Heart & Blood
Sugar also bad for the heart
Sunday June 9, 2013 (foodconsumer.org) -- Sugar-sweetened beverages and foods have been known to increased risk of obesity, metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes.
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 ...