For a study published in Clinical Nutrition this March, researchers analyzed more than 3,300
people at high risk of cardiovascular disease but without type 2 diabetes.
Not exact matches
«However, studies have shown that HDL doesn't work as well in
people at high risk for heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular diseases, and that the functional ability of HDL matters as much as its quantity,» said senior study author Montserrat Fitó, M.D., Ph.D., and coordinator of the Cardiovascular Risk and Nutrition Research Group at the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute in Barcelona and at the Ciber of Physipathology of Obesity and Nutrition (CIBEROBN), Sp
risk for heart attacks, strokes and other
cardiovascular diseases, and that the functional ability
of HDL matters as much as its quantity,» said senior study author Montserrat Fitó, M.D., Ph.D., and coordinator
of the
Cardiovascular Risk and Nutrition Research Group at the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute in Barcelona and at the Ciber of Physipathology of Obesity and Nutrition (CIBEROBN), Sp
Risk and Nutrition Research Group
at the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute in Barcelona and
at the Ciber
of Physipathology
of Obesity and Nutrition (CIBEROBN), Spain.
People with or
at high risk of cardiovascular disease are particularly urged to follow this advice.
The American College
of Cardiology and the American Heart Association today released a new clinical practice guideline for the treatment
of blood cholesterol in
people at high risk for
cardiovascular diseases caused by atherosclerosis, or hardening and narrowing
of the arteries, that can lead to heart attack, stroke or death.
Healthy
people who consume
high levels
of sugar are
at an increased
risk of developing
cardiovascular disease.
They developed country - specific
risk charts for predicting individuals»
risk of cardiovascular disease, and country - specific assessments
of the 10 - year
cardiovascular disease burden.They estimate that the proportion
of people at high risk (10 % or
higher)
of having a fatal heart attack or stroke within 10 years is
higher in low - and middle - income countries (eg, China and Mexico) compared with
high - income countries (eg, South Korea, Spain, and Denmark).
Based on the new findings, these
people are
at 50 %
higher risk for heart attack than those with no copies, and they face up to a 40 % greater
risk of cardiovascular disease.
According to new research out
of the University
of Surrey, healthy
people who eat a
high - sugar diet (in this case, 650 calories» worth
of sugar per day) have an altered fat metabolism that puts them
at higher risk for
cardiovascular disease.
And all
of these benefits combine to help lower a
person's
risk of cardiovascular disease (among many other
diseases including
at least 11 known cancers) by reducing
risk factors like obesity, hypertension, and
high blood cholesterol.
The researchers report that
people at high risk for
cardiovascular diseases, as well as healthy individuals, could benefit from consuming the combination
of half a glass
of pomegranate juice (4 ounces), together with 3 dates.
Back in 2013 a study was published in the New England Journal
of Medicine titled «Primary Prevention
of Cardiovascular Disease with a Mediterranean Diet» stating through results
of this study, which included over 7000 participants per group — «among
persons at high cardiovascular risk, a Mediterranean diet supplemented with extra virgin olive oil or nuts reduced * the incidence
of major
cardiovascular events.»