The number one ‘hidden’ factor quietly wrecking your heart (and it’s not cholesterol)

This apart, new global modeling published in Nature Medicine estimates that sugar‑laden beverages and foods were behind the 1.2 million heart‑related events, and about 2.2 million new type 2 diabetes diagnoses in 2020 alone. This translates to more than one in ten diabetes cases, and one in thirty heart disease cases worldwide