar!
For the full article, go to https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/10/171004202008.htm .
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