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Let’s look today at two somewhat contradictory articles that are an exercise in showing how the media influences perceptions. First up, we have this article from EurekAlert: Whole grain diets lower risk of chronic disease
In this study (partially funded by General Mills), researchers took adults (ages 20-65) with metabolic syndrome and [...]
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Here’s an article that came out yesterday: Cardiovascular Events during World Cup Soccer.
Viewing a stressful soccer match more than doubles the risk of an acute cardiovascular event. In view of this excess risk, particularly in men with known coronary heart disease, preventive measures are urgently needed.
While this study was on soccer fans, who tend to [...]
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No Traditional Diets post today. I’m still running behind due to things. Fear not friends, it will be rekindled in the near future though. In the meantime, enjoy some other reading.
Do National Dietary Guidelines Do More Harm Than Good? What?!? No way that a dictum from the government to eat [...]
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I couldn’t help but grin at this title: Surprise — Cholesterol May Actually Pose Benefits, Study Shows. Uhh….surprise for whom?
Here are a few humorous quotes from the article, at least for those of us that are cholesterol skeptics.
it’s very possible that cholesterol may not be the mean Mr. Evil thing we tend to believe [...]
Dr. Briffa posted an article on his blog today titled Scientists appear reluctant to admit that a serious blow has been dealt to the cholesterol hypothesis regarding this study.
First, a comment on the opening line of the Forbes article.
The link between high cholesterol and heart disease is clear to most in the medical community, but [...]
Here is yet another way that too much sugar in the diet causes disease: Too Much Sugar Turns Off Gene That Controls Effects Of Sex Steroids
Glucose and fructose are metabolized in the liver. When there’s too much sugar in the diet, the liver converts it to lipid. Using a mouse model and human liver cell [...]
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Do you floss once a day? You should. Flossing is very important for the health of your mouth and the health of your mouth is vitally important for the health of your body. Consider that the mouth is the most prominent inlets for substances coming into the body. Any bacteria in your mouth are mixed [...]
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Mark Sisson had a post about sleep a few days ago and how important it is to overall health. According to the article about the study that he posted:
People who do not get enough sleep are more than twice as likely to die of heart disease, according to a study released on Monday.
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“A third [...]
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Check out Dr. Eades post from yesterday on the Cochrane Report on low-carb diets.
A few months ago the Cochrane Collaboration released a study showing that subjects on low-carb diets lost more weight and improved their cardiovascular risk profiles to a greater extent than did subjects following any other kind of diet. Did you read about [...]
High blood sugar levels add to heart, stroke deaths
Scientists in the United States and New Zealand have calculated that in addition to the 960,000 diabetes deaths worldwide each year, raised blood sugar levels are linked to 1.5 million deaths from heart disease and 700,000 from strokes.
So far high blood sugar has been linked to cognitive [...]
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