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Tag: cardiovascular

  • Sugar in Food

Sugar in Food: Are Sugary Beverages Contributing to the Diabetes Epidemic?

  • Posted on August 2, 2014
  • by Bonnie Liebman

“The data are pretty compelling that we should basically cut out sugar-sweetened beverages,” says Frank Sacks, professor of cardiovascular disease prevention at the Harvard School of Public Health. Sugary drinks—soft…

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  • Diabetes and Diet

Diabetes and Diet: Do Carbs Raise Your Risk?

  • Posted on July 24, 2014
  • by Bonnie Liebman

Does a diet that’s high in carbs—or high in the wrong carbs—raise your risk of diabetes? The answers are still murky. When two large European studies pitted higher-carb diets against…

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  • Supplements

What to Eat: Are Cocoa and Chocolate a Reliable Source of Flavanols?

  • Posted on July 1, 2014
  • by David Schardt

Don’t count on your chocolate or cocoa providing significant amounts of flavanols, a family of chemicals that may be good for the circulation. While the cocoa bean is one of…

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  • Fat in Food

Are We Really Fatter Now Because We Followed Advice to Eat Less Fat?

  • Posted on June 6, 2014
  • by Bonnie Liebman

In the 1970s, “a government commission mandated that we lower fat consumption to try and reduce heart disease,” reported “60 Minutes” in 2012. “And we did,” claimed Robert Lustig, professor…

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  • Heart and Disease

What Can People Do to Protect Their Heart?

  • Posted on May 9, 2014
  • by Bonnie Liebman

Replacing saturated fat with polyunsaturated fats is important for protecting your heart, but it’s not the only precaution you should be taking. “This may sound surprising, but saturated fat is…

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  • Heart and Disease

Sugar in Food: Increasing Your Risk of a Heart Attack?

  • Posted on March 26, 2014
  • by Bonnie Liebman

Added sugars—including ordinary sugar and high-fructose corn syrup—have been linked to a higher risk of dying of a heart attack or stroke. Researchers tracked roughly 11,700 people in the National…

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