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Recent News and Articles on the Keywords: heart disease + folate levels + folate  Related to the article below (Last Update: 7/8/2008)

Homocysteine Levels, Paraoxonase 1 (PON1) Activity, and ...
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription), IL -
... heart disease is consistent with such function. 3 Homocysteine and associated HcyTL levels can be reduced by over-the-counter B vitamins, folate, ...
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Natural News.com
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Natural News.com, AZ - Jun 30, 2008
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Some Seek Guidelines to Reflect Vitamin D's Benefits
Washington Post, United States - Jul 3, 2008
Studies of other nutrients, such as Vitamin E, beta carotene and folate, have previously produced similarly promising findings only to turn out to be ...
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Gawker, NY - Jul 1, 2008
Studies have shown that vitamin B12, folate, vitamin C, L-arginine, resveratrol, anti-oxidant therapy and fish oil improves endothelial function. ...
Extra Folic Acid May Help Memory
Online - International News Network, Pakistan - Jun 21, 2008
Previous studies have shown that people with low folate levels in their blood are more at risk for both heart disease and diminished cognitive function. ...

HealthNewsDigest.com
Legumes, a Powerhouse Food!
HealthNewsDigest.com, NY - Jun 22, 2008
Legumes contain folate. Folate is a very important B vitamin that helps to lower Homocysteine levels in our blood, a risk factor for heart disease. ...

The Sun
it pays to keep ?em peeled
The Sun, UK - Jun 11, 2008
HEART DISEASE: Studies also show that herperidin lowers cholesterol levels ? a key factor in coronary heart disease. Oranges are rich in folate, ...

PRESS TV
Folic acid cuts diabetic heart disease
PRESS TV, Iran - Jun 15, 2008
Folic acid also known as folate, is found in small amounts in many foods including broccoli, Brussels sprouts, asparagus, peas, chickpeas and brown rice.

Sydney Morning Herald
Spinach holds hope for diabetics
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - Jun 11, 2008
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Folate and Vitamin B6 From Diet and Supplements in Relation to Risk of Coronary Heart Disease Among … -
EB Rimm, WC Willett, FB Hu, L Sampson, GA Colditz, … - JAMA, 1998 - Am Med Assoc
... recommended dietary allowance (RDA) with folate alone, 4 ... Because of evidence that
this level of intake ... defects, and possibly coronary heart disease (CHD), some ...

Serum folate and risk of fatal coronary heart disease -
HI Morrison, D Schaubel, M Desmeules, DT Wigle - JAMA, 1996 - Am Med Assoc
... indicate that low serum folate levels are associated ... Serum folate and homocysteine
and the incidence of ... events: the Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease Risk Factor ...

Relation Between Folate Status, a Common Mutation in Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase, and Plasma … -
PF Jacques, AG Bostom, RR Williams, RC Ellison, JH … - Circulation, 1996 - Am Heart Assoc
... genetic risk factor for vascular disease: a common ... initial results from the NHLBI
Family Heart Study ... V. Spustova, and A. Collins Folate levels determine effect ...

… B6 Concentrations Risk Factors for Stroke, Peripheral Vascular Disease, and Coronary Artery Disease -
K Robinson, K Arheart, H Refsum, L Brattstrom, G … - Circulation, 1998 - Am Heart Assoc
... B, Andersson A, Hultberg B. Homocysteine and cysteine: determinants of plasma levels
in middle ... Serum folate and risk of fatal coronary heart disease. JAMA. ...

Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase Polymorphism, Plasma Folate, Homocysteine, and Risk of … -
J Ma, MJ Stampfer, CH Hennekens, P Frosst, J … - Circulation, 1996 - Am Heart Assoc
... total homocyst(e)ine and coronary heart disease. ... in daily practice: levels in coronary
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Homocysteine and Ischemic Heart Disease Results of a Prospective Study With Implications Regarding … -
NJ Wald, HC Watt, MR Law, DG Weir, J McPartlin, JM … - Archives of Internal Medicine, 1998 - Am Med Assoc
... Plasma homocyst(e)ine levels in men ... and hypercholesterolemia in angiographically
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MTHFR 677C??? T Polymorphism and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease A Meta-analysis -
M Klerk, P Verhoef, R Clarke, HJ Blom, FJ Kok, EG … - JAMA, 2002 - Am Med Assoc
... 95% CI, 1.04-1.17) lower risk of ischemic heart disease. ... issue of whether high
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Preventing Coronary Heart Disease B Vitamins and Homocysteine -
GS Omenn, SAA Beresford, AG Motulsky - Circulation, 1998 - Am Heart Assoc
... in the presence of suboptimal folate nutrition, tend ... 2029 patients with coronary
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… an Excess Incidence of Acute Coronary Events The Kuopio Ischemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study -
S Voutilainen, TH Rissanen, J Virtanen, TA Lakka, … - Circulation, 2001 - Am Heart Assoc
... Split sample analysis of serum folate levels after 18 days in frozen ... Relationship
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Homocyst (e) ine and Cardiovascular Disease: A Critical Review of the Epidemiologic Evidence -
JW Eikelboom, E Lonn, J Genest Jr, G Hankey, S … - Annals of Internal Medicine, 1999 - annals.highwire.org
... nontoxic therapy with folate and vitamins B 6 ... the terms coronary heart disease,
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Lack of folate, carotenoids raising heart disease levels in CEE

Diets low in foods containing folate and carotenoids may be a major contributing factor to the high rate of heart disease in Central and Eastern Europe, say researchers.
 
A dramatic increase in heart disease in this region is responsible for the strong decline in life expectancy in many newly independent states in Central and Eastern Europe, writes the team from the US-based Oregon Health and Science University in this month's issue of the Journal of American Dietetic Association (vol 104, issue 12, pp1793-9).

But traditional risk factors like smoking, obesity and high dietary saturated fat do not explain this escalation.

Using data from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, the researchers assessed food consumption in 19 different countries grouped into four regions based on their cultural patterns - Central and Eastern Europe, Western Europe and the US, Mediterranean countries and Asia.

Death from heart disease in the CEE countries - Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania and the Russian Federation - was six to seven times higher than in Japan, three to four times higher than in the Mediterranean countries, like France, Spain and Greece, and one and a half times higher than Western Europe.

Backward elimination multiple regression analysis was used to identify independent predictors of mortality. Intake of folate, fibre and omega-6 and -3 fatty acids played a major role in the variation in coronary mortality, shows the study, but folate played the greatest role.

A lack of the B vitamin has been linked to raised levels of the heart disease risk marker homocysteine.

Folate was however intercorrelated with the carotenoids lutein/zeaxanthin and beta-carotene. "All three nutrients tend to be present in the same foods derived from plants; they could even play a synergistic role in the protection against heart disease," note the researchers.

The findings confirm the significant opportunity for the supplements and functional food industry in the emerging Central and East European markets.

Indeed the researchers point to the 'unique situation' of Poland in this region - it has low coronary mortality and high intake of folate and other protective nutrients. This suggests that an increase in such foods in other countries could prove beneficial.

While heart disease cannot be explained solely by diet, it may have had a significant impact on lives already, according to the scientists.

"The terrible toll from sudden death that is particularly striking in men aged 30 to 50 years [in Central and Eastern Europe] is likely the result of a combination of factors.”

“Still, the diets in these countries that are high in pathogenic dietary factors and low in protective dietary factors, especially folate and carotenoids, may help explain the very high death rate from coronary disease in both men and women in Central and Eastern Europe."

 
 
 
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