Researchers warn high sugar diet can damage heart

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Updated August 26, 2009 06:43:34

Health experts have issued a dramatic warning on sugar consumption, saying Western diets contain up to three times more sugar than is safe to eat. That not only puts people at risk of developing diabetes; it can also increase their chance of heart disease and stroke. The findings are in a study published in the journal "Circulation".

Presenter: Geraldine Coutts
Speaker: Lead author Rachel Johnson, nutritionist, University of Vermont, United States

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