Eating too much fructose (like in sugary drinks) might create more harmful gunk in your body than regular sugar, which can damage your blood vessels and lead to heart disease.

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

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Eating too much fructose (like in sugary drinks) might create more harmful gunk in your body than regular sugar, which can damage your blood vessels and lead to heart disease.

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Fructose promotes the formation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) more potently than glucose, which leads to systemic inflammation and endothelial dysfunction, thereby contributing to the development of atherosclerosis.

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