Moderate in sugar

Reducing your sugar intake is essential to protect your heart. A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that just as a high-fat diet can increase triglyceride and cholesterol levels, sugar intake can also affect lipid rates. To carry out the study, blood lipid levels in more than six thousand adult men and women were analyzed.

The researchers found that people who consumed more sugar were more likely to have cardiovascular disease. Scientists are not sure which process is involved in this link between sugar and cholesterol, because until today, what was known was the association between sugar consumption and diabetes. In the study, the group with the highest consumption ate an average of 46 teaspoons of sugars "hidden" in food per day. The lowest-consumption group ate an average of only about three teaspoons a day.