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Diet that Lowers Cholesterol as Good as Medication
Posted by Elvin Adams on
Diet is an important part of healthful living. There are foods that hurt your health and foods that improve your health. What you choose to eat is just as important as what you chose NOT to eat. This is particularly true for foods that help control your cholesterol levels.
Saturated fats in the diet are harmful to your health as they raise bad cholesterol (LDL-C) levels. Saturated fats are found in red meat, butter and other dairy products such as cheese, sour cream, whole milk, 2% milk, yogurt, and ice cream.
A study on the effects of diet on cholesterol was study recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. In this study, a group of 350 Canadians were randomly divided into three groups and prescribed special diets.
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Statin Therapy Questioned for Primary Prevention
Posted by Fred Hardinge on
Doubts now cast on the benefits of statins for primary prevention of heart disease.
Researchers reanalyzed 11 pacebo-controlled trials of statin use in more than 65,000 high-risk patients without cardiovascular disease at baseline. While LDL levels were lower in the statin users than the placebo, there was no difference in all-cause mortality. Other investigators re-looked at the JUPITER trial which claimed a large benefit from one of the statins and determined it was flawed due to insufficient length and financial ties to the manufacturer.
PositiveTip: Medications should never be used as substitutes for true primary preventative measures such as healthy lifestyle choices and activities.