If you drink one more sugary drink each day, you’re 22% more likely to have a heart attack — so more sugary drinks might mean more heart problems.

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Fat, Sugar, Whole Grains and Heart Disease: 50 Years of Confusion

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2018 Jan 4

This study says drinking extra sugary drinks every day makes your heart more likely to get hurt, which matches the claim that each sugary drink raises your risk of a heart attack.

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Fat, Sugar, Whole Grains and Heart Disease: 50 Years of Confusion

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DOI: 10.3390/nu10010039

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