Heart & Blood
Low salt diet helps cardiovascular health
By Jimmy Downs
Saturday May 18, 2013 (foodconsumer.org) -- You may have learnt somewhere that lowering your intake of salt or using a low salt diet
Component of Animal Products Increases Risk of Heart Disease
A byproduct of dietary choline, a component abundantly present in animal products, can lead to greater risk for heart attack, stroke, and death, according to ...
Fish oil helps prevent cardiovascular disease
Jimmy Downs
Thursday April 25, 2013 (foodconsumer.org) -- Large epidemiological studies and randomized controlled trials suggest that eating oily fish or taking fish oil or omega ...
Vegetarian diet linked to lower risk for ischemic heart disease
By Jimmy Downs
Sunday March 31, 2013 (foodconsumer.org) -- A new study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggests that men and women eating a ...
Virgin olive oil may help hypertension
By David Liu, PHD
Saturday Dec 1, 2012 (foodconsumer.org) -- Olive oil polyphenols are associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular disease. A new study in American ...
Butter on bread linked to high risk of myocardial infarction
By David Liu, PHD
Friday Nov 23, 2012 (foodconsumer.org) -- A new study recently published in Journal of Nutrition suggests that eating butter on bread can ...
Nutrients and stroke risk
By David Liu, PHD
Veteran epidemiologist S. C. Larsson of Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden published a review in Current Opinions in ...
How to prevent or reverse coronary heart disease (I)?
By Jimmy Downs
Saturday Oct 27, 2012 (Foodconsumer.org) --- A plant-based diet with low fat and low sugar can help prevent or even reverse your coronary ...
Plant-based diet cuts risk of coronary heart disease
By David LIu, PHD
Sunday Aug 19, 2012 (foodconsumer.org) -- Eating a plant-based diet helps prevent or reverse coronary heart disease. One group of most commonly ...
Walnuts help lower bad cholesterol
By David Liu, PHD
Friday Aug 17, 2012 (foodconsumer.org) -- Walnuts, which are high in omega-3 fatty acids, are known to be able to lower bad ...


