You may want to start avoiding soda pop as a team of researchers has warned that drinking just over one can of sugary drink a day, dramatically increases the risk of heart problems. The study says that drinking just one can of fizzy drink a day can raise your risk of heart failure by 23 percent.
A further analysis, excluding people diagnosed with heart failure in the first five years, showed the link still held true.The researchers warned that because it was an observational study, no conclusion could be drawn to say sweetened drinks definitely caused heart failure.They stressed that the study only involved older white men and the findings may not be applicable to younger age groups, women or certain ethnic groups. Researchers further said that people who drink a lot of sweetened drinks often have a poor diet overall, which is more of a determinant of ill-health than any one component.So, if you want to keep your heart disease at bay, make sure you keep a check on your sweet content..