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An increased consumption of sweet drinks is connected to substantial risk of gout in men. To such conclusions came authors of the scale long-term research which have covered more than 46 thousand participants. In scientists’ opinion, development of gout is promoted by fructose contained in sweet fizzy drinks.

In the past gout has frequently been called as illness of aristocrats, however now it becomes more and more spread among the widest layers of population. So, within the last several decades gout sickness rate in the USA has increased more than twice. Growth of sickness rate has coincided on time with sharp increase in consumption of sweet fizzy drinks.

The analysis of the received data has shown that the risk of gout development is directly connected to the frequency of sugary soft drinks consumption irrespective of weight of a body, alcohol consumption, age or diet. So, gout cases among the men drinking not less than two bottles soda water a day, were 85 % more often in comparison with those who drank it once a month. For those who daily drank not less than one portion of this soft drink, the additional risk of gout has made 45 %.

Steam-cooked broccoli improves heart work and reduces damages of myocardium in conditions of oxygen lack. To such conclusion came American scientists as a result of experiments on rats, informs Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

In researchers’ opinion, the protective effect of broccoli is explained by high content of some substances, which stimulate thioredoxin’s production. This albumin plays an important role in protection of cells in conditions of broken blood supply of heart muscle.

Protective action of broccoli is not limited to prevention of heart illnesses. Earlier researches have shown that this cabbage reduces probability of breast cancer and prostate cancer.