In the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, people with the highest intakes of heme iron and zinc from red meat were 25 and 29 percent more likely to develop metabolic syndrome, while high vitamin E intake ran the other way. The article stresses this was not a trial, so cause remains unproven.
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High fructose consumption by adolescents may put them at cardiovascular risk (PR)
In 559 adolescents aged 14 to 18, Medical College of Georgia researchers correlated high-fructose diets with higher blood pressure, fasting glucose, insulin resistance and inflammatory markers, and with lower HDL and adiponectin. Belly fat worsened the pattern; subcutaneous fat did not.
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Flavonoid-rich fruit, vegetables linked to low cardiovascular death risk
Among 38,180 men and 60,289 women followed for 7 years, those with the highest total flavonoid intake were 18% less likely to die of cardiovascular disease. Men in the top intake group were 37% less likely to die of stroke than those in the lowest.
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Weight loss helps type 2 diabetes people to reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease
Rena Wing of Brown and colleagues studied 5,145 people with type 2 diabetes and found those who lost 5 to 10 percent of their weight in a year were markedly more likely to improve HbA1c, blood pressure, triglycerides and HDL. Weight loss showed no link to lower LDL cholesterol.
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Fructose, high fructose corn syrup may increase cardiovascular risk
In a UC Davis study of 48 adults, 24-hour triglycerides, LDL cholesterol and apolipoprotein B rose among those drawing 25 percent of energy from fructose or high fructose corn syrup, but not from glucose. The authors suggest this may raise cardiovascular disease risk.
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Physical activity cuts cardiovascular risk
Harvard's I.M. Lee reports that 150 minutes a week of moderate activity lowers cardiovascular risk, with longer activity bringing further reductions. A separate study following more than 120,000 adults for 14 years tied more leisure sitting to higher death rates.
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