The symptoms that we associate with a stressful lifestyle such as sleep deprivation, social isolation, weight gain and major depression are all associated with
higher rates of heart disease.
Suppose drugs were freely marketed and the medical community simply stood back and monitored
rates of heart disease in the population to judge their efficacy.
People who consumed the highest levels of saturated fat had about the same
rates of heart disease as people who consumed the least.
Whether this reduction accounts for the recent decline in the city's
rates of heart disease remains to be demonstrated, but getting rid of trans fats certainly hasn't hurt.
Of course, correlation doesn't equal causation, but it worth a second look when we have
rising rates of heart disease, cancer, obesity and many other health problems.
Facing a growing obesity epidemic that has
fuelled rates of heart disease, diabetes and other illnesses, supporters say a tax will raise the cost of high - calorie products and lead to a decline in consumption, in the same way that tobacco taxes have helped reduce smoking.
Vegetable and legume oil consumption is associated with higher
rates of heart disease mortality, depression, violence, cancer, IBS and other bowel disease and liver damage.
And then there's the lesser - known Israeli Paradox, which attempts to answer why Israelis have
skyrocketing rates of heart disease despite a skyrocketing intake of «healthy» omega - 6 fatty acids.
Not only will the world take another step towards a healthier and nourishing reality by eradicating this harmful ingredient from its food, but the
fatality rates of heart disease will go down, especially since trans fats are currently consumed so regularly and impact heart health so negatively.
Now even more conservative groups are starting to question this connection, citing a recent study that showed higher saturated fat consumption didn't mean higher
rates of heart disease when looking at large population studies.
Other breeds of dogs with higher than
normal rates of heart disease include Dachshund, Doberman Pinscher, Great Dane, and small breeds in general.
«Language associated with anger, negative emotions, hostility and disengagement within a community was associated with
increased rates of heart disease,» explains lead author Johannes Eichstaedt, «Language expressing positive emotions and engagement was associated with reduced risk.»
Since there is evidence (as mentioned above) that high levels may not be a big factor in the heart disease equation, shouldn't we be more focused on
reducing rates of heart disease itself rather than just lowering cholesterol levels?
The fear of saturated fat began in the 1950s when Ancel Keys published a paper supposedly linking saturated fat / cholesterol with
rising rates of heart disease.
This is exactly the reason why Asians who eat low - fat diets also have low HDL levels and yet have the
lowest rates of heart disease in the world.
The «China Study» research strongly supports that these dietary differences are largely responsible for the much
higher rates of heart disease, diabetes, stroke, many cancers, and other chronic diseases in Western cultures, including the United States.
Now, health authorities endorse it as part of a healthy diet, believing a regular cup of joe helps lower
rates of heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, neurological disorders, and several types of cancer.
Overall, prevention through a healthy lifestyle and knowing the symptoms are key to reducing
the rate of heart disease in women.
I think the point that it is most important to pick up, is to try to follow a diet more closely resembling the average diet in those countries that have the lowest
rates of heart disease, cancer, and the rest.
This is particularly important for shift workers, who eat at odd hours during the night and tend to have a higher
rate of heart disease.
Meat and dairy industry dominate «nutrition» research (countries where meat and dairy are consumed have highest
rates of heart disease and osteoporosis).
Mothers who have not breastfed their babies have higher
rates of heart disease, diabetes, breast, uterine and ovarian cancers.2
Studies show that pre-menopausal women, who produce high levels of estrogen, typically have the cardiovascular health of men 10 to 20 years younger than them, but
rates of heart disease increase dramatically after menopause, when estrogen levels plummet.
This trend is worrisome because, besides affecting male fertility, men with lower sperm counts also have higher
rates of heart disease and cancer.
For his part, Willett insists that «replacing saturated fats with unsaturated fats is a safe, proven, and delicious way to cut
the rates of heart disease.»
«The study's findings provide clear scientific evidence supporting low - sodium diets to reduce
the rate of heart disease among people with diabetes,» said the study's first author, Chika Horikawa, RD, MSc, CDE, of the University of Niigata Prefecture in Niigata, Japan.
Researchers say widespread use of mobile devices to monitor daily habits may offer health care providers a way to more quickly diagnose and more effectively treat sleep problems, which are tied to increased
rates of heart disease, cancer, and diabetes.