'Big Fat Fix' Film Challenges Mediterranean Diet

'Big Fat Fix' Film Challenges Mediterranean Diet
An Interview With Cardiologist Aseem Malhotra
Editor's Note:  Cardiologist Aseem Malhotra, MBChB, MRCP, talks about his new documentary The Big Fat Fix, which sent him to Pioppi, Italy, the village where Ancel Keys researched diet and cardiovascular health. A regular contributor to the BMJ and major UK newspapers on the topic of dietary health, Dr Malhotra believes that the demonization of fat let sugar off the hook as the real culprit in the diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease epidemic, and that we need to rethink our approach to exercise. ... Full Text.


This article is an another interesting opinion based on facts and viewed from a different angle. This interview reminds me the Michael Pollan's book In Defense of Food published in 2008: Food – Not Nutrients – Is The Fundamental Unit In Nutrition. (PBS Documentary In Defense of Food in Dec. 2015, PBS Newshour and on YouTube).
Food Insight (2015). 4 Food Rules You Won’t Find in Michael Pollan’s ‘In Defense of Food’

11 Tips to Cut Your Cholesterol Fast

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11 Tips to Cut Your Cholesterol Fast

Source: WebMD By Laura J. Martin, MD

 

1. Set a target.

2. Consider medication.

3. Get moving.

4. Avoid saturated fat.

5. Eat more fiber.

6. Go fish.

7. Drink up.

8. Drink green.

9. Eat nuts.

10. Switch spreads.

11. Don't smoke.

 

Full text here.

 

Journal Article - Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2012 Update from the AHA

Journal Article - Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2012 Update from the AHA

"Each year, the American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and other government agencies, brings together the most up-to-date statistics on heart disease, stroke, other vascular diseases, and their risk factors and presents them in its Heart Disease and Stroke Statistical Update. The Statistical Update is a valuable resource for researchers, clinicians, healthcare policy makers, media professionals, the lay public, and many others who seek the best national data available on disease morbidity and mortality and the risks, quality of care, medical procedures and operations, and costs associated with the management of these diseases in a single document." … 

Full text: here (pdf)

HDL: Keep Aiming High?

On April 25, 2011, the AIM-High study, a trial of high-dose extended-release niacin (Niaspan) added to a statin in 3000 patients with a history of cardiovascular disease, high triglyceride levels, and low levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL), was halted 18 months early because niacin offered no additional benefits over statin alone.[1] When the news was announced on May 26, 2011, the news media had a blast with this "negative" finding. Misinterpretation of the sound bites from this study has caused significant confusion and apprehension among patients and healthcare providers. What are we to make out of this report?

New High-Risk Criteria for CVD in Women

 A JAMA article 

"... a paradigm shift from evidence based to effectiveness based,..."

A Update of American Heart Association Guildeline: Effectiveness-Based Guidelines for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Women—2011 Update

Ankle Brachial Index

Ankle Brachial Index (ABI)
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Ankle Brachial Index Combined With Framingham Risk Score to Predict
Cardiovascular Events and Mortality: A Meta-analysis
Ankle Brachial Index Collaboration
JAMA 2008;300 197-208

http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/300/2/197?etoc