Even though people are eating less cholesterol than they used to, more people are dying from heart disease — so something else in our diet, like sugar (fructose), might be the real culprit.

Even though people are eating less cholesterol, more people are dying from heart disease — so maybe sugar, especially fructose, is to blame instead.

In places where people eat more cholesterol from food, more people tend to die from heart disease over 25 years — it’s not proof one causes the other, but they often go together.

In places where people eat more cholesterol from food, more people tend to die from heart disease over 25 years — it’s not proof that cholesterol causes it, but there’s a noticeable link.

Back when people were told to eat less fat and more carbs, sugar intake went up—and so did heart disease and obesity. Now scientists are wondering if sugar, not fat, might be the real problem.

Eating too much fructose, like the sugar in soda and sweet snacks, makes your liver create more fat, which raises bad fats in your blood and causes body-wide inflammation, making heart disease more likely.