26th February 2013
Results of a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine this month show that the Mediterranean diet supplemented with extra-virgin olive oil or tree nuts reduces by 30 percent the risk of suffering a cardiovascular death, a myocardial infarction or a stroke.
The research is part of the project...
Categories: Nutritional News, Healthy Aging, Metabolic Health
Read more...9th February 2013
If you have been following advice to swap butter and other saturated fats for “healthy” margarines and vegetable oils then you ought to take notice of evidence published in the British Medical Journal this week. The new evidence, from a previously missing data, shows replacing saturated fats (found in meat, eg...
Categories: Nutritional News, Healthy Aging, Metabolic Health
Read more...30th November 2012
Leisure-time physical activity is associated with longer life expectancy, even at relatively low levels of activity and regardless of body weight, according to a study by a team of researchers led by the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health. The study found that people who engaged...
Categories: Sport & Exercise, Healthy Aging, Metabolic Health
Read more...26th November 2012
Maintaining a healthy lifestyle from young adulthood into your 40s is strongly associated with low cardiovascular disease risk in middle age, according to a new study.
The study, the first to show the association of a healthy lifestyle maintained throughout young adulthood and middle age with low cardiovascular...
Categories: Nutritional News, Sport & Exercise, Healthy Aging, Metabolic Health
Read more...26th November 2012
If you have optimal heart health in middle age, you may live up to 14 years longer, free of cardiovascular disease, than your peers who have two or more cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The study found that many people...
Categories: Healthy Aging, Metabolic Health
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