Isoflavones, in tofu and plant proteins, associated with lower heart disease risk
People who regularly ate tofu and other foods containing isoflavones had a moderately lower risk of developing heart disease. However, people who eat isoflavones and adhere to a healthier diet in general are already considerably less likely to die from a heart attack compared to those who did not.
March 23, 2020 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: ate-tofu, developing-heart, foods, foods-containing, heart-attack, moderately-lower, nutrition, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets
You don’t have to go cold turkey on red meat to see health benefits
A new study has found that halving the amount red and processed (RPM) meat in the diet can have a significant impact on health, reducing the amount of LDL ‘bad’ cholesterol in the blood which cuts the risk of developing heart disease.
September 30, 2019 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: blood, cuts-the-risk, developing-heart, diet, impact-on-health, new-study, nutrition, risk, rpm, the-blood
Plant-based diet cuts heart failure risk by over 40 percent
New research examines how five major dietary patterns may affect the risk of developing heart failure among people without heart disease.
April 23, 2019 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: affect-the-risk, developing-heart, heart-disease, how-five, major-dietary, oncalldiets, patterns-may, research-examines, risk
Gut bacteria implicated in the increased risk for cardiovascular disease when red meat is consumed
New research provides details on how gut bacteria turn a nutrient found in red meat into metabolites that increase the risk of developing heart disease.
November 6, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bacteria-turn, details-on-how, developing-heart, how-gut, nutrition, on call diets, research-provides, risk, the-risk
Dark Chocolate May Reduce Cardiovascular Events
Good news for chocolate lovers! Eating dark chocolate on a daily basis can reduce cardiovascular events, including heart attacks and strokes in people with metabolic syndrome, i.e. a combination of factors that increase the risk of developing heart disease and diabetes. The study was published in British Medical Journal (BMJ) today…
June 1, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bmj, british, british-medical, chocolate-lovers, daily-basis, dark-chocolate, developing-heart, including-heart, increase-the-risk, metabolic-syndrome, nutrition, oncalldiets, risk
It’s Official Chocolate Linked To Heart Health
High levels of chocolate consumption might be associated with a one third reduction in the risk of developing heart disease, finds a study published on bmj.com today. The findings confirm results of existing studies that generally agree on a potential beneficial link between chocolate consumption and heart health…
August 30, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: chocolate-consumption, developing-heart, findings-confirm, heart-disease, link-between, nutrition, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, one-third, potential-beneficial, published-on-bmj, risk, study-published, the-risk