In
subjects with cardiovascular disease, low - GI diets were shown to be associated with improvements in insulin sensitivity and blood lipid concentrations (23, 26).
It is noted that a sodium intake of less than 2 grams per day, which approximates the sodium intake of the paleo diet with no added salt, was associated with a 68 percent increase in cardiovascular disease risk during follow - up of fifty - four months in the study reviewed in the Kresser blog.26 Another study, which excluded
subjects with cardiovascular disease, hypertension and diabetes, found that after thirty - three months, the cardiovascular risk of those with daily sodium excretion of 1.9 grams was 36 percent higher after adjustment for body mass index and sex than the risk of those excreting 3 grams.6
Not exact matches
The researchers found that, based on
subjects» genetic profiles, the centenarians could be further divided into 19 subgroups, some of which were associated
with delayed onset of age - related diseases such as dementia, hypertension and
cardiovascular disease.
Hormonal substitution treatments are often
subject to negative publicity, mainly because of the
cardiovascular risks associated
with them.
Of the dozen of these metabolites that were measured in cohorts from the longitudinal Framingham Heart Study (the long - term 1948 study to identify the common contributive factors of
cardiovascular disease by following its development in a large
subject group) levels of glycerol turned out to be «significantly correlated»
with resting heart rate, another indicator of fitness, as measured in the study.
Joslin scientists are currently investigating whether there are other genetic variants that specifically predispose type 2 diabetic
subjects to
cardiovascular disease and are planning to expand this research to investigate genetic variants associated
with CHD in the type 1 diabetes population.
In addition, women have greater increases of
cardiovascular risk, myocardial infarction, and stroke mortality than men, compared
with nondiabetic
subjects.
Also, this study has revealed that the
subjects with highest anthocyanin consumption showed reduced chances for development of chronic inflammations, which are related to the biggest health problems of the modern day, such as diabetes, obesity,
cardiovascular diseases, and cancer.
A study
with older adults at high risk for
cardiovascular disease found that vitamin K intake reduced the risk of developing type II diabetes by 17 % for every 100 micrograms of vitamin K consumed per day.3 Moreover,
subjects who increased their intake of vitamin K1 during the follow - up has a 51 % reduced risk of diabetes compared to those who decreased or did not change their intake.3 However, supplementation of vitamin K2 appears to be even stronger and more effective, reducing the risk of type II diabetes by 7 % for each 10 - microgram increase in vitamin K2 intake.4
In the present study, we made a placebo - controlled comparison of the effects of 3 mo of n − 3 FA supplementation and regular aerobic exercise, alone and in combination, on body composition and
cardiovascular risk factors in overweight
subjects with characteristics of the metabolic syndrome.
The majority of
subjects in both studies were overweight and obese.8 Obesity is associated
with increased sodium excretion and
with increased
cardiovascular risk.
SODIUM EXCRETION AND RISK OF
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH KIDNEY DISEASE A second study cited by the CDC under the consistency criteria, «Sodium excretion and risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with chronic kidney disease» 7 included 3757 subjects with chronic kidney disease (CKD), 55 percent males, who experienced 804 CVD events during 6.8 year
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN PATIENTS
WITH KIDNEY DISEASE A second study cited by the CDC under the consistency criteria, «Sodium excretion and risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with chronic kidney disease» 7 included 3757 subjects with chronic kidney disease (CKD), 55 percent males, who experienced 804 CVD events during 6.8 years follow -
WITH KIDNEY DISEASE A second study cited by the CDC under the consistency criteria, «Sodium excretion and risk of
cardiovascular disease in patients with chronic kidney disease» 7 included 3757 subjects with chronic kidney disease (CKD), 55 percent males, who experienced 804 CVD events during 6.8 year
cardiovascular disease in patients
with chronic kidney disease» 7 included 3757 subjects with chronic kidney disease (CKD), 55 percent males, who experienced 804 CVD events during 6.8 years follow -
with chronic kidney disease» 7 included 3757
subjects with chronic kidney disease (CKD), 55 percent males, who experienced 804 CVD events during 6.8 years follow -
with chronic kidney disease (CKD), 55 percent males, who experienced 804 CVD events during 6.8 years follow - up.
Hypertensive
subjects were excluded from the TOHP trials but not from the CKD study, so hypertension was a
cardiovascular risk factor in the CKD study for those
with high sodium intake (above 6 grams per day).
Another study in 2012 found a slight reduction in
cardiovascular risk factors among overweight
subjects and a slight reduction in blood pressure — but only when combined
with resistance exercise (30).
Some important studies include: • Beneficial effects of a high carbohydrate, high fiber diet on hyperglycemic diabetic men (1976) • Response of non-insulin-dependent diabetic patients to an intensive program of diet and exercise (1982) • Diet and exercise in the treatment of NIDDM: The need for early emphasis (1994) • Toward improved management of NIDDM: A randomized, controlled, pilot intervention using a low fat, vegetarian diet (1999) • The effects of a low - fat, plant - based dietary intervention on body weight, metabolism, and insulin sensitivity (2005) • A low - fat vegan diet improves glycemic control and
cardiovascular risk factors in a randomized clinical trial in individuals
with type 2 diabetes (2006) • A low - fat vegan diet and a conventional diabetes diet in the treatment of type 2 diabetes: a randomized, controlled, 74 - wk clinical trial (2009) • Vegetarian diet improves insulin resistance and oxidative stress markers more than conventional diet in
subjects with Type 2 diabetes (2011) • Glycemic and
cardiovascular parameters improved in type 2 diabetes
with the high nutrient density (HND) diet (2012)
This is a direct quotation from the article (my emphasis): «Using Cox Proportional Hazard models, we found that high and moderate protein consumption were positively associated
with diabetes - related mortality, but not associated
with all - cause, CVD [
cardiovascular], or cancer mortality when
subjects at all the ages above 50 were considered.»
«Given the high content of certain specific polyphenols in the juice blend, the increased antioxidant protection [in the body] after consumption of the juice blend, and the anti-inflammatory capacity in vitro, further research is warranted to evaluate whether juice blend consumption may provide reversal of risk markers in
subjects with conditions such as arthritis, obesity, chronic viral diseases,
cardiovascular disease and compromised cognitive function, as well as other conditions associated
with chronic inflammation,» wrote lead author Gitte Jensen from Holger NIS Inc., a contract research laboratory.
Calorie restriction in humans is associated
with weight loss, reduced inflammation and improved markers for
cardiovascular and metabolic health in obese -LCB- Formatting Citation -RCB-(9,10) as well as non-obese (11,12)
subjects, proposing a novel therapy for increasing life span.
For example, in the Hoorn study there was a significant association between the 8 - y risk of
cardiovascular death and 2 - h postload blood glucose concentrations in
subjects with normal fasting glucose concentrations, even after adjustment for known risk factors (20).
This is an intriguing new agent that until now has not had been the
subject of much human level studies; however this area has exploded in the last couple years,
with potential applications including fertility,
cardiovascular disease, and cancer.
To investigate further, the team conducted a longitudinal cohort study of 557
subjects with a mean age of almost 60 years at baseline who had an increased
cardiovascular disease risk.
Results demonstrated that male
subjects with improved predicted
cardiovascular fitness between 15 and 18 y of age exhibited significantly greater intelligence scores than
subjects with decreased
cardiovascular fitness.
Effects of weight loss from a very - low - carbohydrate diet on endothelial function and markers of
cardiovascular disease risk in
subjects with abdominal obesity.
Studies have documented a decrease in BMI in
subjects who practiced yoga, in comparison
with their counterparts who engaged in
cardiovascular exercises such as aerobics.