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
Omega-3 fish oil supplements may lower heart attack risk
An updated, pooled analysis of trial data links daily omega-3 fish oil supplements to lower risk of heart attack and death from cardiovascular disease.
October 3, 2019 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, from-cardiovascular, heart-attack, lower-risk, oil-supplements, omega-3-fish, on call diets, trial-data
Eating up to ten portions of fruit and vegetables a day may prevent 7.8 million premature deaths worldwide
A fruit and vegetable intake above five-a-day shows major benefit in reducing the chance of heart attack, stroke, cancer and early death.
February 23, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: above-five-a-day, chance, diet, heart-attack, nutrition, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, reducing-the-chance, shows-major, vegetable-intake
Omega-3 improves heart damage, function after heart attack
Taking a high dose of omega-3 fatty acids every day may reduce heart muscle scarring and improve heart function following a heart attack, say researchers.
August 2, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: acids-every, day-may, heart-attack, heart-function, high-dose, muscle-scarring, nutrition, nutrition / diet, omega-3-fatty, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, reduce-heart
Low salt intake may raise risk of heart attack, stroke, and death
Consuming less than 3,000 milligrams of salt daily – more than the current recommendation – increases the risk of heart attack, stroke, and death.
May 21, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: current, diet, heart-attack, increases-the-risk, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, risk, the-current
Eating fresh fruits daily may reduce your risk of cardiovascular death
A study of more than half a million adults in China found that eating fresh fruits every day lowered the risks of heart attack, stroke and cardiovascular death.
April 7, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: china, day-lowered, eating-fresh, fruits-every, heart-attack, lowered-the-risks, million-adults, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, risks, the-risks
Fresh fruit associated with lower risk of heart attack and stroke
People who eat fresh fruit on most days are at lower risk of heart attack and stroke than people who rarely eat fresh fruit, according to new research. The findings come from a seven-year study of half a million adults in China, where fresh fruit consumption is much lower than in countries like the UK or US.
April 6, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: china, diet, findings-come, fruit-consumption, fruit-on-most, heart-attack, lower-risk, most-days, much-lower, nutrition, on call diets, seven-year-study
Vitamin D levels could predict risk of poor cardiovascular health
Low levels of total vitamin D and bioavailable vitamin D may be a predictor for heart attack, stroke, heart failure and other cardiovascular events, a new study suggests.
April 4, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: cardiovascular, heart-attack, heart-failure, new-study, nutritional counseling, on call diets, total-vitamin
Women with moderate beer consumption run lower risk of heart attack
Women who drink beer at most once or twice per week run a 30 per cent lower risk of heart attack, compared with both heavy drinkers and women who never drink beer.
September 24, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: both-heavy, heart-attack, lower-risk, most-once, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, once-or-twice, per-cent, twice-per, week-run
In the short run, a high-fat diet may help minimize heart attack damage
It’s well known that over the long run, a high-fat diet increases the risk of heart attack and stroke.
February 19, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, heart-attack, heart-disease, high-fat-diet, increases-the-risk, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldiets, over-the-long, risk, the-long, well-known