摘要：The pioneering observations in Greenland Eskimos suggest that high intakes of n–。3 fatty acids from fish and sea mammals prevent cardiovascular disease。 This is in contrast with the high freq...

摘要：At a time when low-carbohydrate diets are increasingly popular and the obesity epidemic is being blamed more on carbohydrates than on calories, the article by Gerhard et al (1) in this issue of the...

摘要：ABSTRACTPublic health recommendations for the US population in 1977 were to reduce fat intake to as low as 30% of calories to lower the incidence of coronary artery disease。 These recommendations ...

摘要：Objective: In this prospective cohort study, we tested the hypothesis that regular wine drinking reduces the hypertension-related risk of death。 Results: In a Cox model adjusted for 6 confounding ...

摘要：ABSTRACTBackground: In previous studies, dietary patterns were derived in different populations without regard to a specific outcome。 Objective: The objective was to apply a new statistical method...

摘要：Objectives: We explored the effects of a high-fat, high-cholesterol (HFHC) diet on vascular responses in baboons and the potential response-attenuating effects of vitamin E and coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10)...

摘要：ABSTRACTBackground: An important therapeutic goal for patients with type 2 diabetes is weight loss, which improves metabolic abnormalities。 Ad libitum low-fat diets cause weight loss in nondiabeti...

摘要：Taisun H Hyun, Elizabeth Barrett-Connor and David B Milne1 From the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego (THH and EB-C), and the US ...

摘要：in kg/m2) cutoff for Chinese in Taiwan as a risk factor for various obesity-related metabolic disorders。 They proposed a BMI of slightly below 24 for Taiwan Chinese (1)。 This is very similar to t...

摘要：twKatherine M FlegalCenters for Disease Control and Prevention Hyattsville, MD 20782Dear Sir:We appreciate Dr Cheng‘s letter。 He echoes our point (1) that there may be a need to set lower body ma...

摘要：netDear Sir:In a recent issue of the Journal, Saavedra et al (1) reported on the safety and potential benefits resulting from the addition of the live probiotic bacteria Bifidobacterium lactis and ...

摘要：Jose M Saavedra, Adel Abi-Hanna, Nancy Moore and Robert YolkenJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine 600 North Wolfe Street Brady 320 Baltimore, MD 21287 E-mail: saavedramail{at}earthlink。net...

摘要：The results have been somewhat variable, however, most likely due to differences in the dosages and forms of the vitamin E supplements evaluated。 Although it is recommended that vitamin E suppleme...

摘要：eduCarolyn Good and Eric GuggerBell Institute of Health and Nutrition General Mills Inc Minneapolis, MN 55427Dear Sir:Landvik states that “results [of vitamin E studies] have been somewhat variabl...