Tag Archives: heart disease
Pilot Study: Paleo Diet Is More Satiating Than Mediterranean-Style
Swedish researchers reported recently that a Paleolithic diet was more satiating than a Mediterranean-style diet, when compared on a calorie-for-calorie basis in heart patients. Both groups of study subjects reported equal degrees of satiety, but the paleo dieters ended up … Continue reading
Filed under coronary heart disease, Mediterranean Diet
Book Review: Why We Get Fat
Gary Taubes’s new book, Why We Get Fat: And What To Do About It, comes on the market later this month. I give it five stars per Amazon.com’s ranking system (I love it). ♦ ♦ ♦ At the start of … Continue reading
Filed under Book Reviews, coronary heart disease, Fat in Diet, Mediterranean Diet
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
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
Do Calcium Supplements Cause Heart Attacks?
They might, if you’re a woman over 50 taking over 500 mg elemental calcium daily without a vitamin D supplement. Details are at my recent Self/NutritionData Heart Health Blog post. Steve Parker, M.D.
Filed under coronary heart disease
Whole Grains Lower Blood Pressure: So What?
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition earlier this month published a research report on whole grain consumption and various cardiovascular disease risk factors. U.K. investigators compared the effects of refined grains versus whole grains in healthy middle-aged adults. The strongest finding was that … Continue reading
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Documented Health Benefits of the Mediterranean Diet
The enduring popularity of the Mediterranean diet is attributable to three things: Taste Variety Health benefits For our purposes today, I use “diet” to refer to the usual food and drink of a person, not a weight-loss program. The scientist … Continue reading
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Grains and Legumes: Any Effect on Heart Disease and Stroke?
Several scientific studies published in the first five years of this century suggest that whole grain consumption protects agains coronary heart disease and possibly other types of cardiovascular disease, such as stroke. Note that researchers in this field, especially outside the U.S., … Continue reading
Filed under Carbohydrate, coronary heart disease, Diabetes Complications, Grains, legumes, Stroke
