Mice fed a diet containing 25 percent sugar the equivalent of
three cans of soda daily were twice as likely to die as mice fed a
similar diet without sugar.
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Such was the finding of a new 58-week University of Utah study,
which once again highlights the early death sentence many Americans
may receive for indulging far too often in this sweet treat.
While the mice did not display obvious signs of metabolic
diseases, such as obesity, they were nonetheless significantly
affected by the sugar. Male mice fed sugar were 26 percent less
territorial and produced 25 percent fewer offspring, for example.
Said study author James Ruff in Time: