Eating a lot of sugary foods and drinks—especially those with fructose like table sugar or high-fructose corn syrup—may triple your chance of dying from heart disease.

Eating a lot of sugary foods and drinks—especially those with fructose like soda and candy—might triple your chance of dying from heart disease, because they can mess up your metabolism and lead to fat buildup in the liver and other problems.

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

Eating more sugar—like 50 grams extra a day—seems to go hand in hand with a higher chance of getting heart disease, which might mean sugary foods are part of why some diets lead to heart problems.

Eating more sugar—like an extra 50 grams a day—might raise your chance of getting heart disease, even if you’re eating healthy otherwise.

If you swap out foods high in saturated fats (like butter or cheese) for sugary snacks and drinks, it might mess up your blood fats in a bad way—raising triglycerides, lowering good cholesterol, and raising total cholesterol—which could make your heart more at risk.