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Refined Sugar vs. Saturated Fat: What’s More Likely To Cause Heart Disease?

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Saturated fats from animal products like meat, poultry and dairy were first blamed for causing high rates of heart disease in the 1950’s, when scientist Ancel Keys observed individuals who ate diets high in saturated fats also had higher rates of heart disease. However, those same individuals were also consuming a lot of refined sugar as well. Most recently, a study published in the journal Circulation found that drinking sugary drinks each day increased dangerous fat in the body and increased risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes, which also lead to a much greater risk of coronary heart disease compared to patients maintaining a healthy diet. Another study found that consuming at least two sugary drinks per day can increase risk of heart failure by 25 percent.

Consuming large quantities of processed sugars such as high fructose corn syrup and table sugars can lead to leptin resistance. What is leptin?  Leptin is a hormone responsible for regulating normal body weight.  The World Health Organization recommends that sugar intake should be kept below 10% of an individual’s total caloric intake, and ideally below 5%.  Learn to read food labels and familiarize yourself with other aliases that “sugar” can lurk within, such as anything ending in "-ose".

Full article here:  http://www.medicaldaily.com/refined-sugar-vs-saturated-fat-whats-more-likely-cause-coronary-heart-disease-369530

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