The western diet is becoming deadly!
According to a recent study, there are nine major risk factors were found to significantly increase the risk of heart attacks and heart disease: smoking, lipids, hypertension, dietary choice, physical activity, alcohol consumption, diabetes, obesity and psychosocial factors.
A new study has cemented the link between heart attacks and “the Western Diet.” This Western diet is defined as rich in fried foods, salt and meat, and it accounts for 35 per cent of heart attacks. The study also looks diets throughout the world and their effect on health. For example, the “Oriental diet” is high in salt, and therefore - for this and other reasons - a large number of Asian adults suffer from hypertension. The study claims it is diet, and not exercise, that has the greatest effect on incidence of heart attacks. Read more…
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