From: George Morris <gmorris@ao.net>

Organization: ALPHA

Subject: Re: Fibre intake: Cholesterol lowering diets

 

 

> From: Joe & Anne Lewis <lewis@lava.net>

> Subject: Interesting Article on Chronic Disease; Heart Disease

>

> INTERESTING ARTICLE

> >>I ran across the following article while investigating a new food

> >>supplement;

> >>A recent study done at Harvard University by the of 43,000 males followed

> >>for six years, showed that increasing fiber intake to 30 grams a day

> >>decreased the risk of a heart attack 41% in the study population.

> >>Reference; Rimm EB, Ascherio A, Giovannucci E, Spiegelman D, Stampfer MJ,

> >>Willett WC Vegetable, fruit, and cereal fiber intake and risk of

> >>coronary heart disease among Men Department of Epidemiology, Harvard

> >>School of Public Health, Boston, Mass. 02115, USA. JAMA 1996 Feb

> >>14;275(6):447-51 .

> >>

 

big snip

 

> Fiber supplements made up of various fibers are available on the market today.

>

> Joe Lewis

>

> ******************************************

>

> HIGH CHOLESTEROL--Treat it and LIVE!!

> Heart disease is the #1 killer of adults in the U.S.

 

Take note of these statistics

80% of people who have heart attacks have the same level of cholesterol

as those who did not have a heart attack.

 

60% of heart attack victims have cholesterol in the "normal range"

 

The LDL and HDL concentrations as routinely measured in clinical

laboratories represent the total of all lipoprotein particles of the

cholesterol subclass. These particles differ in size, density, and

composition and have differing involvement in the pathogenesis of

atherosclerosis. Research testing methods are now available as a

research clinical test to determine IDL, LDL and HDL particle mixes.