High-sugar diets raise heart disease risk in healthy people

A study finds that a high-sugar diet changes a healthy person’s fat metabolism so that it resembles that of someone with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Antioxidants do help arteries stay healthy

Long-term supplementation with dietary antioxidants has beneficial effects on sugar and fat metabolism, blood pressure and arterial flexibility in patients with multiple cardiovascular risk factors. Researchers report these positive results in a randomized controlled trial of combined vitamin C, vitamin E, coenzyme Q10 and selenium capsules.