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Cannabis Use and Acute Coronary Syndrome
Cannabis use may elevate the risk of developing several cardiovascular diseases, including cardiomyopathy, angina pectoris, myocardial infarction (heart attack), and cardiac arrest. This study examined whether cannabis use is an influential factor for...
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Incredible Egg? or Incredible Marketing?
Scrambled, fried, hard boiled, or poached - there's a way to prepare eggs to satisfy even the pickiest of eaters. I'm sure many people have fond memories of eating bacon and eggs for breakfast with their families on weekend mornings. Eggs are heavily...
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Causal associations between dried fruit intake and cardiovascular disease: A Mendelian randomization study
Imbibing the habit of eating dried fruits regularly may help hinder the development of cardiovascular diseases, such as heart failure, ischemic, and small vessel stroke. This study evaluated the influence diets high in dried fruits has on the burden of...
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Avoiding Fried Foods Reduces Cancer Risk
"Would you like fries with that?" You may want to skip fried foods the next time you eat out after seeing the research linking these foods to cancer development. Dr. Michael Greger demonstrates in the video below, (as well as the following highlighted...
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Misleading Ads Promote Cardiovascular Disease
Approximately 20 years ago, the American Heart Association, along with several consumer groups, and the Federal Trade Commission, executed successful legal action which urged the egg industry to stop misleading and false advertising that eggs "had no...
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Dietary flavonoids intake contributes to delay biological aging process: analysis from NHANES dataset
Fondness for foods packed with flavonoids may help to combat aging in men and women. This study looked at the impact of strict adherence to high flavonoid diets on aging. Researchers analyzed the dietary records and data on aging extracted from 3,193...
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Avoid Dairy to Prevent Type-1 Diabetes
Diabetes is a serious disease and is the 7th leading cause of death in the U.S. Having diabetes doubles the risk of having a stroke or heart attack. In fact, stroke and heart attacks " account for 84% of diabetes-related deaths ." Many other...
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Artificial sweeteners and risk of incident cardiovascular disease and mortality: evidence from UK Biobank
Lovers of artificial sweeteners may be highly prone to suffer from different cardiovascular diseases, including heart failure (HF), coronary artery disease (CAD), and peripheral arterial disease (PAD). This study clarified the association between high...
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Seven Ways Salt Impacts our Health
With respect to sodium intake, the best advice may be to wait until we're seated at the table to shake on the salt -- if we choose to salt our food at all. Most of us like the flavor of salt. If we haven't been diagnosed with high blood pressure, is...
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Isn't Some Cholesterol Actually Healthy?
Cholesterol is a naturally occurring, waxy substance primarily synthesized by the liver. Cholesterol is necessary to form cell membranes, to produce hormones like testosterone and estrogen, to transform sunlight into Vitamin D which helps build our...
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Antioxidant-Rich Foods Dilate Arteries
In 1998, a pivotal discovery earning the Nobel Prize in Medicine, led to the discovery of a "miracle molecule" called Nitric Oxide (NO) . The Nitric Oxide molecule is a gas which is produced inside the endothelial lining of all blood vessels. The...
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Smoking Promotes Impotence
Cigarette smoking is an established risk factor for erectile dysfunction, also known as impotence. In fact, in 2014, the acting surgeon general of the United States added erectile dysfunction to the list of health problems that can be caused by smoking....
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Effect of a 21-day Daniel Fast on metabolic and cardiovascular disease risk factors in men and women.
Daniel Fast may improve cardiovascular and metabolic health in men and women. This study investigated the effect of Daniel Fast on metabolic and cardiovascular disease risk factors in men and women. The Daniel Fast is a bible inspired partial fast in...
https://casite-505587.cloudaccess.net/science/lifestyle-choices/fasting/daniel-fast/effect-of-a-21-day-daniel-fast-on-metabolic-and-cardiovascular-disease-risk-factors-in-men-and-women -
Ultra-processed foods and mortality: analysis from the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology study
The odds of dying prematurely from cardiovascular ailments and other chronic diseases may be stacked against generous consumers of ultra-processed foods. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between likeness for ultra-processed...
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Alcohol Helps Fuel Pancreatitis Risk
About 2 billion people across the world consume alcoholic drinks. The United States is among the world's upper echelon in terms of alcohol consumption by volume. The findings from a 2012 Gallup's Annual Consumption Habits Poll revealed that roughly four...
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Developing COPD: a 25 year follow up study of the general population.
Cigarette smokers are more likely to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) than non-smokers. This study assessed the role of smoking in the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in men and women. Researchers...
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RE: Starches converting to sugar--good/bad for cancer diet?
White table sugar (sucrose) is not the most health-promoting food, but it does not create cancer. Neither does the glucose, (which comes from the breakdown of starchy whole-food plants like yams,) promote the initiation, growth, or spread of cancer,...
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Can Diet be Used to Treat Autoimmune Conditions Like Psoriasis?
Psoriasis is a prevalent and serious inflammatory skin condition caused by an overactive immune system that attacks healthy cells within the body, believing that they are foreign substances. It is just one of 80+ autoimmune conditions . Psoriasis alone...
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Biomarker-Calibrated Red and Combined Red and Processed Meat Intakes with Chronic Disease Risk in a Cohort of Postmenopausal Women
Habitual meat consumption may spur the development of chronic diseases, such as diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular disorders, in postmenopausal women. This study evaluated the ingestion of a meaty diet and it's relationship with the development of...
https://casite-505587.cloudaccess.net/science/disease-conditions/cardiovascular-disease/biomarker-calibrated-red-and-combined-red-and-processed-meat-intakes-with-chronic-disease-risk-in-a-cohort-of-postmenopausal-women -
Plant‐Based Diets Are Associated With a Lower Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiovascular Disease Mortality, and All‐Cause Mortality in a General Population of Middle‐Aged Adults
High compliance with vegetarian diets may improve an individual's chances of avoiding premature deaths. This study assessed the impact of dietary choices on mortality risk. Researchers tracked the diets and mortality records of more than 12,000...
https://casite-505587.cloudaccess.net/science/lifestyle-choices/vegetarian/plant-based-diets-are-associated-with-a-lower-risk-of-incident-cardiovascular-disease-cardiovascular-disease-mortality-and-all-cause-mortality-in-a-general-population-of-middle-aged-adults
