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Article: American Heart Association Meeting Report: High-Sugar Diet Increases Men's Blood Pressure; Gout Drug Protective
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- September 23, 2009
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CHICAGO, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --
Study 1 highlights:
-- Just two weeks on a high-fructose diet raises blood pressure
in men.
-- A drug used to treat gout seems to protect against that blood
pressure increase and some aspects of metabolic syndrome.
Study 2 highlights:
-- A study in mice finds that the time of day when fructose is
consumed is linked to abnormalities in blood pressure, weight
gain and behavior.
Abstract P127
A high-fructose diet raises blood pressure in men, while a drug ...