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Diet & Health
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Heart & Blood
Proteins from garden pea may help fight high blood pressure, kidney disease
Researchers in Canada are reporting
that proteins found in a common garden pea show promise as a natural
food additive or new dietary supplement for fighting high blood
pressure and chronic kidney disease (CKD). Those potentially
life-threatening conditions affect millions of people worldwide.
Mar 23, 2009 - 9:16:35 AM
Diet & Health
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Heart & Blood
Low vitamin D levels associated with several risk factors in teenagers
• Low levels of vitamin D were associated with increased risk of high
blood pressure, high blood sugar and metabolic syndrome in teenagers.
• The highest levels of vitamin D were found in whites, the lowest
levels in blacks and intermediate levels in Mexican-Americans.
Mar 16, 2009 - 9:59:47 AM
Diet & Health
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Heart & Blood
Consuming a little less salt could mean fewer deaths
• A moderate decrease in daily salt intake could benefit the U.S. population and reduce the rates of heart disease and deaths.
• All segments of the U.S. population would be expected to benefit,
with the largest health benefits experienced by African Americans who
are more likely to have hypertension and whose blood pressure may be
more sensitive to salt.
Mar 16, 2009 - 9:58:22 AM
Diet & Health
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Heart & Blood
Green, black tea can reduce stroke risk
Drinking at least three cups of green
or black tea a day can significantly reduce the risk of stroke, a new
UCLA study has found. And the more you drink, the better your odds of
staving off a stroke.
Feb 23, 2009 - 10:01:34 PM
Diet & Health
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Heart & Blood
Fast food linked to stroke risk
A new study suggests
that eating too much fast food may increase risk of stroke, the third largest
killer in the United States, Reuters reported.
Feb 21, 2009 - 2:07:33 PM
Diet & Health
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Heart & Blood
High-Fat Diets Inflame Fat Tissue Around Blood Vessels, Contribute to Heart Disease
A
study by researchers at the University of Cincinnati shows that
high-fat diets, even if consumed for a short amount of time, can
inflame fat tissue surrounding blood vessels, possibly contributing to
cardiovascular disease.
Feb 18, 2009 - 11:30:09 AM
Diet & Health
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Heart & Blood
Fructose-sweetened drinks increase nonfasting triglycerides in obese adults
Obese people who drink
fructose-sweetened beverages with their meals have an increased rise of
triglycerides following the meal, according to new research from the
Monell Center.
Feb 17, 2009 - 4:04:51 PM
Diet & Health
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Heart & Blood
Potato chips may raise heart risk
A new study published in the March 2009
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
by Marek Naruszewicz and colleagues from Poland suggests that
acrylamide from foods may increase the risk of heart disease.
Feb 13, 2009 - 11:22:13 AM
Diet & Health
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Heart & Blood
Fructose-sweetened drinks increase nonfasting triglycerides in obese adults
Obese people who drink fructose-sweetened beverages with their meals
have an increased rise of triglycerides following the meal, according
to new research from the Monell Center.
Feb 12, 2009 - 2:55:07 PM
Diet & Health
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Heart & Blood
Cutting salt isn't the only way to reduce blood pressure
A
new study suggests that people trying to lower their blood pressure
should also boost their intake of potassium, which has the opposite
effect to sodium.
Jan 26, 2009 - 2:03:15 PM
Diet & Health
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Heart & Blood
Statins may treat blood vessel disorder that can lead to fatal strokes
In a finding that could save thousands of lives a year,
University of Utah School of Medicine researchers have shown that a
blood vessel disorder leading to unpredictable, sometimes fatal,
hemorrhagic strokes, seizures, paralysis or other problems is treatable
with the same statin drugs that millions of people take to control high
cholesterol.
Jan 26, 2009 - 10:26:24 AM
Diet & Health
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Heart & Blood
Salt reduction may offer cardioprotective effects beyond blood pressure reduction
A study published in the February 2009 issue of the
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition shows
that salt reduction may offer cardioprotective effects beyond blood
pressure reduction. The study was led by Kacie Dickinson of Flinders
University, South Australia.
Jan 16, 2009 - 11:38:41 AM
Diet & Health
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Heart & Blood
Vitamin C helps maintain normal blood pressure
A new study by
researchers at the
University
of
California Berkeley suggests
that high intake of vitamin C may help prevent high blood pressure in young
women.
Jan 14, 2009 - 12:42:15 PM
Diet & Health
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Heart & Blood
Study Shows Consuming Hibiscus Tea Lowers Blood Pressure
Drinking hibiscus tea lowered blood pressure in a group of pre-hypertensive and mildly hypertensive adults, according to a report being presented today by nutrition scientist Diane McKay at the American Heart Association's annual conference in New Orleans, La. Hypertension is a condition in which blood pressure is chronically high, and it affects one-third of all U.S. adults.
