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The researchers found that high-fat regimes and sweets increase the risk of developing cardiovascular disease.

In the study were evaluated the eating habits of almost 1300 women who had no cardiovascular disease at the beginning of the investigation and reviewed the thickness of the arterial intima-media layers of the carotid artery. This measure of the carotid artery is a good predictor of preclinical heart disease.

Ls The research found that women who were empty-calorie dietary pattern had a thickness of the intima-media significantly elevated (1.46 mm) compared with women who had healthy dietary patterns for the heart (1.18 mm), a few foods ( 1.22 mm) and high-fat (1.17 mm).

This association remained significant even after controlling for other risk factors like smoking, cholesterol, body mass index and systolic blood pressure (top number when assessing blood pressure)

A diet high in “empty calories” includes foods whose main component is the energy they bring to our body, such as high intake of total and saturated fat, high intake of sugars as desserts, sugary drinks and snacks, low intake of fruits and vegetables and low levels of protective micronutrients.

These findings about dietary patterns should be used to prevent cardiovascular disease.

Physical activity as such has many possibilities and variations. We made from meticulously designed training sessions free of physical exercise, I would point out that the fact that an activity is free, it means no further security parameters at both the cardiovascular, joint, physiological, etc … Any meeting of training and practice any physical activity that is conducted should be commensurate with the physical capacity that we have.

The physical activity outdoor physical activity can encompass many possibilities. From a race for a ride from one city to stroll through a park, a hiking route to a weekend or a bike ride. Read the rest of this entry »