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Increased fruit and vegetable consumption linked to reduced CD
According to an Original Research Communication published in the July 1, 2002 Issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, titled: "Fruit and vegetable intake and risk of cardiovascular disease in US adults: The First National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Epidemiologic Follow-up Study," increased fruit and vegetable consumption is linked to reduced cardiovascular disease in the U.S. population. The authors at the Tulane Univ. School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine in New Orleans and the National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute in Bethesda, Md. found that an inverse association of fruit and vegetable intake with the risk of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality in the general US population. The abstract of the report is posted at www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/76/1/93 .

 

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Vitamin E offers no benefit to heart disease patients, long-term trial Sep 5, 2003 - Taking vitamin E will not prevent heart attacks or cancer, researchers said this week, news that could dent the current boom of one of the most widely consumed vitamins.  Nutraingredients.com, taking vitamin E is no more effective at preventing heart disease outcomes than a placebo, researchers said at the European Cardiology Society meeting this week. The news could hit sales of one of the most widely consumed vitamins. The extended Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation (HOPE-TOO) trial, involving 9,541 heart disease patients, found that the vitamin, which is thought to inhibit inflammation and help prevent narrowing of blood vessels, had the same effect on outcomes as those patients treated with placebo, said Dr Eva Lonn, associate professor of medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. She was speaking at the European Society of Cardiology Congress in Vienna, Austria this week.The randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel group trial tested the effects of both the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor ramipril and vitamin E on the reduced risk of heart attack, stroke or cardiovascular death in high risk patients. read..

Fish-rich diet may reduce fat hormone levels
According to a Scientific American report, a diet rich in fish may be linked with lower levels of the fat-regulating hormone leptin. Previous findings have linked elevated levels of leptin, which is produced by fat cells in the body, to obesity and cardiovascular disease. The new research, published July 2, 2002 in the journal Circulation, suggests that diet plays a key role.

High antioxidant intake linked to reduced risk of Alzheimer's
Two articles published in the June 26, 2002 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association links antioxidant vitamins and reduced risk of Alzheimer Disease. The first article, "Dietary Intake of Antioxidant Nutrients and the Risk of Incident Alzheimer Disease in a Biracial Community Study" (Abstract) reports that increasing vitamin E intake from foods was associated with decreased risk of developing Alzheimer's. The second article, "Dietary Intake of Antioxidants and Risk of Alzheimer Disease" (Abstract) reports that high intake of vitamin C and vitamin E was associated with lower risk of Alzheimer disease.

Dietary Galactoloigosaccharides.
Dietary galactooligosaccharides affect ileal and total-tract nutrient digestibility, ileal and fecal bacterial concentrations, and ileal fermentative characteristics of growing pigs. J. Anim. Sci. 2003. 81:2535-2545. M. R. Smiricky-Tjardes, C. M. Grieshop, E. A. Flickinger, L. L. Bauer and G. C. Fahey, Jr. 2 Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801