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There have been two papers (1,2) recently published by Pase, et al. using data from the Framingham Heart Study that have been highlighted in the news.
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These studies note associations between sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) (based on food frequency questionnaires) and preclinical Alzheimer's disease (1) and between frequent consumption of artificially sweetened soft drinks (≥1/day versus none) with incident of stroke and dementia (2).
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