Posts Tagged ‘Heart Failure’

Diet high in B-vitamins lowers heart risks

Posted by Healthy And Fit on April 15th, 2010

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Eating more foods containing the B-vitamins folate and B-6 lowers the risk of death from stroke and heart disease for women and may reduce the risk of heart failure in men, according to Japanese research reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.

“Japanese people need more dietary intake of folate and vitamin B-6, which may lead to the prevention of heart disease,” said Hiroyasu Iso, M.D., professor of public health at Osaka University.

The findings on the value of B vitamins were consistent with studies in Europe and North America, although the dietary consumption of vitamin B-6 is generally lower in Japan than in the United States.

Researchers analyzed data from 23,119 men and 35,611 women (ages 40–79) who completed food frequency questionnaires as part of the large Japan Collaborative Cohort (JACC) Study.

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April 1 Summary Report

Posted by Healthy And Fit on April 1st, 2010

Lots of new research published in the last 3 weeks. Click on links for more details. If you would like to read previous reports, leave a message in comments.

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Antioxidants aren’t always good for you and can impair muscle function

Posted by Healthy And Fit on January 26th, 2010

Antioxidants increasingly have been praised for their benefits against disease and aging, but recent studies at Kansas State University show that they also can cause harm.

Researchers in K-State’s Cardiorespiratory Exercise Laboratory have been studying how to improve oxygen delivery to the skeletal muscle during physical activity by using antioxidants, which are nutrients in foods that can prevent or slow the oxidative damage to the body.

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Moderate Fish Consumption May Lower heart Risk

Posted by Healthy And Fit on December 17th, 2009

Including fish in a balanced diet has long been associated with the prevention of heart disease, and scientists now believe that it can help preserve heart function in patients who have experienced heart failure.

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Low Vitamin D = stroke, heart disease and death

Posted by Healthy And Fit on November 16th, 2009


Study finds inadequate levels of Vitamin D may significantly increase risk of stroke, heart disease and death

While mothers have known that feeding their kids milk builds strong bones, a new study by researchers at the Heart Institute at Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City suggests that Vitamin D contributes to a strong and healthy heart as well – and that inadequate levels of the vitamin may significantly increase a person’s risk of stroke, heart disease, and death, even among people who’ve never had heart disease.

For more than a year, the Intermountain Medical Center research team followed 27,686 patients who were 50 years of age or older with no prior history of cardiovascular disease.

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Eating Fish Doesn’t Prevent Heart Failure

Posted by Healthy And Fit on September 30th, 2009

The consumption of fish has no major role in the prevention of heart failure, according to results from a large prospective population study.(1) The study, which was started in 1990 and involved all men and women over the age of 55 living in a suburb of Rotterdam, found no difference in the risk of developing heart failure between those who did eat fish and those who didn’t.

The study is published on 30 September in the October issue of the European Journal of Heart Failure.

“Scientists and health authorities are increasingly persuaded that the intake of fish – even in small amounts – will protect against the risk of fatal myocardial infarction,” said study investigator Dr Marianne Geleinjse from Wageningen University in the Netherlands.

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