Higher consumption of sugary beverages linked with increased risk of mortality

Medical X-Press – Staff Writer

The more sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) people consumed, the greater their risk of premature death—particularly death from cardiovascular disease, and to a lesser extent from cancer, according to a large long-term study of U.S. men and women. The risk of early death linked with drinking SSBs was more pronounced among women. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-03-sugary-death-cardiovascular-diseases.html