Keto-like diet & heart disease
Executive summary * This post is unusually about a press release, which in turn was about a conference presentation. *
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Heart Disease
The PURE study – diet, CVD & mortality in 80 countries
Executive summary * The PURE study is an ongoing large population study, which differs from other population studies because of
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Finland, diet, cholesterol & heart disease
Executive Summary * This is the second part of the review of the North Karelia study, which claimed that reducing
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Did Finland prove that reducing (saturated) fat reduces heart disease?
Executive Summary * We’re looking at a classic study this week. The Professor Pekka Puska paper, published in 2009, entitled
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Heart healthy diets
Executive Summary * In 2021, the American Heart Association (AHA) issued a scientific statement setting out 10 key principles of
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Mediterranean diet, women & heart disease
Executive Summary * A widely reported study claimed that adherence to ‘the Mediterranean diet’ would reduce the risk of early
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Carbs & cardiovascular disease
Executive Summary * This week’s paper was based on the UK Biobank population study. It examined data for 110,000 people,
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Does Erythritol sweetener cause cardiac incidents?
Introduction I spoke at Low Carb Breckenridge in February 2017. There were a number of stalls around the conference hall,
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DASH vs American diet
Executive Summary * This week’s note looks at the DASH diet trial, which was conducted in the 1990s. DASH stands
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Drink more & live longer?
Executive summary * A study used the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study (ARIC) to examine hydration levels in participants against
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