Whole Grain Cereal Prevents Heart Failure
By admin • Oct 23rd, 2007 • Category: Heart Failure
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Men who include whole grain cereal in their diet, cut the risk of developing heart failure.
A new study found that men who eat whole-grain breakfast cereal on a regular basis are less likely to develop heart failure than those who eat it rarely or never.
Scientists at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Harvard Medical School in Boston studied the link between breakfast cereal consumption and cases of heart failure.
The study involved 21,376 men with an average age of 53.7. Scientists found that men who ate a bowl a day of whole grain cereal had a 28% lower risk of developing heart failure over a 20-year study.
Over the course of the study, 1,018 of the men had heart failure. Most new cases were in the men who ate no whole grain cereals.
This protective effect is most likely related to the fact that whole grain cereals decrease heart disease risk factors, overall.
Wholegrain cereal was defined as one that contained at least 25% oats or bran.
Whole grain foods are also good in preventing related illnesses such as hypertension, myocardial infarction, heart attack, diabetes mellitus and obesity.
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