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Re: HEART DISEASE
[Re: Suzanne]
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02/20/13 01:10 AM
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Cut your heart attack risk dramatically by simply eating more berries
by PF Louis
(NaturalNews) A recent study concluded that eating three or more servings of strawberries and/or blueberries per week protects against cardiovascular disease and heart attacks on women.
Only women? This study was for dietary influences that increase heart and cardiovascular health, not breast cancer. That's easily explained. This study was one of many in which registered nurses are the subjects, called the "Nurses' Health Study."
That's a pretty convenient approach since nurses are medically savvy and they work in doctors' offices, clinics and hospitals, thus making them easily surveyed, observed, and tested within a prospective study.
Prospective studies are epidemiological (statistically surveyed) studies carried out from a start point and into the future. Using nurses gives researchers an easily controlled and responsive subject base for gathering data as time progresses.
There have been two Nurses' Health Studies conducted for different purposes with a third on the way. These studies are conducted by researchers within a network of medical institutions in Massachusetts and the UK.
Study details
This study's title is, "High Anthocyanin Intake Is Associated With a Reduced Risk of Myocardial Infarction [heart attacks] in Young and Middle-Aged Women." It was accepted by the Journal of American Heart Association November 13th, 2012
The anthocyanins for heart health study was accomplished through the second Nurses' Health Study. It included nurses in the UK as well as the United States, and monitored primarily by the Harvard School of Public Health in the United States and the University of East Anglia, United Kingdom.
This study was carried out over 18 years among 93,600 women aged 25 to 42. The subjects surveyed were instructed to consume strawberries and blueberries high in anthocyanins often solely because women could include them in their weekly diets easily.
The results showed women who ate the most strawberries and blueberries, three times a week or more, had a 32 percent risk reduction for heart attacks than women who them ate less often.
This may not seem like much until you realize that other common risk factors for heart attacks, age, high blood pressure, family heart attack history, body mass, exercise, smoking, caffeine or alcohol intake were not considered in this study.
In other words, your risk factor for heart attacks could be even lower with high berry consumption if your diet is not SAD (Standard American Diet) and you exercise regularly. The American Heart Association has confirmed that berries are good for men's heart health too.
Basic anthocyanin science and food sources
Anthocyanins, a sub-class of flavanoids were the focus of this study. Although strawberries and blueberries are loaded with them, anthocyanins are common to several other fruits and other plant foods, including some grains. Generally, the more colorful the plant, the higher the anthocyanin content.
An anthocyanidin links with a sugar molecule to form an anthocyanin. Other than chlorophyl, anthocyanins are the most important visible plant pigment producing molecules. As a sub category of flavanoids, their antioxidant properties rank higher than most flavanoids.
Anthocyanins help dilate and clear blood vessels. Other compounds are known to unclog arteries, but anthocyanins are able to work on small capillaries throughout the body as well. Bilberry aids vision because its anthocyanins dilate the small cappilaries in the eyes.
The legendary RAF (Royal Air Force) fighter pilots were fed bilberry jam often to improve their night vision during WWII, or so the story goes. Eyesight supplements will often contain bilberry extracts. But anthocyanin oxidative protection fights inflammation throughout the body, including the nervous system.
High anthocyanin fruits, especially apples, grapes, and strawberries, should be organic. They include: Acai berries, apples, bilberries, black berries, blue berries, cherries, cranberries, goji berries, and red/purple grapes. Red cabbage and black beans are also full of anthocyanins.
Sources for this article include
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurses%27_Health_Study
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130114152954.htm
http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/127/2/188
http://www.raysahelian.com/anthocyanins.html
http://www.chiro.org/nutrition/FULL/Anthocyanins.shtml
http://www.essortment.com/bioflavonoids-48432.html
Suzanne
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Re: HEART DISEASE
[Re: Suzanne]
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02/25/13 12:03 AM
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We just purchased 10 pounds of frozen blueberries over the past few days.
We mainly use them in smoothies and as stewed blueberries.
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Re: HEART DISEASE
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03/17/13 11:59 PM
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Vegetarian diet lowers the risk of heart disease by one-third
by John Phillip
(NaturalNews) Common sense dictates that a diet filed with fresh vegetables, fruit, nuts, seeds and legumes that eliminate excessive red and processed meats, fried foods and sugary sweets will benefit overall health as it naturally extends lifespan. Many people rely heavily on fast convenience and processed foods that are virtually void of any bioactive nutrients and actually stimulate the storage of body fat and encourage development and progression of most chronic illnesses that shorten our lives.
