Category Archives: Cardiovascular Disease

Cholesterol Lowering Foods: Tree Nuts

Posted on August 25, 2017 by Robert Barrington

Research has identified a number of foods that have the potential to favourably modify plasma cholesterol levels. One group of foods that has consistently shown this ability is the tree nuts. The efficacy of tree nuts to favourably modify plasma … Continue reading →

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How Much Fish Oil For Cardioprotection

Posted on August 19, 2017 by Robert Barrington
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Flavonoid Supplements in Healthy Individuals: Law Of Diminishing Returns

Posted on August 18, 2017 by Robert Barrington

Flavonoids are polyphenolic compounds found in fruits and vegetables. Evidence suggests that consumption of polyphenols is beneficial to the health. Polyphenols are bioavailable and can be detected in human and other animal tissue, where they may exert antioxidant effects. However, … Continue reading →

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Why Is It Hard To Link Saturated Fat To Disease?

Posted on August 6, 2017 by Robert Barrington
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The Omega-3 to Omega-6 Ratio: Cardioprotection

Posted on July 18, 2017 by Robert Barrington

Humans require two fatty acids to be present in their diet. These fatty acids, alpha linolenic acid (ALA, C18:3 (n-3)) and linoleic acid (LA, C18:2 (n-6)) belong to the omega-3 and omega-6 family of polyunsaturated fatty acids, respectively. A daily … Continue reading →

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Go Nuts: Almonds for Cardioprotection

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Robert Barrington

True tree nuts (note peanuts are legumes) have been shown to have a number of health benefits when consumed regularly. In particular, nuts are a rich source of antioxidant nutrients, and these are concentrated in the nuts to protect the … Continue reading →

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Soft Drink: The Hypertension Ticking Time Bomb?

Posted on July 10, 2017 by Robert Barrington

Evidence is accumulating in the nutritional literature to show that sugar sweetened soft drinks are detrimental to the health. In particular, soft drink provide too much refined sugar (often sucrose or high fructose corn syrup) in too short a time … Continue reading →

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The Seafood Diet

Posted on June 27, 2017 by Robert Barrington

Fish and other seafoods are a good source of nutrients. In particular, cold water fish contain high concentrations of long chain fatty acids, including eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, C20:5 (n-3)) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, C22:6 (n-3)). These fatty acids are important … Continue reading →

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Cheese and Meat Versus Carbohydrate: Cardiovascular Disease

Posted on June 26, 2017 by Robert Barrington

The vox populi suggests that meat and dairy containing saturated fat are detrimental to the cardiovascular system. This belief is not however supported by sound repeatable science, although many erroneous conclusions from flawed studies have fuelled this speculation. The propagandisation … Continue reading →

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More on Olive Oil Polyphenols

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Robert Barrington

A reasonably large body of research has been published on the effects of olive oil. Olive oil research has shown that certain cardioprotective effects are conferred to those who regularly consume olive oil. It was originally hypothesised that this was … Continue reading →

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