High-sugar diet increases men's blood pressure; gout drug protective
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 17:21
in Health & Medicine
A high-fructose diet raises blood pressure in men, while a drug used to treat gout seems to protect against the blood pressure increase, according to research reported at the American Heart Association's 63rd High Blood Pressure Research Conference. "This is the first evidence of a role of fructose in raising blood pressure and a role for lowering uric acid to protect against that blood pr