More evidence that sodas and their ilk are bad for you. The lead paragraph below mentions heart disease, but within the article itself, we learn that men who drink one sugary beverage a day were 20 percent more likely to have had a heart attack.
A man who drinks one 12-ounce sugar-sweetened drink a day sharply increases his risk for heart disease, according to a large epidemiological analysis. Researchers analyzed data from a prospective study of 42,883 male health professionals, ages 40 to 75. The men responded to diet questionnaires every four years, and more than 18,000 of them provided blood samples.
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