Deep-Fried Candy Bars May Be Hazardous to Your Health
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iStock/Thinkstock(GLASGOW, Scotland) — Candy is dandy but deep-fried candy bars are really tasty.
The problem, according to a report in the Scottish Medical Journal, is that these sugary and fatty confections normally sold at state fairs could put you in serious medical jeopardy.
In fact, the researchers from Glasgow say that a deep-fried Mars bar may increase the risk of a sudden stroke by slowing blood flow to the brain.
Their small study of 24 participants found that men with narrow arteries may be playing Russian roulette if they consume a deep-fried candy bar as blood flow was found to “moderately” decrease in as little as an hour-and-a-half.
However, women didn’t seem to have the same reaction after they ate one.
The researchers say a lot more research is needed to confirm the possible dangers of deep-fried candy bars.
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