Sugary dinks are bad for women’s hearts

A recent study by the American Heart Association shows that “Women who drank two or more sugar-sweetened beverages daily experienced increasing waist circumferences, developed high triglycerides, and a high risk for type 2 diabetes.”

MSNB Heart Health states that daily blasts of too high blood sugar can disrupt metabolism and prompt the body to make especially damaging, smaller molecule of bad cholesterol.  In the new study, many women saw expanding waistlines, even if they did not gain weight. Cardiologists point out that such “belly fat” may have an especially negative effect on heart health.  Unlike the fat right beneath the skin that can be sucked out by liposuction, the fat around the organs in the center of the body produces hormones.  Changes in these hormones are more likely to lead to increased cardiac risk factors.

According to Christina Shay, PhD, of the University of Oklahoma on MedPage Today, it is possible that the response to sugary drinks and cardiovascular disease differs in the sexes as the same associations of increased risk factors were not seen in men.