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Sugar is More Dangerous than Smoking

Newsgrab from the Irish Times:

Cardiac Expert says Sugar More Dangerous than Smoking.

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Sugar is a “drug” that is more dangerous to health than smoking and elevated cholesterol combined, a leading cardiovascular expert has told an international conference in Galway.

Centenarians who are free of cardiovascular disease usually had low sugar and low insulin levels, Sherif Sultan of Galway University Hospital’s Western Vascular Institute said yesterday.