Two Sodas A Day Boosts Women’s Heart Risk

Ladies be warned-– just two sodas a day can boost your risk of heart disease. Worse, they can make you fat. So say researchers at Northwestern University’s Department of Preventive Medicine in Chicago, whose study of women aged 45 to 84 found that those who drank at least two sugar-sweetened drinks a day — such as soda or flavored waters with added sugar — were nearly four times as likely to develop high triglycerides as women who drank one or fewer of those beverages. The Los Angeles Times reports that the same beverage consumption was linked to bigger waist size and a higher risk for Type 2 diabetes, even for women of normal weight. In the “It’s not fair” category, the researchers warned that women who drink sodas pay a higher price than men, because women require fewer calories. Read more from Medical News Today.