Excess sugar can triple risk of dying of heart disease: report (Globe and Mail, Feb. 3, 2014)

I have an interest in evidence-based practice. The pursuit of evidence – whether scientific or other forms – is a source of motivation for me.

For that reason, I’m pleased to share with you a Feb. 3, 2014 Globe and Mail article entitled: “Excess sugar can triple risk of dying of heart disease: report.”

Here’s an excerpt:

• Researchers focused on consumption of added sugars, a category that includes all sugar, corn syrups, honey, and maple syrup added to foods. It does not include sugars that naturally occur in fruits, vegetables and dairy products.

• The main sources of added sugars, according to the CDC study, are sugar sweetened beverages like soft drinks and sports drinks, 37 per cent; deserts like cakes and puddings, 14 per cent; fruit drinks, nine per cent; dairy desserts, six per cent; candy, six per cent.

• Dr. Yang and the research team found that a person who drinks an average of one sugar sweetened beverage daily has a 29 per cent higher risk of dying of heart disease than a person who drinks just one a week.

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Updates

A Feb. 7, 2014 Globe and Mail article is entitled: “Four more groups urge Ottawa to set sugar limits.”

The opening paragraphs read:

• The federal government needs to establish daily sugar intake guidelines and set limits on the amount of sugar that can be added to food, leading health associations across the country say.

• Ottawa has come under increasing pressure to regulate sugar since the publication of a study in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine that concluded people who get 25 per cent or more of their daily calories from added sugar are three times more likely to die of heart disease.

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A March 4, 2015 CBC article is entitled: “Sugar intake should be reduced to 5-10% of calories, WHO says: Guidelines aim to reduce risk of obesity and tooth decay for all ages.”

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A Jan. 17, 2016 Guardian article is entitled: “Sweet nightmares: a guide to cutting down on sugar: Sugar is making us fatter and sicker. Yet we still don’t realise how much we’re eating. As the government considers imposing a tax, we look at how to cut down without missing out. Plus: alternative recipes.”

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An Oct. 10, 2016 Toronto Star article is entitled: “Doctors’ Notes: Watch out for “free” sugar in foods; Knowing how much sugar you’re eating is complicated — more complicated than it should be.”

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