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Instead, many researchers around the world are pointing to another component of the Western way of life: a diet rich in fat. Researchers have known for more than 40 years that high-fat diets promote the growth of mammary tumors in laboratory animals. They have also observed that the varying rates of breast cancer in various countries correlate neatly with the amount of fat in a nation's diet. The U.S., Britain and the Netherlands, which have some of the world's richest diets, also have among the highest breast-cancer rates. Meanwhile, in countries such as Japan, Singapore...
...about the necessity of sleep. A difficult task, yes. But not impossible. Millions of citizens have already shown themselves capable of making far harder decisions once they realize that theirhealth is at stake. Americans have stubbed out cigarettes, laced up exercise shoes and pushed away plates laden with high-cholesterol, high-fat foods. By comparison, choosing to spend some more time abed in blissful oblivion should be attractive. It is a message that is becoming unmistakable: Wake up, America -- by getting more sleep...
They begin to form when he is still an adolescent, smooth fatty streaks on the interior wall of a major coronary artery -- the ominous consequence of a typically American high-cholesterol, high-fat diet. By his 20s, the streaks have formed plaques, growths with a fatty center covered by a fibrous cap of smooth muscle cells. By his 40s, the plaque, its buildup accelerated by smoking and high blood pressure, has protruded well into the bloodstream, closing 65% of the arterial passage. The blood swirls and eddies dangerously as it forces its way past the swelling obstructions...
...sounds like the delirious wish of a junk-food junkie: no-fat desserts. In an effort to cater to consumers' concern over the link between high-fat diets and heart disease, food manufacturers are rolling out an array of low-fat and fat-free fancy pastries, creamy cakes and gooey snacks. This month Entenmann's introduced a dozen no-fat desserts, including Bavarian Creme Pastry and % Pineapple Crunch Cake. They are made with nonfat milk and egg whites instead of whole eggs; according to Entenmann's, they do not contain a trace of oil, margarine or butter. Meanwhile, Hostess cupcakes...
Unfortunately, only some risk factors, such as a high-fat diet, can be controlled. Many others -- age (over 50), for example, or a family history of the disease -- cannot. But evidence has been growing during the past several years that there may be one more factor women can do something about: the consumption of alcoholic beverages. Two studies published in last week's New England Journal of Medicine made that case even stronger...