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Sugar- and Artificially Sweetened Beverages and the Risks of Incident Stroke and Dementia: A Prospective Cohort Study.

​A significant increase in the risk of stroke, dementia, and Alzheimer's disease is associated with high intake of artificially-sweetened beverages.

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  • 2017
  • Pase MP, Himali JJ, Beiser AS, Aparicio HJ, Satizabal CL, Vasan RS, Seshadri S, Jacques PF.
  • From the Department of Neurology (M.P.P., J.J.H., A.S.B., H.J.A., C.L.S., S.S.) and Sections of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Department of Medicine (R.S.V), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Framingham Heart Study, MA (M.P.P., J.J.H., A.S.B., H.J.A., C.L.S., R.S.V., S.S., P.F.J.); Centre for Human Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia (M.P.P.); Department of Biostatistics (J.J.H., A.S.B.) and Department of Epidemiology (R.S.V.), Boston University School of Public Health, MA; and Jean Mayer US Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA (P.F.J.). matthewpase@gmail.com. From the Department of Neurology (M.P.P., J.J.H., A.S.B., H.J.A., C.L.S., S.S.) and Sections of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Department of Medicine (R.S.V), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Framingham Heart Study, MA (M.P.P., J.J.H., A.S.B., H.J.A., C.L.S., R.S.V., S.S., P.F.J.); Centre for Human Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia (M.P.P.); Department of Biostatistics (J.J.H., A.S.B.) and Department of Epidemiology (R.S.V.), Boston University School of Public Health, MA; and Jean Mayer US Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA (P.F.J.).
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Associations of sugar- and artificially sweetened soda with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

​High intake of sugar-sweetened soda might be a risk factor for the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

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Meta-Analysis of Saturated Fatty Acid Intake and Breast Cancer Risk

​Frequent consumption of foods rich in saturated fats may increase the risk of developing breast cancer in postmenopausal women.

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Sugar and artificially sweetened soda consumption linked to hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

​Regular consumers of sugar and artificially-sweetened soda may be highly predisposed to hypertension.

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  • 2015
  • Cheungpasitporn W, Thongprayoon C, Edmonds PJ, Srivali N, Ungprasert P, Kittanamongkolchai W, Erickson SB.
  • Division of Nephrology and Hypertension , Mayo Clinic , Rochester , MN , USA . Department of Medicine , SUNY Upstate Medical University , Syracuse , NY , USA . Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care , and. Division of Rheumatology , Mayo Clinic , Rochester , MN , USA.
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Dietary fiber intake is inversely associated with stroke incidence in healthy Swedish adults.

​A decline in stroke risk is associated with increased intake of diets rich in fiber, especially fruit and vegetable fiber, in healthy adults.

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  • 2014
  • Larsson SC, Wolk A.
  • Unit of Nutritional Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden susanna.larsson@ki.se. Unit of Nutritional Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Dietary Fatty Acids and Pancreatic Cancer in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study

​Frequent consumers of fatty foods, especially fats from red meat and dairy products, are much more prone to develop pancreatic cancer.

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  • 2009
  • Thiébaut AC, Jiao L, Silverman DT, Cross AJ, Thompson FE, Subar AF, Hollenbeck AR, Schatzkin A, Stolzenberg-Solomon RZ.
  • Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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  • No. Source of funding disclosure not found
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Dietary fat and postmenopausal invasive breast cancer in the National Institutes of Health-AARP Diet and Health Study cohort.

​Postmenopausal women on high-fat diets may have a high tendency of developing invasive breast cancer.

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Garlic consumption and cancer prevention: meta-analyses of colorectal and stomach cancers.

​Frequent consumption of raw and cooked garlic may help cut down colorectal and stomach cancer risk.

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Red and processed meat consumption and risk of pancreatic cancer: meta-analysis of prospective studies.

​High dietary intake of red and processed meats may increase pancreatic cancer risk.

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Dietary fiber intake and risk of first stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

​Habitual consumption of fiber-rich foods may protect individuals from developing stroke for the first time.

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  • 2013
  • Threapleton DE, Greenwood DC, Evans CE, Cleghorn CL, Nykjaer C, Woodhead C, Cade JE, Gale CP, Burley VJ.
  • Nutritional Epidemiology Group, School of Food Science & Nutrition, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK. D.E.Threapleton@Leeds.ac.uk
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  • No. Source of funding disclosure not found
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Effects of low-fat diet on serum lipids in premenopausal and postmenopausal women: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

​A healthy cholesterol number is associated with premenopausal women on low-fat diets.

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  • 2014
  • Wu L, Ma D, Walton-Moss B, He Z.
  • From the 1School of Nursing, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Dongcheng District, Beijing, PR China; 2School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; and 3School of Continuing Education, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Dongcheng District, Beijing, PR China.
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Food Sources of Protein and Risk of Incident Gout in the Singapore Chinese Health Study.

​Frequent consumers of fish, shellfish, and poultry may have a high tendency of developing gout.

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  • 2017
  • Teng GG, Pan A, Yuan JM, Koh WP.
  • National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore, and National University of Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore. National University of Singapore, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, Singapore, and Huazhong University of Science and Technology, School of Public Health and Tongji Medical College, Wuhan, China. University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, and University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, and National University of Singapore, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, Singapore.
  • No, Free full text of study was not found.
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