Monday 1 October 2012

Cafeteria Diet Increases Stroke Risk

At a younger age, the fat and sugar rich Western diet hastens the risk of stroke or death, says study. Researchers found that a high-calorie, high-sugar, high-sodium diet nicknamed the 'cafeteria diet' induced most symptoms of metabolic syndrome - a combination of high levels of cholesterol, blood sugar, blood pressure and obesity - in rats after only two months. The animals were at an age roughly equivalent to 16 to 22 years in humans at the time ...

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