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Wed, 04-28-10 - 4:38pm by KBenardello
Americans Eating Too Much Added Sugar, Which Leads To More Heart Disease
Most Americans are eating about two-and-a-half to three times more added sugar a day than new heart disease prevention guidelines are suggesting, a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association is reporting. The average American eats about 21 teaspoons of added sugar a day, an amount doctors are now saying leads to not only heart disease, but obesity, diabetes and high levels of cholesterol as well.
The study found that eating so much added sugar, which is any caloric sweetener used in processed or prepared foods, more than tripled the risk of having low HDL, or good cholesterol. Added sugar has no nutritional value besides adding empty calories.
The American Heart Association revised its guidelines late last summer. It advises women to have no more than 100 added calories, or 6 teaspoons of sugar, per day. Men are suggested to have no more than 150 added calories, or 9 teaspoons of added sugar, per day.
The results were found when Miriam Vos, MD, of Atlanta’s Emory University conducted the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey between 1999 and 2006. The participants received between five and 25 percent of their daily calories from added sugars.
Written by: Karen Benardello
The study found that eating so much added sugar, which is any caloric sweetener used in processed or prepared foods, more than tripled the risk of having low HDL, or good cholesterol. Added sugar has no nutritional value besides adding empty calories.
The American Heart Association revised its guidelines late last summer. It advises women to have no more than 100 added calories, or 6 teaspoons of sugar, per day. Men are suggested to have no more than 150 added calories, or 9 teaspoons of added sugar, per day.
The results were found when Miriam Vos, MD, of Atlanta’s Emory University conducted the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey between 1999 and 2006. The participants received between five and 25 percent of their daily calories from added sugars.
Written by: Karen Benardello
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