Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Sugary drinks raise blood pressure

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Sweetened beverages such as soda and fruit drinks can add to your high blood pressure, requires a new investigation.

The findings showed that each of the "extra" may consume sugary beverage type, as well as increased systolic and diastolic blood pressure readings.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Preventions to warn, which contains high-fructose corn syrup, fructose, fruit juice concentrates, honey, sugar, glucose syrup, corn syrup, dextrose or sucrose is considered to be the drink with "sugar-sweetened beverage."

Published in pulmonary, researchers in the revised data in the age of 40-2,696 persons undergoing training, young volunteers, the United States and Britain of 59. And more than three weeks of the study participants were asked four times to report what they had eaten in the last 24 hours, to give urine samples and their blood pressure shall be adjusted on the basis of.

The data showed that the ' extra ' may drink sugary drink drunk to type, or on a daily basis, an average of 1,6 mm Hg systolic blood pressure reading is higher and higher, on average, 0.8 mm Hg diastolic reading. So the researchers recommend that people limit soda consumption.

In addition, the researchers found that people who consumed more sugary drinks in General, the diet was unhealthier; Add calories and less fiber and minerals.

The American Heart Association, to encourage the potential health risks, including high blood pressure, stroke, obesity and cardiovascular disease reducing added sugar intake .

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