Sentences with phrase «reducing rates of heart disease»

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?

Overall, prevention through a healthy lifestyle and knowing the symptoms are key to reducing the rate of heart disease in women.

«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.

Diets which are high in foods rich in vitamin B6 are associated with reduced rates of heart disease.

Guidelines to reduce consumption of saturated animal fat, introduced in the 1970s, led to an increase in obesity and did not reduce the rate of heart disease!

Not exact matches

Sir Roger said Mr Lansley only visited him for the first time two weeks ago, despite a slashing of the death rate for heart disease by 50 % and reduced waiting times with a minimum of private sector involvement.

«That said, the health and safety of our children as well as the ability to prevent horrific diseases like cancer, heart disease and lung disease and reduce those rates as a direct results of fewer people smoking is without question the over-riding interest.

We get heavily hyped drugs like Avastin, which shrank tumors without adding significant time to cancer patients» lives (and increased the incidence of heart failure and blood clots to boot); Avandia, which lowered blood sugar in diabetics but raised the average risk of heart attack by 43 percent; torcetrapib, which raised both good cholesterol and death rates; and Flurizan, which reduced brain plaque but failed to slow the cognitive ravages of Alzheimer's disease before trials were finally halted in 2008.

But while Americans have dutifully reduced the percentage of daily calories from saturated fat since 1970, the obesity rate during that time has more than doubled, diabetes has tripled, and heart disease is still the country's biggest killer.

Over the period studied, Scott Lear at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, and his colleagues found that 150 minutes of activity per week reduced the risk of early death by 28 per cent and rates of heart disease by a fifth.

«Harvard also reports that regular coffee consumption could lower the rate at which liver cancer progresses, may help prevent gallstones, is not harmful with respect to heart attacks or strokes, and may well be associated with a reduced risk of developing Parkinson's disease, a movement disorder now diagnosed in about half a million Americans.»

According to a study published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, aromatherapy has a beneficial effect on heart rate and blood pressure in both men and women, and may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.

Moreover, the largest and most global epidemiological study, recently published in The Lancet, found that those who ate the largest amount of saturated fats had significantly reduced rates of mortality and that a low consumption of these fats (6 - 7 % of calories, as commonly recommended for people with heart disease) was associated with increased risk of stroke.

While most of the attention on the benefits of plant - based eating have focused on reduced rates of many of the top killers, such as heart disease, cancer, strokes, diabetes, obesity, and high blood pressure, the Adventist Health Study — started back in 1974 — offered insight into how broadly the potential health benefits may extend.

Their statistical analysis of the results implied a 24 % reduction in the rate of coronary heart disease in the group taking the drug compared with the placebo group; however, nonheart disease deaths in the drug group increased — deaths from cancer, stroke, violence and suicide.7 Even the conclusion that lowering cholesterol reduces heart disease is suspect.

In a new study published in Open Heart, a publication of the British Medical Journal, researchers argue that dietary guidelines should put the spotlight on reducing added sugar consumption — rather than salt — in order to really slash hypertension, heart disease and stroke rHeart, a publication of the British Medical Journal, researchers argue that dietary guidelines should put the spotlight on reducing added sugar consumption — rather than salt — in order to really slash hypertension, heart disease and stroke rheart disease and stroke rates.

Today, ultra low - fat diets have been linked with weight loss, heart disease risk reduction, reduced cholesterol, and reduced rates of cancer.

These include improved digestion (as your digestive system gets a rest when you are fasting), faster healing, reduced risk of heart disease, diabetes, cancer and many other degenerative diseases, better immune system function and a slower rate of ageing — so you'll probably live longer too.

The numerous health benefits of pet ownership include lower blood pressure, reduced risk of heart disease, stress reduction and decreased rates of anxiety and depression.

Signs your pet may have heart disease include increased respiratory rate (called tachypnea) and / or effort (called dyspnea) when at rest, collapse or fainting episodes, weakness and lethargy, reduced exercise tolerance, abdominal swelling, cough, blue discoloration of the gums or tongue (called cyanosis), swelling of the limbs or head, distension or pulsation of the jugular veins in the neck.

To lower your rates, reduce the amount of sugar you eat to reduce your risk for heart disease, obesity, and diabetes.