A study of more than 4,500 adults found that high fructose corn syrup may increase a person's risk for high blood pressure. (Also known as hypertension, high blood pressure is one of the more common negative health effects of obesity.)
- Dr. Diana Jalal and her colleagues at the University of Colorado Denver Health Sciences Center combed through the health records of participants in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey of 2006.
- The researchers found a link between drinking 74 grams or more of fructose a day, the equivalent of 2.5 soft drinks, with higher blood pressure.
- They factored out age, smoking history, physical activity level, and salt and alcohol intake.
Spokespeople from the Corn Refiners Association and the American Beverage Association criticized the study as one that "furthers the confusion and misunderstandings about high fructose corn syrup." Dr. George Bakris, president of the American Society of Hypertension and a professor of medicine at the University of Chicago, said that all sugars and a lack of exercise contribute to hypertension.
This study appeared in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
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