Mediterranean Diet Low In Omega-6


Published on December 11th, 2008
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Bottomline:A must-read paper, by the scientists that made “Mediterranean Diet” a household name, because of striking health benefits from their Lyon Diet Heart Study; describes the key components and common mis-characterizations of the Mediterranean diet paradigm.

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Other Inflammatory Markers, Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and Cardiovascular Disease


Published on December 10th, 2008
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Atherosclerosis and inflammation share similar basic mechanisms involving the adhesion of leukocytes to vascular endothelium in their early phases.

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Study Ties Obesity, Inflammation to Heart Failure


Published on December 9th, 2008
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Heart specialists at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere report what is believed to be the first widescale evidence linking severe overweight to prolonged inflammation of heart tissue and the subsequent damage leading to failure of the body’s blood-pumping organ.

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