 | |  |
Maybe a Bowl for Dinner, Too
Regular Consumption of whole-grain breakfast cereal cuts the risk of heart failure, according to data on more than 21,000 participants in the Physicians’ Healthy Study, who were followed for almost 20 years. Compared with those who ate no whole-grain cereal, men who had two to six servings per week saw their risk of heart failure, in which the heart progressively loses its ability to pump blood, fall by 21 percent; those who ate seven or more servings reaped a 29 percent reduction in risk. That effect is due, in part, to the high levels of magnesium, potassium, and fiber in those breakfast cereals, said study coauthor Luc Djousse, an associate in epidemiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Fiber increases cells’ sensitivity to insulin, thus reducing the risk of diabetes, while potassium and magnesium lower blood pressure. The study included only men, but there is “no reason at all” that the results shouldn’t apply to women, Djousse said.
  Infinite Health Resources does not at any point, for any circumstances suggest that you do not follow or stop medical advice of your physician. We do not advocate any drugs that has not been prescribed by your physician, nor suggest that we are medical doctors nor are we giving medical advice. Infinite Health Resources is here purely as a resource. |
 | |  |
