Scientists from the University of Otago (New Zealand) carried out a study according to which one of the most dangerous for human health food is sugar. “Sugar can cause the growth of cardiovascular disease, regardless of body mass a person has,” is the verdict of experts.
In favor of the opinion of new Zealand scientists say the results of a large-scale analysis of a number of scientific studies devoted to the problem of eating sugar and conducted in the period from 1965 to 2013. Experts compared the different types of food with equal caloric content but with different content of natural carbohydrates and refined sugar. The expert was interested in the correlation with use of these products blood pressure and blood lipids in humans.
As a result, the gained data are similar to those that were obtained in 37 analyzed their research that demonstrated the connection between regular consumption of sugar and increase the level of “bad” cholesterol in the blood, and in 12 studies, speaking about the correlation between eating sugar and increase blood pressure.
“The who recommendations to reduce the consumption of sugar are absolutely justified and necessary measure,” – said in the end, the authors of the study.
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