Americans are (unfortunately) crazy for sweet-tasting beverages. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that 63% of adults down at least one sugar-sweetened soda, sweetened fruit drink, sports/energy drink, or sweetened coffee/tea drink a day.

And every year, around 610,000 people have their first stroke.

What do these two facts have to do with each other? A lot.

A new study that tracked 13,500 people who had their first stroke found that frequently consuming fizzy drinks with added sugar — as well as those that are artificially sweetened — was linked to a 22% increased chance of stroke.

And they found that if you have two or more of those beverages a day, the risk skyrockets.

Sugar-added fruit juices were also found to be risky. Frequently drinking those was linked to a 37% increased risk of stroke from an intracranial hemorrhage (brain bleed). With two such drinks a day, the risk triples.

What beverages are going to help you reduce your risk?

The researchers found that drinking seven or more cups of water a day cut the risk of a stroke from a blood clot. And drinking three to four cups of black tea lowered stroke risk almost 30%.

More good news: Drinking up to three cups of coffee a day was not associated with any increased risk.