Eating a lot of fructose—like the sugar in soda and sweet snacks—can cause your liver to make more fat and pump it into your blood as triglycerides, which may increase your risk of heart disease.

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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

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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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