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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 your heart more at risk.

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This study says that eating too much sugar (especially fructose) raises uric acid in the blood, which harms blood vessels and raises blood pressure, making heart disease more likely — exactly what the claim says.

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