Higher Whole Grain Intake Linked to Lower Mortality

In preparation for my case ofthe week i ran accoss severay articles on diet that I felt would be of interest to the readers of the Cardiology forum.  i am posting them today. Higher Whole Grain Intake Linked to Lower Mortality By Jenni Whalen from 6 January 2015 NEJM Journal Watch Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH Higher intake of whole grains is associated with reduced overall mortality and especially cardiovascular mortality, according to a JAMA Internal Medicine study. Researchers followed approximately 74,000 women from the Nurses' Health Study from 1984 to 2010, and nearly 44,000 men from the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study from 1986 to 2010. Participants were free of cancer and cardiovascular disease at baseline; they completed dietary questionnaires every 2 to 4 years. After adjustment for confounders (e.g., age, smoking, BMI), higher whole grain intake was associated with lower total mortality (hazard ratio for highest vs. lowest quintile of whole-grain consumption, 0.91). In particular, cardiovascular mortality was reduced — especially with high intake of brans (HR, 0.80). Whole grain intake did not reduce cancer mortality. The authors conclude: "These findings further support current dietary guidelines that recommend increasing whole grain consumption to facilitate primary and secondary prevention of chronic diseases and also provide promising evidence that suggests ... benefits toward extended life expectancy." Link(s): JAMA In...
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