9/15/14 The significance of diet as a migraine trigger is controversial.[126] Nevertheless, individual patients often can identify these triggers. Common dietary triggers include the following: Alcohol – Particularly wine and beer Caffeine overuse or caffeine withdrawal Chocolate Aspartame – eg, NutraSweet and Equal Monosodium glutamate (MSG) – May be found in Asian food, canned soup, frozen […]
Published: Jun 13, 2014 By Todd Neale, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today Story Source Eating too much processed red meat — including sausages and deli meats — might increase the risk of heart failure and of dying from the disease, a study of Swedish men showed. Compared with men who ate less than 25 grams […]
Kaluza J1, Akesson A2, Wolk A2. Circ Heart Fail. 2014 Jul;7(4):552-7. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.113.000921. Epub 2014 Jun 12. Abstract BACKGROUND: Epidemiological studies of red meat consumption in relation to risk of heart failure (HF) are scarce. We examined the associations of unprocessed and processed red meat consumption with HF incidence and mortality in men. METHODS AND […]
Published: Jun 10, 2014 | Updated: Jun 11, 2014 By Charles Bankhead, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Action Points Note that this review specifies suggested dietary guidance in which evidence of a dietary influence on cancer risk is substantial, but not necessarily conclusive. The review provides guidance based upon compelling evidence for cancer risk associated with […]
Am J Clin Nutr. 2014 Feb;99(2):352-60. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.113.075663. Epub 2013 Nov 27. Ley SH, Sun Q, Willett WC, Eliassen AH, Wu K, Pan A, Grodstein F, Hu FB. Abstract BACKGROUND: Greater red meat intake is associated with an increased type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk. However, the relation of red meat intake to biomarkers […]
Maturitas. 2014 Mar;77(3):202-8. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2013.11.010. Epub 2013 Dec 11. Baena Ruiz R, Salinas Hernández P. Abstract BACKGROUND: Diet represents 30-35% of risk factors that contribute to the onset of cancer. Some foods and dietary patterns have been linked to the risk of various cancers. However epidemiological available data are not consistent for many foods and […]
Colette Heimowitz’s Blog Full Story: http://blogs.atkins.com/Blogs/colette_heimowitz/Archive/2013/9/9/209477.aspx What’s the Beef with Red Meat? It seems like red meat is always the culprit that goes hand in hand with clogged arteries, stroke, diabetes and heart disease—in other words, a heart attack on a plate. Not too long ago, a group of scientists at Harvard examined this supposed […]
From Medscape Cardiology Beef and Heart Disease: Beyond Cholesterol Beef, Gut Microbes, and Heart Disease L-Carnitine in Red Meat May Up CVD Risk via Altered Gut Flora Intestinal Flora Again Implicated in CAD; but This Time, Also CV Events L-Carnitine Retakes Spotlight, Hints at Survival Benefit in Acute MI: Meta-analysis Processed Beef: Is That the […]
Laura A. Stokowski, RN, MS DisclosuresJune 20, 2013 Editor’s Note: Large European and American studies are the most recent to examine the link between red meat and cancer. Medscape talked to the study authors and reviewed other evidence to determine whether there is reason to have a beef about eating beef. RED MEAT AND COLORECTAL CANCER The preponderance […]
Karimi Z, et al. Public Health Nutr. 2013 May 7:1-9. [Epub ahead of print] Abstract OBJECTIVE: Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women worldwide. Several studies have examined the role of single nutrients and food groups in breast cancer pathogenesis but fewer investigations have addressed the role of dietary patterns. Our […]
High Intake of Processed Meat Linked to Cancer Deaths Shelley Wood and Roxanne Nelson Mar 11, 2013 Full Article: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/780553 BMC Medicine Published online March 7, 2013. Full Text: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/11/63 Bacon, sausage, and ham are once again being singled out as key culprits driving the association between meat consumption and the world’s most common diseases. One of […]