Jan 8, 2009 - 9:22:47 AM
Diet & Health
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Heart & Blood
Overweight, physical inactivity boosts heart failure risk
Simply having
some extra pounds and being physically inactive a bit may dramatically boost your risk of
heart failure, a new study in the Dec 23 2008 issue of Circulation suggests.
Dec 23, 2008 - 9:24:49 AM
Diet & Health
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Heart & Blood
High intake of phosphorus may raise cardiovascular risk
In patients
with moderate chronic kidney disease (CKD), higher levels of phosphorus in the
blood may increase calcification of the major arteries and heart valves and raise
the risk of cardiovascular disease, a study in the Journal of the American
Society of Nephrology (JASN) suggests.
Dec 11, 2008 - 7:50:30 AM
Diet & Health
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Heart & Blood
Certain dairy foods linked to higher risk of stroke
Consuming
certain types of dairy foods may increase the risk of stroke, a new
epidemiologic study in the Dec 2008 issue of Epidemiology suggests.
Dec 9, 2008 - 7:15:44 AM
Diet & Health
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Heart & Blood
Fat, protein and meat pose no risk for renal cell cancer
Consumption
of fat, protein and meat poses no risk for renal cell cancer, a new study
published in the Dec 3 2008 issue of Journal of National Cancer Institute
suggests.
Dec 8, 2008 - 8:30:41 AM
Diet & Health
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Heart & Blood
A little wine boosts omega-3 in the body
We have known it for a long
time that drinking wine may protect against cardiovascular disease. We
just don't know why. A new study suggests that the possible protective
effect of wine may be rendered by influencing metabolism of omega-3
fatty acids, which have been known for its protection against coronary
heart disease.
Dec 5, 2008 - 7:51:05 AM
Diet & Health
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Heart & Blood
Vitamin D deficiency linked to elevated heart risk
Vitamin D deficiency is a risk factor for cardiovascular
disease (CVD) and patients with heart risk should get screened and treated for the condition, a review article published in the December, 9, 2008 issue of the
Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) suggests.
Dec 2, 2008 - 10:47:06 AM
Diet & Health
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Heart & Blood
Green tea lowers blood pressure and cholesterol: study
A new study
published in 2008 in Nutrition suggests that daily intake of green tea
(Camellia sinensis) extracts may lower blood pressure, cholesterol and
biomarkers of oxidative stress.
Dec 1, 2008 - 8:50:45 AM
Diet & Health
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Heart & Blood
People with vitamin D deficiency more likely to get hurt by statins
Statins cause
muscle aches and pains in a whopping 38.8 percent of patients, according to nutritionist
Byron Richards.
Nov 28, 2008 - 5:10:13 PM
Diet & Health
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Heart & Blood
Vitamin C lowers CRP just as well as statins
One study we have
recently reported found that statins lowered plasma C-reactive protein or CRP
in people with relatively high CRP, but normal cholesterol levels.
Nov 28, 2008 - 4:35:39 PM
Diet & Health
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Heart & Blood
Got high blood pressure? Eat garlic
A new study
suggests that eating garlic may help lower blood pressure in patients with an
elevated systolic blood pressure, but not in those without elevated SBP.
Nov 25, 2008 - 1:57:31 PM
Diet & Health
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Heart & Blood
Women with diabetes more likely to die from heart attack than men
A new study
published in the Dec 2008 issue of Heart suggests that under age 65, women with
diabetics are more likely to die from heart attack than men in the same age group.
Nov 18, 2008 - 10:55:47 AM
Diet & Health
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Heart & Blood
Plant sterols fight cholesterol as well as statins
Many
people know more about statins than plant sterols when it comes to their
cholesterol lowering effects.
The fact
is that plant sterols are quite effective at lowering cholesterol which is
believed by many to be a risk factor for cardiovascular events like heart
attacks and strokes.
Nov 12, 2008 - 10:07:11 AM
Diet & Health
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Heart & Blood
Statins lower cholesterol, so do omega-3 and red yeast rice
People even
with normal range of cholesterol may benefit from taking Crestor, a statin made
by Astra-Zeneca, according to a study presented in New Orleans at the American
Heart Association's Scientific Sessions.
Nov 10, 2008 - 12:32:27 PM
Diet & Health
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Heart & Blood
More Americans hospitalized for heart failure now than ever
The rate of
hospitalization for heart failure has increased drastically among seniors in
the last three decades in the United States, according to a study presented at
the American heart Association conference in New Orleans.
Nov 10, 2008 - 10:20:07 AM
Diet & Health
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Heart & Blood
Fasting reduces heart risk
Regularly fasting or skipping meals may reduce risk of
heart disease, according to a study presented at a 2007 American Heart
Association conference.
Nov 10, 2008 - 10:03:03 AM
Diet & Health
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Heart & Blood
Low fat diet cuts cardiovascular risk
Survivors
from first heart attack might want to consider using a low fat or Mediterranean
diet and both drastically reduce future cardiovascular events, according to a
new study.
Nov 9, 2008 - 10:14:15 AM
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