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That sweet tooth may spike your heart disease risk

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The kinds of carbs you indulge in may be more important than the amount of carbs you chow down, according to a new international study with an NZ author. Consuming added sugars - or those in honey or fruit juice - was found to be linked with a higher risk of cardiovascular diseases, particularly stroke, in a first-of-its-kind study following UK Biobank participants over time. In contrast, the study suggests a higher-fibre diet - and replacing added sugars with sugar from fruit and vegetables, starchy carbs, and grains - may actually lower the chance of developing cardiovascular diseases.

Journal/conference: BMC Medicine

Link to research (DOI): 10.1186/s12916-022-02712-7

Organisation/s: University of Otago, University of Oxford (UK), Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital (Denmark)

Funder: RKK is supported by the Clarendon Scholarship from the University of Oxford. TYNT is supported by the Nuffield Department of Population Health Intermediate Fellowship and the UK Medical Research Council (grant number MR/M012190/1). CZW is supported by the Nuffield Department of Population Health Doctor of Philosophy student scholarship. AR is supported by the National Heart Foundation of New Zealand. CP is supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration (ARC). KP and TJK are supported by the Wellcome Trust, Our Planet Our Health (Livestock, Environment, and People – LEAP) grant number (grant number 205212/Z/16/Z). KP is supported by Cancer Research UK (grant numbers C570/A16491, A29186). JLC is supported by core grants to CTSU (Clinical Trial Service Unit) from the Medical Research Council (grant number CTSU A310) (Swindon, UK) and the British Heart Foundation (grant number CH/1996001/9454), and by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre. TJK and JS are supported by Cancer Research UK (grant number C8221/A19170). APC is supported by a Cancer Research UK Population Research Fellowship (grant number C60192/A28516) and by the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF UK), as part of the World Cancer Research Fund International grant programme (grant number 2019/1953).

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