Researchers from the University of Oxford in the UK have published the result of a study in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition that explains how the risk of hospitalization or death from heart disease is 32 percent lower in vegetarians than people who eat meat and fish. Heart disease continues to be the leading cause of death in all western societies, taking the lives of more than 700,000 men and women each year in the U.S. alone.
Vegetarian diet lowers blood pressure and improves blood lipid biomarkers to reduce heart disease risk
In the largest study of its kind conducted in the UK, scientists compared rates of heart disease between vegetarians and non-vegetarians. Lead study author Dr. Francesca Crowe noted "Most of the difference in risk is probably caused by effects on cholesterol and blood pressure, and shows the important role of diet in the prevention of heart disease." Researchers analyzed the diet of nearly 45,000 British and Scottish volunteers enrolled in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study. 34 percent of the participants were vegetarian.
Volunteers completed a lifestyle questionnaire detailing diet and exercise as well as other factors affecting health such as smoking and alcohol consumption. Almost 20,000 participants had their blood pressure recorded, and gave blood samples for cholesterol testing. Participants were tracked for nearly 20 years and researchers identified 1,235 cases of heart disease, which resulted in 169 deaths and 1,066 hospital diagnoses.
The study's authors concluded, "The results clearly show that the risk of heart disease in vegetarians is about a third lower than in comparable non-vegetarians." Researchers found that vegetarians had lower blood pressures and cholesterol levels than non-vegetarians, which is thought to be the main reason behind their reduced risk of heart disease. The findings reinforce the idea that diet is critical to prevent heart disease. Nutrition experts recommend five to nine daily servings of fresh, leafy greens and vegetables of all colors to halt chronic illnesses and lower risk from heart disease by one-third.
Sources for this article include:
http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2013/130130.html
http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/97/3/597
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130130121637.htm
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Re: HEART DISEASE
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10/01/13 12:19 AM
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"The major benefits for patients who decide to start a plant-based diet are the possibility of reducing the number of medications they take to treat a variety of chronic conditions, lower body weight, decreased risk of cancer, and a reduction in their risk of death from ischemic heart disease." --A recent report in Kaiser Permanente's peer-reviewed journal, which suggests all of the HMO's doctors recommend a plant-based diet for their collective 9 million patients. (VegNews, Sept/Oct. 2013)
Suzanne
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Re: HEART DISEASE
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10/01/13 07:33 PM
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We just purchased 10 pounds of frozen blueberries over the past few days.
We mainly use them in smoothies and as stewed blueberries. Any left?
"Here is a last piece of advice. If you believe in goodness and if you value the approval of God, fix your minds on the things which are holy and right and pure and beautiful and good. Model your conduct on what you have learned from me, on what I have told you and shown you, and you will find the God of peace will be with you."
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Re: HEART DISEASE
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10/01/13 09:43 PM
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Actually, we purchased another 10 pounds of blueberries a few days ago.
We have a blueberry smoothie practically every day.
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Re: HEART DISEASE
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Blueberries are great and healthy. Strawberry smoothies are also delicious.
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Re: HEART DISEASE
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10/04/13 11:53 AM
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Wondering how healthy smoothis really are, even though we enjoy them. Is it healthier eating and chewing the berries?
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Re: HEART DISEASE
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10/04/13 03:49 PM
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It would be healthier than not eating them. But there is benefit to actually chewing them. The digestion begins in the mouth so if you swallow it without chewing, you miss out on some. However, if you would not eat them or as many otherwise, it might be better. And you can always have them as a treat.
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Re: HEART DISEASE
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10/04/13 07:23 PM
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I never forget when my father was at a health institute shortly before he died. His physician notied him drinking a glass of some health juice like it was cold water.
- You will not get much benefit from this unless you leave in the mouth for a while.
That is really the point.
"Here is a last piece of advice. If you believe in goodness and if you value the approval of God, fix your minds on the things which are holy and right and pure and beautiful and good. Model your conduct on what you have learned from me, on what I have told you and shown you, and you will find the God of peace will be with you."
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