One study found that women who ate 2 - 3 servings of whole grain products daily were 30 % less likely to have a heart attack or
die from heart disease compared with women who ate less than one serving a week.
A 2014 study revealed that people who consumed 17 percent to 21 percent of their daily calories from the sweet stuff had a 38 percent higher risk of
dying from heart disease compared with those who kept their added sugar intake to 8 percent of their daily calories.
The original Adventist Health Study, involving 20,000 men and women, found that those who drank five or more glasses of water daily had about half the risk of
dying from heart disease compared to those who drank two glasses or less.
Not exact matches
Among them, a 2006 American Journal of Medicine study
compared the reported daily sodium intakes of 78 million Americans to their risk of
dying from heart disease over the course of 14 years.
Women with type 1 diabetes [1] face a 40 % increased excess risk of death
from all causes [2], and have more than twice the risk of
dying from heart disease,
compared to men with type 1 diabetes, a large meta - analysis involving more than 200 000 people with type 1 diabetes published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology has found.
Adults with moderate scores of 100 - 399 were 80 % more likely to
die from heart disease than those with a score of zero, and those with scores of 400 or more were three times more likely to
die from heart disease, when
compared to adults with no calcified plaque buildup, or a score of zero.
A pro-vegetarian diet — one that has a higher proportion of plant - based foods
compared to animal - based foods is linked to lower risks of
dying from heart disease and stroke, according to new research presented at the American Heart Association EPI / Lifestyle 2015 mee
heart disease and stroke, according to new research presented at the American
Heart Association EPI / Lifestyle 2015 mee
Heart Association EPI / Lifestyle 2015 meeting.
Compared to those who watched less than two hours of TV per day, people who watched four hours or more were 80 % more likely to
die from heart disease and 46 % more likely to
die from any cause.
One study of more than 40,000 postmenopausal women found that women who consumed 4 - 7 servings a week of whole grains had a 31 % lower risk of
dying from causes other than cancer or
heart disease when
compared with women who had few or no whole grains in their diet.
Not eating walnuts may double our risk of
dying from heart disease (
compared to at least one serving a week)-- perhaps because nuts appear to improve endothelial function, allowing our arteries to better relax normally.
Not eating walnuts may double our risk of
dying from heart disease,
compared to at least one serving a week.
People with high blood pressure are 4 times more likely to
die from a stroke and 3 times more likely to
die from heart disease,
compared to those with normal blood pressure.
Studies also show that people who eat dark chocolate 5 or more times per week are less than half as likely to
die from heart disease,
compared to people who don't eat dark chocolate (16, 17).
A 2011 study headed by Quanhe Yang, PhD and published in JAMA showed persons who consumed around 4,069 mg potassium daily had a nearly 5 percent reduced risk of
dying from ischemic
heart disease compared with persons consuming 1,000 mg of potassium per day.
Compared to happy people, those with low levels of psychological distress were 23 % more likely to
die from accidents or injuries and 25 % more likely to
die from heart disease, strokes, or
heart failure.
Among them, a 2006 American Journal of Medicine study
compared the reported daily sodium intakes of 78 million Americans to their risk of
dying from heart disease over the course of 14 years.
Despite these changes in risk factors for
heart disease, men who had three
heart risk factors in middle age had a threefold higher risk of
dying from heart disease and a twofold increased risk of
dying from other causes,
compared with men with none of these risk factors, the study found.