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Heart & Blood

Heart disease, blood pressure, cholesterol and stroke.

Heart & Blood

Walnuts help lower bad cholesterol

In an 18-person trial reported in Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Disease, replacing 40 percent of dietary fat with walnuts for four weeks lowered LDL cholesterol 10.8 percent from baseline, against 13.4 percent for almonds and 7.3 percent for virgin olive oil.

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Vitamin D cuts risk of death from heart failure - new study

Among 3,009 heart failure patients and 46,825 controls followed 518 days, vitamin D deficiency was linked to 52 percent higher mortality in patients and 91 percent in controls, while taking vitamin D supplements was independently tied to 32 percent lower mortality in heart failure.

Jul 31, 2012

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Dietary fiber may cut risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease

Among 559 Georgia adolescents, those eating the least fiber had larger waistlines and higher inflammatory markers, both risk factors for heart disease and diabetes. On average the teens ate a third of the recommended fiber, and only about 1 percent met the daily target.

Jun 2, 2012

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Dietary Fats and Coronary Heart Disease - new report

Writing in the Journal of Internal Medicine, Harvard's Walter Willett argues specific fatty acids matter for coronary heart disease while total fat as a share of energy does not, and that trans fats should be eliminated. Foods under 0.5 grams a serving may still be labeled trans-fat free.

May 19, 2012

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Drinking soda ups your blood pressure

Drawing on three cohorts totaling more than 220,000 adults, researchers tied one daily serving of sugar-sweetened beverages to 13 percent higher hypertension risk and artificially sweetened drinks to 14 percent. The association was stronger for carbonated drinks and colas.

May 2, 2012

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Sugar-sweetened sodas up coronary heart disease risk

Men in the highest quartile of sugar-sweetened beverage intake were 20 percent more likely to develop coronary heart disease than those in the lowest, in a 22-year study of 42,883 men. Artificially sweetened drinks showed no association with heart disease or the biomarkers measured.

Mar 16, 2012

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Tea and vegetables, but not fruit and coffee cut cardiovascular disease risk - Study

Among 148 Polish adults aged 40 to 70, high intakes of tea and vegetables went with lower levels of asymmetric dimethylarginine, a cardiovascular biomarker, after adjustment for age, sex, BMI and smoking. Fruit showed no association, and coffee correlated with higher risk.

Mar 8, 2012

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Eating Beans, Vegetables May Cut Risk of Coronary Heart Disease

A meta-analysis of 15 studies tied the highest dietary folate intakes to 31% lower coronary heart disease risk, each extra 200 micrograms a day to 12% lower risk, and the highest blood folate levels to 26% lower risk. The authors note the observational data cannot prove cause.

Sep 23, 2011

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Processed meat, red meat linked to higher stroke risk

Among 40,291 Swedish men followed 10 years, those eating the most processed meat had 23 percent more strokes overall and 18 percent more cerebral infarctions than those eating the least. Fresh red meat showed no significant link to stroke risk.

Aug 14, 2011

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This sugar boosts risk of hypertension and a myriad of other conditions

A Current Hypertension Reports review argues fructose can raise blood pressure through several mechanisms, including uric acid produced by its metabolism, and that the risk climbs alongside a high-salt diet because fructose promotes salt and water reabsorption.

Aug 7, 2011

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Eating fruit, vegetables cuts death risk of ischemic heart disease

Jun 23, 2011

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To Tackle Heart Disease, Diet Changes Beat Drugs Any Day

Jun 7, 2011

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Eating lean fish linked to lower risk of stroke

Among 34,670 Swedish women followed 10.4 years, those eating more than three servings of fish a week had 16 percent fewer strokes than those eating less than one. Only lean fish carried the link, at 33 percent lower risk. The study is observational and shows no cause.

May 30, 2011

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Animal protein linked to high blood pressure in elderly people

Among 2,241 people in the Rotterdam Study, protein intake overall showed no link to new hypertension over six years. But among 559 participants aged 70 and older, high animal protein intake was tied to 37 percent higher risk, which the authors say warrants further investigation.

May 13, 2011

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Sex, coffee, cola all can boost stroke risk

Dutch researchers questioned 250 people who had suffered an aneurysmal brain hemorrhage and identified eight triggers, led by coffee drinking and physical exercise, that briefly raise blood pressure. The study looked for triggers rather than causes, and its authors note its limits.

May 7, 2011

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The Missing Nutrient to Blame for Heart Attacks and Osteoporosis (Nope - NOT Calcium or Vitamin D)

Mercola argues vitamin K2 is the overlooked partner to vitamin D3, with new research focused on how the two work together for bone strength and cardiovascular health. He puts the share of Americans with insufficient vitamin D at about 85 percent.

Mar 26, 2011

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Eat for a Healthy Heart

FDA nutrition expert Barbara Schneeman's rules for a heart-healthy diet: balance calories, eat at least 4.5 cups of fruits and vegetables a day, swap seafood for some meat, get three servings of whole grains, use oils instead of solid fats, and hold sodium under 2,300 mg.

Feb 9, 2011

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Fruit, vegetables cut ischemic heart disease risk

In EPIC data on more than 300,000 Europeans, with 1,636 ischemic heart disease deaths, those eating 640 grams of fruit and vegetables a day were 22% less likely to die of it than those eating under 240 grams, with each extra portion linked to 4% lower risk.

Jan 20, 2011

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