Category Archives: coronary heart disease
Heart Patients, Listen Up: Mediterranean Diet to the Rescue
The Mediterranean diet preserves heart muscle performance and reduces future heart disease events, according to Greek researchers reporting in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, May 19, 2010. Reuters and other news services have covered the story. The Mediterranean diet is well-established … Continue reading
Filed under coronary heart disease, Health Benefits, Mediterranean Diet
High-Carbohydrate Eating Promotes Heart Disease in Women
Women double their risk of developing coronary heart disease if they have high consumption of carbohydrates, according to research recently published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Men’s hearts, however, didn’t seem to be affected by carb consumption. I mention this crucial … Continue reading
Filed under Carbohydrate, coronary heart disease, Glycemic Index and Load
Health Benefits of the Mediterranean Diet
The enduring popularity of the Mediterranean diet is attributable to three things: 1. Taste 2. Variety 3. Health benefits For our purposes today, I use “diet” to refer to the usual food and drink of a person, not a weight-loss … Continue reading
Paleo and Low-Carb Diets: Much In Common?
My superficial reading of the paleo diet literature led me to think Dr. Loren Cordain was the modern originator of this trend, so I was surprised to find an article on the Stone Age diet and modern degenerative diseases in a … Continue reading
THIS Is Why I Love the Mediterranean Diet
Italian researchers reviewed the medical/nutrition literature of the last three years and confirmed that the Mediterranean diet 1) reduces the risk of death, 2) reduces heart disease illness and death, 3) cuts the risk of getting or dying from cancer, and … Continue reading
Paleo Diet for Heart Patients With Diabetes and Prediabetes
A Paleolithic diet lowered blood sugar levels better than a control diet in coronary heart disease patients with elevated blood sugars, according to Swedish researchers reporting in 2007. About half of patients with coronary heart disease have abnormal glucose (blood sugar) metabolism. Lindeberg and … Continue reading
Heart and Stroke Patients: Avoid Weight-Loss Drug Sibutramine (Meridia)
The weight-loss drug sibutramine (Meridia) should be withdrawn from the U.S. market, suggests an editorialist in the September 2, 2010, New England Journal of Medicine. Based on a clinical study in the same issue, it’s more accurate to conclude that … Continue reading
Diabetes and Shortened Lifespan: “How Bad Is It, Doc?”
Diabetes mellitus for years has been linked with cardiovascular disease such as heart failure and coronary heart disease (blocked arteries in the heart, and the leading cause of death in the Western world). How scared should diabetics be? An article in … Continue reading
Filed under coronary heart disease, Diabetes Complications, Stroke
Do We Really Need to Cut Salt?
Dr. Paul Maher just finished a two-part series on dietary salt that is well worth a read, especially if you are convinced we need to cut our consumption. Part 1 Part 2 Polititians and public health mandarins have been on … Continue reading
Filed under coronary heart disease, Stroke
Are Refined Carbs Worse for Your Heart Than Saturated Fat?
To reduce coronary heart disease, we need to focus on reducing consumption of refined carbohydrates rather than fat and cholesterol, according to Dr. Frank Hu. Dr. Hu is not a wild-eyed, bomb-throwing radical. He’s a Harvard professor of nutrition and … Continue reading
