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Iron-Rich Foods Raise Heart Attacks for
Diabetics
(NY, Reuters Health, 1/9/07)
Dr. Lu Qi of Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, and
team, tracked 6,161 female participants in the Nurses'
Health Study, all of whom had been diagnosed with type 2
diabetes. When the researchers analyzed data from the
follow-up period from 1980 through 2000, they found a link
between heart disease and high consumption of both heme iron
(from animal sources) and red meat. Subjects who consumed
the lowest amount of heme iron were 50% less likely to
develop heart disease than those with the highest intake.
The association was most pronounced in postmenopausal women.
(Diabetes Care, January 2007) |
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