Ghana: Sweetened Drinks May Damage the Heart

[Ghanaian Chronicle] Soft drinks and other sugar-sweetened beverages can seriously damage heart health, a new review finds. The added sugar in sodas, fruit drinks, sweet teas and energy drinks affects the body in ways that increase risk of heart attack, heart disease and stroke, said review author Vasanti Malik, a nutrition research scientist at Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - Category: African Health Source Type: news