Toshiharu Ninomiya's team followed 1,006 Japanese adults aged 60 to 79 for a median 15 years. Those adhering most closely to a diet high in soybeans, vegetables, algae and dairy and low in rice had 34% and 55% lower risk of Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia.
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Eating patterns and diets, from Mediterranean to low-carb and vegan.
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Breakfast skippers at higher risk of coronary heart disease
Among 26,902 men in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study tracked for 16 years, those who skipped breakfast were 27% more likely to develop coronary heart disease, and men who ate dinner late at night were 55% more likely than those who ate early.
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High fat and high sugar diet causes steatohepatitis
Wild-type mice fed a high-fat, high-sucrose diet for 15 weeks developed more severe hepatic steatosis, with low-grade inflammation and fibrosis, than mice lacking fructokinase. The Hepatology authors read that as evidence fructose drives the damage.
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Got kidney stones? You may remove them at home *****
A case report in Urolithiasis describes two patients who dissolved uric acid kidney stones by drinking two liters of water a day, eating more fruit and vegetables and avoiding animal protein and salt. One was clear at six months, the other at four.
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Mediterranean diet linked to lower Alzheimer's disease risk
Following 2,258 New Yorkers free of Alzheimer's for four years, a study in Annals of Neurology found those in the highest third for Mediterranean diet adherence were 40 percent less likely to be diagnosed, and the middle third 15 percent less likely, after adjustment.
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High-fat diet boosts risk for obesity, diabetes
Among 1,150 Mexican Americans aged 18 to 65, those on a diet drawing 35 percent of energy from fat had higher BMI, body fat and trunk fat and lower insulin sensitivity. The writer points out that the same diet was also high in protein, at 21 percent of energy.
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Healthy diet lowers breast cancer risk
In a case-control study of 100 Iranian breast cancer patients and 174 controls, women eating the most vegetables, fruit, legumes, fish and whole grains were 75 percent less likely to have breast cancer, while the highest intake of an unhealthy pattern carried 7.7-fold higher odds.
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Cancer's Natural Enemy, Actually Starves It to Death
Dr. Mercola argues a ketogenic diet, built on non-starchy vegetables, high healthy fat and low to moderate protein, could starve cancer cells by lowering blood glucose, and recommends it for everyone. He points to University of South Florida researcher Dominic D'Agostino.
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Low carb, high protein diets boost cardiovascular disease risk in women
Among 43,000 Swedish women followed for 15 years, those eating the fewest carbohydrates and the most protein had a 62 percent higher incidence of cardiovascular disease, which researchers put at 4 to 5 extra cases per 10,000 women a year.
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High-Fat Diet Boosts Brain Proteins Linked to Alzheimer's Disease
University of Washington researchers assigned 47 older adults, some with mild cognitive impairment, to a high-fat, high-glycemic-index diet or a low-fat, low-GI one. Within four weeks the high-fat diet raised lipid-depleted amyloid-beta, while the low-fat diet had the opposite effect.
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High salt diet boosts gastric cancer risk in those infected with H. pylori
Every Mongolian gerbil infected with a CagA-producing H. pylori strain and fed a high-salt diet developed gastric cancer within four months, against 58 percent on a regular diet and none infected with a CagA-deficient mutant, a study in Infection and Immunity found.
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Eating too much saturated fat may cause infertility in men
Among 701 young Danish men, those in the highest quartile of saturated fat intake had 38% lower sperm concentration and 41% lower total sperm count than men in the lowest quartile. Other dietary fats showed no link to semen quality.
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Vegetarians live longer
Among 96,469 Seventh-day Adventists followed nearly six years, all vegetarians combined had 12% lower all-cause mortality than non-vegetarians, with 19% lower among pesco-vegetarians and 15% among vegans. Results were stronger in men, JAMA Internal Medicine reports.
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Low protein, low calorie diet reduces cancer risk
People who ate a long-term low-protein, low-calorie diet and exercised had lower insulin, free sex hormones, leptin, C-reactive protein and IGF-I than sedentary people on a Western diet. The authors link those markers to cancer risk rather than measuring cancer itself.
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This Culinary Favorite May Delay or Slow Alzheimer's
Mercola cites the Alzheimer's Association's count of 5.4 million Americans with the disease, projected to reach 16 million by 2050, and a Science study casting doubt on the drug bexarotene. He argues diet, exercise and staying socially and mentally active are the best hope.
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Low fat diet lowers cholesterol
A meta-analysis in Menopause pooled eight trials covering 1,536 women and found those on a low fat diet had lower total, HDL and LDL cholesterol. Closer analysis showed the benefit only in premenopausal women, not postmenopausal ones.
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Can low fat diet prevent breast cancer?
Postmenopausal women who ate a low fat diet for eight weeks excreted more estrone, estradiol and estriol in their urine, which the researchers suggest may translate into lower risk of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer.
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Vegetarian diets lower risk of premature death
Among 73,308 Seventh-day Adventists followed six years, during which 2,570 died, all vegetarians combined showed 12% lower all-cause mortality than non-vegetarians. Links to cardiovascular and ischemic heart disease death were significant in men but not women.
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