I will not say that
this is applied common sense and has been practiced for years as it
has been, but it still needs statistical testing to understand its
effects.
The real take home
is that you should never wait to switch out burgers and cakes for
nuts and cabbage and all that. We are all victims of the terrible
habits we pick up young and carry into our years.
I have personally
survived a major Heart Attack for seven years and it meant giving up
any excess of the usual culprits. I have discovered a that one
mouthful portion of a cake at a birthday is quite sufficient for
triggering personal enjoyment. I have also noticed that the second
mouthful you are actually experiencing a blend of sugar and fat that
is not so nearly wonderful since all your taste buds are wiped out.
Try it.
It's
never too late to eat your way to heart health, study says
A new
international study spearheaded by researchers in Hamilton suggests
eating well improves health outcomes for people who already suffer
from heart disease.
By
Cory Ruf, CBC News
Posted:
Dec 3, 2012 4:03 PM ET
The
role of healthy eating in preventing heart disease is well
established, but a new international study spearheaded by researchers
in Hamilton suggests that chowing down on wholesome foods improves
health outcomes even for people who already suffer from
cardiovascular disease.
“The
main findings of the study was that a diet rich in fruit, vegetables
and fish significantly reduces the chance of a second heart attack,”
said Dr. Mahshid Dehghan, a research associate with Hamilton's
Population Health Research Institute, which coordinated the effort.
Eating
healthfully, she added, provides additional benefit
PHRI
collaborated with researchers to track the eating habits of more than
30,000 subjects over the age of 55 who suffer from cardiovascular
disease or diabetes. Participants from 40 countries filled out
questionnaires about their lifestyles at the beginning of the study.
Five
years later, researchers checked up on the health outcomes of their
subjects, many of whom were being treated with medication.
Researchers
found that participants who had diets that were high in fibre and low
in saturated fats carried about a 30 per cent lower risk of
suffering a heart attack or stroke.
“We
found similar associations in all regions of the world, in
different countries with different levels of income," Dehghan
said.
Prevention
These
findings don't come as surprise to Cory Ma, a registered dietitian at
the North Hamilton Community Health Centre, who facilitates programs
for seniors who suffer from — or are at a high risk of developing —
diabetes or heart disease.
“If
my clients don't eat enough fruit and vegetables, when they start, it
really helps to relax their blood vessels,” he said.
Ma
teaches a diet program called D.A.S.H., which stands for Dietary
Approach to Stop Hypertension.
The
focus of the regime, Ma said, "is to have high-fibre whole
grains instead of white flour products, lots of plant-based foods,
more vegetable proteins, like beans, nuts seed and chickpeas, less
red meat, less alcohol and less refined sugars.”
“There's
not going to be much salt in those foods. And because there's less
red meat, there's less saturated fat.”
The
diet isn't just useful for high-risk seniors, Ma noted.
“A
lot of times, we only see people when they already have [heart
disease]. The diet can be followed by anybody and may actually help
to prevent it.”
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