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Church-based lifestyle intervention reduces BP in black patients

October 10, 2018 Loknath DasBlack, BP, Church-based, In, intervention, lifestyle, Patients:, reduces

Among black patients with hypertension, a community-based lifestyle intervention taking place in churches conferred a greater reduction in systolic BP than a control intervention, according to the results of the FAITH study. “African-Americans have a significantly greater burden of hypertension and heart disease, and our findings prove that people with uncontrolled hypertension can, indeed, better manage their blood pressure through programs administered in places of worship,” Gbenga Ogedegbe, MD, MPH, FACP, Dr. Adolph & Margaret Berger Professor of Population Health and Medicine, chief of the Division of Health & Behavior and director of…

Half a handful of nuts a day ‘reduces early death risk’

December 2, 2016 Srijitaa, Day, death, Early, half, handful, Nuts, of, reduces, Risk

“A handful of nuts can save your life, says new study,” The Daily Telegraph reports after a Dutch study found a link between daily nut consumption and a reduced chance of dying from a number of chronic diseases, including cancer and heart disease. The study assessed the dietary and lifestyle habits of middle-aged to elderly adults from the Netherlands and followed them up over the next 10 years. Overall, researchers found people who ate nuts had a decreased risk of death from any cause as well as various specific causes,…

Just a small cut in saturated fats ‘reduces heart disease risk’

December 1, 2016 Srijitaa, Cut, Disease, Fats, Heart, In, Just, reduces, Risk, Saturated, Small

“Swapping butter and meat for olive oil and fish does cut the risk of heart disease,” The Times reports. The headline is prompted by the findings from a US study involving data from over 100,000 men and women, followed for more than 20 years. The results showed that consumption of different types of saturated fats was associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease. The researchers also found that replacing just 1% of energy consumed in the form of saturated fats with polyunsaturated fats, monounsaturated fats, wholegrain carbohydrates or plant…

Healthy lifestyle reduces even genetic heart attack risk

November 17, 2016 SrijitaAttack:, Even, Genetic, Healthy, Heart, lifestyle, reduces, Risk

A recent study has found that even among those at high genetic risk, following a healthy lifestyle can cut in half the probability of a heart attack or similar event. It is a well known fact that following a healthy lifestyle, not smoking, avoiding excess weight and exercising regularly can keep one away from risk of heart disease. But what about people who have inherited gene variants known to increase risk? “The basic message of our study is that DNA is not destiny,” says Sekar Kathiresan. “Many individuals – both…

Briefly Standing, or Being Active, Reduces Blood Sugar Across the Day

August 16, 2016 Srijitaacross, Active, being, Blood, Briefly, Day, or, reduces, Standing, Sugar, The

For obese people who sit for most of the day, replacing some sitting time with standing, slow walking or slow cycling reduces average blood sugar across the day and into the night, a small study finds. “Anything you can do to bring down glucose readings throughout the day is a good thing,” said senior author Glenn Gaesser of the School of Nutrition and Health Promotion at Arizona State University in Phoenix. “We chose a typical workday because a large number of Americans spend a lot of time sitting at an…

Briefly Standing, or Being Active, Reduces Blood Sugar Across the Day

August 14, 2016 Srijitaacross, Active, being, Blood, Briefly, Day, or, reduces, Standing, Sugar, The