Coronary Heart Disease

Exercise May Beat Drugs in Lowering Some Disease Death Rates

Tinker Ready Oct 02, 2013 Full Story:  http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/812024 Exercise may be just as effective as many drugs in lowering risk for death in the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease, rehabilitation after stroke, and prevention of diabetes, according to an analysis of randomized controlled trials published online October 1 in the British Medical Journal. Although the researchers note […]

Dietary Fats and Health: Dietary Recommendations in the Context of Scientific Evidence

Adv Nutr. 2013 May; 4(3): 294–302. Published online 2013 May 6. doi: 10.3945/an.113.003657 PMCID: PMC3650498 Dietary Fats and Health: Dietary Recommendations in the Context of Scientific Evidence Glen D. Lawrence Abstract Although early studies showed that saturated fat diets with very low levels of PUFAs increase serum cholesterol, whereas other studies showed high serum cholesterol […]

Dietary Fibre Intake and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

British Medical Journal Diane E Threapleton, Darren C Greenwood, Charlotte E L Evans, Christine L Cleghorn, Camilla Nykjaer, Charlotte Woodhead, Janet E Cade, Christopher P Gale,Victoria J Burley Abstract and Introduction Abstract Objective To investigate dietary fibre intake and any potential dose-response association with coronary heart disease and cardiovascular disease. Design Systematic review of available […]