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Western diet enhances risk of stroke: Study
ANI Saturday, July 3, 2004
Washington, July 2 (ANI) - According to a recent study
Western diets consisting of red and processed meats,
refined grains, sweets and desserts may enhance risk of
getting a stroke.
The study conducted by researchers at Simmons College School
for Health Studies in Boston and Harvard School of Public
Health is the first study to examine the overall dietary
habits and stroke risk.
"Several foods and nutrients have been linked to the risk of
stroke therefore, dietary modification may be an important
way to reduce the risk of stroke because nutrients and food
are consumed in combination, their cumulative effect on
disease risk may be best investigated by considering the
entire eating pattern ," Teresa Fung the study's lead author
and assistant professor of nutrition at Simmons College
School for Health Studies in Boston, and adjunct assistant
professor of nutrition at the Harvard School of Public
Health, said.
Researchers examined dietary information on 71,768 female
nurses, aged between 38 and 63, who had no history of heart
disease or diabetes.
Researchers observed a higher relative risk for stroke among
those consuming a Western diet. Women with Western eating
habits were more likely to smoke, less likely to take
vitamins and less active, the study found.
Women who ate the Western diet and also had hypertension had
more than three times the risk of strokes caused by
blockages compared with Western dieters without
hypertension.
"Overall dietary patterns are easier to recommend to the
public than individual foods," Fung said.
Although no men were included in the study, Fung said the
results have applications for men's diets as well.
"I'd like to see people examine different components of
their diets and make positive changes accordingly," she
said.
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ANI Saturday, July 3, 2004
Washington, July 2 (ANI) - According to a recent study
Western diets consisting of red and processed meats,
refined grains, sweets and desserts may enhance risk of
getting a stroke.
The study conducted by researchers at Simmons College School
for Health Studies in Boston and Harvard School of Public
Health is the first study to examine the overall dietary
habits and stroke risk.
"Several foods and nutrients have been linked to the risk of
stroke therefore, dietary modification may be an important
way to reduce the risk of stroke because nutrients and food
are consumed in combination, their cumulative effect on
disease risk may be best investigated by considering the
entire eating pattern ," Teresa Fung the study's lead author
and assistant professor of nutrition at Simmons College
School for Health Studies in Boston, and adjunct assistant
professor of nutrition at the Harvard School of Public
Health, said.
Researchers examined dietary information on 71,768 female
nurses, aged between 38 and 63, who had no history of heart
disease or diabetes.
Researchers observed a higher relative risk for stroke among
those consuming a Western diet. Women with Western eating
habits were more likely to smoke, less likely to take
vitamins and less active, the study found.
Women who ate the Western diet and also had hypertension had
more than three times the risk of strokes caused by
blockages compared with Western dieters without
hypertension.
"Overall dietary patterns are easier to recommend to the
public than individual foods," Fung said.
Although no men were included in the study, Fung said the
results have applications for men's diets as well.
"I'd like to see people examine different components of
their diets and make positive changes accordingly," she
said.
More at: http://news.newkerala.com/health-news-
india/index.php?action=fullnews&showcomments=1&id=26716
Jai Maharaj http://www.mantra.com/jai Om Shanti
Hindu Holocaust Museum http://www.mantra.com/holocaust
Hindu life, principles, spirituality and philosophy
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The truth about Islam and Muslims
http://www.flex.com/~jai/satyamevajayate
The terrorist mission of Jesus stated in the Christian
bible:
"Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I
came not so send peace, but a sword. "For I am come to
set a man at variance against his father, and the
daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law
against her mother in law. "And a man's foes shall be
they of his own household.
- Matthew 10:34-36.
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