Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. 75 patients who consumed increasing amounts of high fructose corn syrup for 16 days had a significantly increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Sugar consumption by Americans has increased from 6.3 pounds of added sugar per person...
Review Confirms Detrimental Effect of Chronic Sugar Intake on Blood Pressure
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Lowering your systolic blood pressure by 3-6 mmHg and your diastolic blood pressure by 1.4 mmHg may reduce your risk of stroke, coronary heart disease, cardiovascular events, and risk of death by as much as 30%. High blood pressure is...
Study Links Sugar-Sweetened Beverages to Stroke Risk
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. In a 10-year follow-up study of 32,575 healthy women and 35,884 healthy men, those with the highest intake per day of sweetened beverages (2 servings) had a 19 % risk of all types of stroke and a 22 % risk of a type of stroke called...
Sugary Drinks Associated with High Blood Pressure
Written by Jessica Patella, ND. In a study with 810 adults those that reduced sugary drinks by one per day had a 1.8 mmHg reduction in systolic blood pressure. One in every three American adults has high blood pressure and of those, only 47% have it under control (2)....
Stevioside Effective for High Blood Pressure
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. 106 Chinese subjects using 750 mg stevioside in capsules had 7.6% decrease in systolic blood pressure compared to the control group. In a 2000 study, 106 Chinese subjects (53 men, 53 women) between the ages of 28 and 75 and diagnosed...
Artificial Sweeteners Impair Metabolism
Written by Tatjana Djakovic, Staff Writer. In animal studies, mice that recieved saccharin had greater weight gain than the control group. This is because artificial sweeteners do not create a feeling of fullness. Obesity has been increasing at an alarming rate and it...
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