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The more sugary drinks a person drinks, the greater their risk of dying from heart disease, the study finds. <\/strong><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Sweet beverages were associated with moderately higher risk of dying from breast cancer or colon cancer <\/strong><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The study adds to a growing body of research on how sugary drinks may negatively affect one’s health. <\/strong><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Angelica LaVito<\/a> |\u00a0@angelicalavito<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Harvard researchers found that the more sweetened beverages a person drank, the greater their risk of dying from heart disease. In a study published Monday in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation, they also found sugary drinks were associated with a moderately higher risk of dying from breast cancer or colon cancer.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Drinking artificially sweetened drinks did not produce the same effects. However, women who drank more than four diet beverages per day died at a higher rate than other groups, particularly from heart disease. Lead author Vasanti Malik warned that this statistic might be inflated because people could have switched from drinking regular soda.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Researchers also found that swapping sugary drinks for diet versions could moderately reduce a person’s risk of death, though they still recommend that people drink water. The study adds to a growing body of research suggesting that sugary drinks can cause people to gain weight and possibly lead to a slew of health conditions, including obesity, Type 2 diabetes and heart disease.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

“The big picture is really starting to emerge,” said Malik, a research associate at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health. “This is not random. There’s a whole lot of consistency across these findings.”<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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