Sweetened drinks, such as soda and fruit drinks, increase blood pressure, and in the long term - the risk of stroke and heart disease. To this conclusion came the cardiologists of Imperial College London, having analyzed the diet of food among more than 2 thousand. People between the ages of 40 and 59.

Each drink drunk, with high levels of sugar in the composition, a day increases systolic blood pressure by 1.6 millimeters of mercury / mm Hg. Art.. In addition, those who drank a lot of sweet drinks on a daily basis received 400 more so-called empty calories - not saturated, but settling in the form of fatty deposits.

Those who drank sweetened drinks also apparently adhered to a less healthy diet in general, getting with the products less minerals and vitamins such as magnesium, potassium and calcium, which have a beneficial effect on blood pressure and cardiovascular function. According to the British doctors, people should choose an alternative to sweet drinks, for example unsweetened tea or simply water, because in this way they not only stabilize the pressure, but also improve heart health, weight and prevent the likelihood of diabetes.

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