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What Is The Mediterranean Diet?
Mediterranean Diet Pyramid
Published in last the latest Ticker Tape there is an article on the Mediterranean Diet. But due to printing restriction the Pyramid food template did not show up very well. Please click the link to find out MORE
Lets go back to basics! I thought I would revisit the Mediterranean Diet for this issue of Ticker Tape, after I had a shock reading an article from Patient UK, which I would like to share with you.
‘the Mediterranean Diet Pyramid is currently issued in Greece, where authorities are trying to combat health problems resulting from the commercial introduction of Western Style produce!’
How sad is that!
The Mediterranean Diet has been the gold standard recommendation as part of a healthy lifestyle and in a reduction in Coronary Heart Disease, since studies on hundreds of thousands of people have been performed since the 1980s.
Statins and Diabetes
Statins ‘raise your chance of diabetes’… but the benefits still outweigh risks, say doctors.
Patients taking statins face an increased risk of developing diabetes, warn researchers.
The first review into a suspected link with cholesterol-lowering drugs shows a nine per cent rise in the chance of acquiring one form of the disease.
Cancer blood test hope
Personalised blood tests which could track whether cancer treatment is working or if the disease has come back have been developed by US researchers.
The test identifies tumour DNA “rearrangements” which are specific to the individual patient.
In the future, this “genetic fingerprint” could be used to pick out tiny remnants of a tumour, Science Translational Medicine reports.
Heart patients and swine flu
Following the announcement of a National Flu Service to help relieve pressure on the nation’s health services, Judy O’Sullivan, cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation, said: “There is no evidence that people with heart disease are more likely to catch swine flu than the rest of the population. However, once they’ve got it, their risk of having an acute cardiac event may be increased”.
Insurance for heart patients
The British Heart Foundation strongly recommends that you consult with your GP before purchasing health insurance over the phone or via the internet. The health declarations are in extreme detail and require information of conditions and medications going back years.
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