Eating too much fructose, like the sugar in soda and candy, can raise a substance in your blood called uric acid, which may damage your blood vessels and raise your blood pressure, making heart disease more likely.

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John Yudkin’s hypothesis: sugar is a major dietary culprit in the development of cardiovascular disease

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2024

This study says that eating too much sugar, especially fructose, can raise uric acid in the blood, which harms blood vessels and raises blood pressure — making heart disease more likely. It agrees with the claim that fructose is a key culprit.

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John Yudkin’s hypothesis: sugar is a major dietary culprit in the development of cardiovascular disease

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DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1407108

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