The Heart of Mersey cardiovascular disease prevention programme in the UK Launched in 2003, following a visit to Finland, the Heart of Mersey (HoM) cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention programme aims to improve the health of the local population through structural changes at regional, national and European level.(1) Based on the evidence (ie raised blood cholesterol and blood pressure, and t...

The association of blood pressure with reported intake of salt, saturated fats, and alcohol was studied in a sample of 8479 subjects based on a cross sectional survey in a population aged 30 to 64 years. A consistent association was found between the mean arterial pressure and the intake of alcohol (p less than 0.001) and saturated fats (p less than 0.01). There was also a weak association betw...

I n human health and nutrition, the concept of good fats and bad fats is typically used, especially with respect to dietary risk factors for coronary artery diseases and stroke. This concept originated with the notion that there are 2 forms of cholesterol that, for the sake of simplicity, have been referred to as good and bad. The concept has now been extended to include other dietary fats that...

What is inherently present in the ?good versus bad? discussion, though, is that while there are some similar components, fats aren?t created or behave in the same way. For instance, all fats have the same amount of calories, but they vary in their chemical compositions and effects on health. Saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated are found naturally and some trans fats are chemically-p...

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading global cause of death, accounting for 17.3 million deaths per year. Preventive treatment that reduces CVD by even a small percentage can substantially reduce, nationally and globally, the number of people who develop CVD and the costs of caring for them. This American Heart Association presidential advisory on dietary fats and CVD reviews and discusse...

What is inherently present in the ?good versus bad? discussion, though, is that while there are some similar components, fats aren?t created or behave in the same way. For instance, all fats have the same amount of calories, but they vary in their chemical compositions and effects on health. Saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated are found naturally and some trans fats are chemically-p...

What is inherently present in the ?good versus bad? discussion, though, is that while there are some similar components, fats aren?t created or behave in the same way. For instance, all fats have the same amount of calories, but they vary in their chemical compositions and effects on health. Saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated are found naturally and some trans fats are chemically-p...