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Study shows link between sugary drinks and heart disease

11/15/11

A recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Oklahoma showed there may be a link between sugary drinks and heart disease in women.

The results of the study were presented at an American Heart Association meeting recently in Orlando, Florida. The researchers found that consumption of two or more sugar-sweetened beverages a day could increase the risk of heart disease among women.

Researchers followed 4,200 healthy men and women between the ages of 45 and 84 for five years, tracking intake of sugary beverages such as soft drinks, sweetened mineral water and non-alcoholic beer.

"Cutting back on sugar-sweetened beverages is an easy way to improve health," Dr. Stacey Rosen, associate chairman of cardiology at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, told HealthDay. "We are not talking about doing an hour of exercise or buying expensive organic foods."

The American Heart Association has spent more than $3.3 billion on research and increasing knowledge of cardiovascular disease, which accounts for an average of 910,000 deaths annually. The alarming statistics may encourage patients at risk for heart disease to explore life insurance options.

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