… is salt, which was associated with 9.5 percent of deaths. Cutting back on salt can have the biggest impact on your health and wellbeing, the researchers said. That was followed on the list by red meat and processed meats, linked to 8 percent of …
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Eating More – Or Less – Of 10 Foods May Cut Risk Of Death From Heart Disease
… Americans from dying prematurely from cardiometabolic diseases,” says lead study author Renata Micha , a public health nutritionist and epidemiologist at the Friedman School at Tufts University. In 2012, about 700,000 Americans died from these …
Isoflavone consumption linked to decrease in mortality for some breast cancer patients
An epidemiological analysis of data from more than 6,000 American and Canadian women with breast cancer finds that post-diagnosis consumption of foods containing isoflavones – estrogen-like compounds primarily found in soy food – is associated with a 21 percent decrease in all-cause mortality. This decrease was seen only in women with hormone-receptor-negative tumors, and in women who were not treated with endocrine therapy such as tamoxifen.
Whole grain consumption increases calorie loss and metabolism, study suggests
… studies are published online today in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Epidemiology studies have suggested health benefits of whole grains and high dietary fiber intake, including for glycemic control and insulin sensitivity. There has …
Overindulging at Christmas is one cause of the spike in heart attacks over the holidays.
… Mehta notes. These factors include logistical (inappropriate delay in seeking medical attention, reduced levels of health care staffing) and environmental (increased respiratory problems, decreased hours of daylight), as well as lifestyle ones – …