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...diet may be good for the heart, but a moderate-fat diet (in which 33% of calories come from fats, half of which are the monounsaturated fats found in peanuts and peanut oil) seems to reduce a person's cardiovascular risk even more, according to a new study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The low-fat diet (in which 18% of calories are from fat) decreased by 12% the dieter's levels of HDL ("good") cholesterol, which protects against heart disease. The moderate-fat diet produced no decrease in heart-friendly HDL. --By David Bjerklie
...Just because it's winter doesn't mean you don't sweat--or breathe out a lot of moisture. If you're outdoors for more than an hour, take water or a sports drink with you. Avoid caffeine which, besides being a diuretic, will tax your already stressed-out cardiovascular systemand alcohol, which opens up the blood vessels in your limbs, causing you to lose heat from your core...
...both studies, the participants were adults with no personal history of diabetes, cardiovascular disease or cancer...
...news reports dubbed it "Drano for the heart," and if the results are confirmed in larger trials, they may signal an exciting new approach in fighting cardiovascular disease, America's leading cause of death. "It" is a genetically rare type of HDL, or "good" cholesterol, dubbed ApoA-1 Milano. First identified 30 years ago in a small group of people living in northern Italy, this super HDL is even more protective against heart disease than regular HDL. In a study released this past fall, researchers injected a synthetic version of ApoA-1 Milano into 47 patients and found that unlike...
About 42,000 men and 84,000 women who were free of diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular disease were chosen from the ongoing Health Professionals Follow-up Study (HPFS) and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital-based Nurses’ Health Study, according...