Word: cholesterol
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Atherosclerosis, a form of arteriosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, is a major cause of the heart disease that claims more than 1,000,000 American lives each year. Most doctors believe that fats like cholesterol are primarily responsible for the gradual arterial buildup of the hard, fibrous deposits that characterize the condition. A University of Washington pathologist offers a startlingly different explanation. Relegating cholesterol to a secondary role in heart disease, Dr. Earl Benditt suggests that atherosclerotic deposits, or plaques, may be derived from a single abnormal cell that multiplies into tumor-like growths...
There was no excess of cholesterol or other fatty substances in the blood. "We tried to keep him on a low-intake diet," Burkley says, "but he wasn't starved on any strict regimen as a true cardiac patient would be, because he was a normal individual during those years." He got some exercise-swimming, walking, an occasional gym workout-and he usually took an afternoon nap. His blood pressure was normal...
...CONTENT of foods must be broken down whenever it is included on a package label. Producers must list the amounts of polyunsaturated, saturated and other fatty acids in their products. Though producers need not list the cholesterol content of food, those who choose to do so must state it both in milligrams per serving and per 100 grams of food...
...Although doctors are still uncertain as to the precise role of cholesterol in heart disease, many urge patients to try, through special dieting, to reduce the amount of the fatlike substance in their blood. That approach, however, may pose another hazard. A group of doctors from U.C.L.A. and the Veterans Administration Wadsworth Hospital in Los Angeles report in the New England Journal of Medicine that people on diets designed to reduce cholesterol levels are more likely to develop gallstones than those who eat normally. The researchers draw their conclusion from autopsy records of patients involved in a VArun trial...
...bottle, one can buy all the necessary accouterments, including a can of grape concentrate, to make a few of the 200 gallons of wine a year that heads of households in the U.S. are allowed to produce without paying taxes. Physicians are prescribing wine to help lower blood cholesterol, ease glaucoma and lessen nervous tension. Some doctors are recommending wine in weight-reducing diets. A 4-oz. glass of red, white or rosé wine contains just under 100 calories. As St. Paul advised Timothy: "Use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities...