title: [Is sugar involved in the development of cardiovascular diseases?].
abstract: The hypothesis that sugar promotes the development of coronary diseases could not be confirmed by several epidemiological studies. But sugar can, through its high energy density in sugar-containing foodstuffs, indirectly lead to obesity and diabetes, and to early arteriosclerosis. A sugar- or carbohydrate-rich diet leads, in healthy persons, to a short-term hypertriglyceridemia which disappears after a short time following the adaptation of the metabolism. Certain people with a hereditary disposition toward metabolic disturbances also react, after a longer exposure to higher sugar consumption, with a rise of the triglycerides in plasma.
authors.affiliation: Fakultät für Landwirtschaft und Gartenbau, Institut für Ernährungswissenschaft, Technische Universität München, Freising-Weihenstephan.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wolfram
mesh_terms: D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000209:etiology*; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D015228:Hypertriglyceridemia / Q000209:etiology; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates
vernacular_title: Ist Zucker an der Entwicklung kardiovaskulärer Erkrankungen beteiligt?