Women who eat a lot of foods that spike blood sugar quickly may have a 26% higher chance of developing heart disease, but this doesn’t seem to be true for men.

Women who eat a lot of foods that spike blood sugar quickly may be 69% more likely to develop heart disease, but this doesn’t seem to be true for men.

Eating lots of sugary and starchy foods seems to raise the risk of heart disease much more for women than for men, which might mean men and women’s bodies react differently to these foods.

Eating lots of sugary and starchy foods seems to raise the risk of heart disease much more for women than for men, which might mean men and women’s bodies react differently to these foods.

Women in their 40s to 60s who eat a lot of sugary and refined carbs are almost twice as likely to develop heart disease as those who eat fewer of these foods.

Eating a lot of sugary and refined carbs like white bread and soda may raise a woman’s chance of getting heart disease by almost double, even if she doesn’t have other common risk factors like high blood pressure or smoking.