health briefs Take It Easy on the Eggs
Eggs should only be a now and then thing, the latest research from Northwestern Medicine, in Chi- cago, indicates. The new study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, looked at pooled data on 29,615 U.S. racially and ethnically diverse
adults with an average of more than 17 years of follow up. It found that for every 300 milligrams (mg) of dietary cholesterol eaten per day, risk of death from heart dis- ease increases by 17 percent and mortality from any cause increases by 18 percent. One large egg has a whopping 186 mg of cholesterol in the yolk, and eating three to four eggs a week increases heart disease mortality by 6 percent and all-cause mortality by 8 percent. Frank Hu, M.D., at the Harvard School of Public Health, comments that low to moderate intake of eggs can be included as part of a healthy eating pattern, but they are not essential. Dietary cholesterol also comes from red meat, processed meat and high-fat dairy products such as butter and whipped cream.
Eat Plants to Live Longer
At least one-third of early deaths could be prevented if people moved to a largely plant-based diet, prominent scientists from Harvard University Medical School have calculated. An international initiative, “Food in the Anthro- pocene,” published in the medical journal The Lancet, linked plant-based diets not only to improved health worldwide, but also to global sustainability. The report advocates a diet high in vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes and nuts, and low in red meat, sugar and refined grains. “Un- healthy diets pose a greater risk to morbidity and mortal- ity than does unsafe sex, and alcohol, drug and tobacco use combined,” it concludes.
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Savor Cherries to Lower Metabolic Syndrome Risk
Montmorency tart cherries, first discovered by Roman legionnaires along the Black Sea, have been shown to have potent anti-inflammatory and antioxi- dant properties, accord- ing to scientists. Now a study from the UK’s University of Hertford- shire published in the Journal of Functional Foods has found that the cherries can miti- gate factors that lead to metabolic syndrome, a condition that increases the
risk of stroke, heart disease and Type 2 diabetes. Just two hours after being given cherries in the form of juice or capsules, subjects showed significantly decreased systolic blood pressure, and insulin levels were significantly lower after one and three hours compared to those given a placebo.
Use Probiotics to Shed Pounds
For the one-third of Americans struggling with obesity, new research on probiotics from the Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, in China, offers a promising ap- proach. In a meta-review of 12 randomized, placebo-con- trolled studies that tested 821 obese and overweight people, probiotic supple- mentation was found to significantly reduce body weight, weight circumfer- ence and fat mass, and to improve cholesterol and glucose metabolism mea- sures. Probiotics were administered in forms that included sachet, capsule, powder, kefir yogurt and fermented milk, in dura- tions that ranged from eight to 24 weeks.
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