Health and Wellness: Food & Drink

BOSTON – A study published Aug. 27 in Circulation showed cutting 20% of sugar from packaged foods and 40% from beverages could prevent 2.48 million cardiovascular disease events such as strokes, heart attacks and cardiac arrests, 490,000 cardiovascular deaths and 750 diabetes cases in the United States over the lifetime of the current adult population.

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