DASH eating plan lowers long-term heart attack risk, especially among African-Americans
The DASH diet reduced the estimated risk of having a heart attack in the next ten years by 18 percent when compared to a typical American eating plan, according to a new study. Both whites and African-Americans benefited from the diet, but African-Americans had the greatest benefit. Researchers provided all the food to the participants in this eight-week study.
September 1, 2010 · by admin · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, diet-reduced, eating-plan, estimated, food, from-the-diet, greatest, heart-attack, on call diets, participants, the-estimated
Diverse diet of veggies may decrease lung cancer risk
Adding a variety of vegetables to one’s diet may help decrease the chance of getting lung cancer, and adding a variety of fruits and vegetables may decrease the risk of squamous cell lung cancer, especially among smokers.
September 1, 2010 · by admin · in Nutritional News · Tags: chance, decrease-the-chance, decrease-the-risk, diet-may, getting-lung, help-decrease, nutrition, oncalldiets, risk, squamous-cell, the-chance, vegetables-may
