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...does suggest that kids have what she calls an activity "set point" - an energy-expenditure baseline to which, over time, they will naturally revert. Despite the fact that they got roughly the same amount of exercise, the kids in the study varied widely in their metabolic health (measured through cholesterol and triglyceride levels) - factors that contribute to later risks of heart disease - but those differences appeared to owe largely to their diets, not their physical-activity levels...
...than 300 million cups a day. Part of the reason that so many people pick coffee over other beverages is the health benefits. Medical experts say that modest consumption has physical effects that range from slowing cognitive decline in the elderly to an improvement of the level of serum cholesterol in the blood. But, it is more likely that coffee is attractive because it is a legal stimulant, a drug without a warning label...
...With his latest findings, however, Wackers thinks the ADA guidelines are ready for a revision. Heart screenings may not be as important as basic primary prevention strategies, such as ensuring that diabetes patients control their weight, cholesterol and blood pressure, and stop smoking. He argues that if the rate of heart problems is indeed declining in diabetes patients because they are being adequately treated for the risk factors for heart disease, then the stress test recommendation becomes redundant - and expensive...
...results show that with standard of care, diabetes patients actually do quite well," he says. "I believe now that it's far more important to do primary prevention, such as keeping cholesterol levels on target, and blood pressure controlled, and not smoking...
...Some experts note that while the rate of heart disease in the people without diabetes may be improving - due in part to increasing efforts to lower patients' cholesterol and blood pressure, among other risk factors - diabetes patients who have already had heart attacks appear not to be benefiting as much from the same preventive measures, and continue to suffer and die from higher-than-average rates of heart problems...