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Eating Nuts = Better Cholesterol Levels

Posted by Healthy And Fit on May 11th, 2010

Consuming more nuts appears to be associated with improvements in blood cholesterol levels, according to a pooled analysis of data from 25 trials reported in the May 10 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

“Dietary interventions to lower blood cholesterol concentrations and to modify blood lipoprotein levels are the cornerstone of prevention and treatment plans for coronary heart disease,” the authors write as background information in the article.

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Foods With High Glycemic Index = Greater Risk for Heart Disease

Posted by Healthy And Fit on April 12th, 2010

Consuming carbohydrates with high glycemic index—an indicator of how quickly a food affects blood glucose levels—appears to be associated with the risk of coronary heart disease in women but not men, according to a report in the April 12 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

High-carbohydrate diets increase the levels of blood glucose and of harmful blood fats known as triglycerides while reducing levels of protective HDL or “good” cholesterol, thereby increasing heart disease risk, according to background information in the article.

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Positive Emotions Protect Against Heart Disease

Posted by Healthy And Fit on February 19th, 2010

People who are usually happy, enthusiastic and content are less likely to develop heart disease than those who tend not to be happy, according to a major new study published February 17.

The authors believe that the study, published in the Europe’s leading cardiology journal, the European Heart Journal [1], is the first to show such an independent relationship between positive emotions and coronary heart disease.

Dr Karina Davidson, who led the research, said that although this was an observational study, her study did suggest that it might be possible to help prevent heart disease by enhancing people’s positive emotions.

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Omega-3 Fatty Acid May Protect Against Aging

Posted by Healthy And Fit on January 22nd, 2010

Patients with coronary heart disease who had higher omega-3 fatty acid blood levels had an associated lower rate of shortening of telomere length, a chromosome marker of biological aging, raising the possibility that these fatty acids may protect against cellular aging, according to a study in the January 20 issue of JAMA.

Several studies have shown increased survival rates among individuals with high dietary intake of marine omega-3 fatty acids and established cardiovascular disease.

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Reducing Salt = Fewer Heart Attacks, Strokes and Deaths

Posted by Healthy And Fit on January 21st, 2010

Findings Published in New England Journal of Medicine

Reducing salt in the American diet by as little as one-half teaspoon (or three grams) per day could prevent nearly 100,000 heart attacks and 92,000 deaths each year, according to a new study.

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High-fat Low-carb Diets=Heart Risk

Posted by Healthy And Fit on December 9th, 2009

New scientific research has shown that low-carbohydrate high-fat diets, made popular by the likes of the Atkins diet, do not achieve more weight loss than low-fat high-carbohydrate diets.

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New and Tips for a Healthy and Fit Life

Posts Tagged ‘Coronary Heart Disease’

Eating Nuts = Better Cholesterol Levels

Foods With High Glycemic Index = Greater Risk for Heart Disease

Positive Emotions Protect Against Heart Disease

Omega-3 Fatty Acid May Protect Against Aging

Reducing Salt = Fewer Heart Attacks, Strokes and Deaths

High-fat Low-carb Diets=Heart Risk

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