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Heart disease and high fructose corn syrup?
Researchers have found that adults who consumed high fructose corn syrup for just two weeks increased their levels of cholesterol and triglycerides.
Champix and heart disease risk?
A recent study that has been published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal has shown that the popular stop smoking medication, Champix, may be linked to increased risk of heart disease and other cardiovascular problems. This new study, whose foundings were released on Monday, shows that the people who have varenicline are more likely to experience “serious adverse cardiovascular events”. These events can include heart attack, stroke, and an erratic heart beat.
Vegetarian diet associated with lower risk of metabolic syndrome?
The metabolic syndrome is a group of disorders which are associated with an increased risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Previously, it’s been unknown whether or not certain dietary patterns would confer a lower risk of developing the metabolic syndrome.
A recent study published in the journal, Diabetes Care [1], compared three diets and their respective risk of developing the metabolic syndrome (vegetarian, semi-vegetarian, and non vegetarian). The study itself included data from 773 subjects with a mean age of 60 in a cross-sectional analysis.
