tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235419263414453422.post3238394402735033338..comments2024-02-23T01:30:06.101-08:00Comments on Early Warning: Cardiovascular Disease Burden Around the WorldStuart Stanifordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182839827506265860noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235419263414453422.post-3804888937465650622011-10-14T13:26:01.376-07:002011-10-14T13:26:01.376-07:00Regardless of how these stats are interpreted, the...Regardless of how these stats are interpreted, there is plenty of evidence showing that a diet full of animal-based products, processed foods and high fat foods contributes to heart disease and and variety of other chronic illnesses. There are doctors, including Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn and Dr. Baxter Montgomery, who consistently help patients reverse heart disease, type 2 diabetes and other conditions just by changing to a low fat, plant-based diet. <a href="http://www.drbaxtermontgomery.com/woman-reverses-heart-disease-plant-based-diet/" rel="nofollow">This is just one example</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235419263414453422.post-24134324595434800122011-04-22T06:50:50.597-07:002011-04-22T06:50:50.597-07:00I also wonder to what extent gender inequalities i...I also wonder to what extent gender inequalities in a society lead to these outcomes, particularly inequalities as they were 30 to 40 years ago. When women are considered less valuable and get fewer resources, they carry pregnancies while suffering through lower quality nutrition, which leaves a permanent marker on the fetus's future metabolism to be tuned for starvation conditions in life.<br /><br />If these children get any kind of marginal financial success (or are male and thus valued above their mothers in society), they can be in conditions not similar to the near-starvation level their mothers experienced during pregnancy, and be additionally sensitive to metabolic syndrome, diabetes, and heart disease.<br /><br />Even today, many Indian women are underweight, up to 45% in some areas: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2010/08/indias-deep-north/<br /><br />(remember, the healthiest category tends to be at the medium to high end of what's classified as "normal" or the very low end of what's classified as "overweight")<br /><br />and for evidence this can affect children's metabolism: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9449872?dopt=Abstract<br /><br /><br />I would not be surprised if areas in which mothers may be considered of less value than sons would end up with a metabolism for these boys completely unsuited to the conditions they will experience.jemandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14019113699488108374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235419263414453422.post-81932289942281159712011-04-18T07:27:28.693-07:002011-04-18T07:27:28.693-07:00Recall reading an article reviewing this book:
T...Recall reading an article reviewing this book:<br /><br /><b> The Impact of Inequality: How to Make Sick Societies Healthier </b><br /><br />http://ukpmc.ac.uk/articles/PMC1500967/reload=0;jsessionid=7F66D22F527F6E6EB6064DDE7D7107A0.jvm4<br /><br />Not sure what to think as health stats are way outside my area of understanding and I've found often have highly confusing and confounding results.<br /><br />But it seems from a quick glance at this big, highly aggregate chart, that incomes just high enough for a 'bad' diet along with massively unequal social treatment (stress?) may lead to cardiovascular disease.<br /><br />Wont be a shock if it was true; but I wont try to prove it :-)bordoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691227782664341810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235419263414453422.post-16684009131992441382011-04-17T12:48:30.145-07:002011-04-17T12:48:30.145-07:00Poor Bear the Burden of Rising Heart Disease in Ne...Poor Bear the Burden of Rising Heart Disease in Nepal<br /><br />Southeast Asians suffer heart attacks six years earlier than the rest of the global population. Here, where most can’t afford proper nutrition and health care, new initiatives aim to increase access to cardiac care options. Still, experts say programs can’t keep up with rising rates of heart disease, the region’s leading killer.<br /><br />Read more: http://www.globalpressinstitute.org/global-news/asia/nepal/poor-bear-burden-rising-heart-disease-nepal#ixzz1JoNtfhaUDavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13727736125176735279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235419263414453422.post-76307904608200832202011-04-16T16:27:57.224-07:002011-04-16T16:27:57.224-07:001) What Paul said.
2) Another way to interpret th...1) What Paul said.<br /><br />2) Another way to interpret this is that stress is a major contributor to heart disease. Neither Russia nor India are among the most pleasant places to live in the world today!Mister Robotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08724938709642010624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235419263414453422.post-49466191892333887542011-04-16T13:22:39.437-07:002011-04-16T13:22:39.437-07:00I would also check out Taubes on the subject of th...I would also check out Taubes on the subject of the 'Changing American Diet.' Seems less there than meets the eye.<br /><br />http://books.google.com/books?id=XPJdM9POXGAC&pg=PA10&lpg=PA10&dq=the+changing+american+diet+taubes&source=bl&ots=kBZOZ8R4fA&sig=Mqg4gPrR4L8N9kI9QkzgmpD8wWU&hl=en&ei=qfmpTc7UIpPbiALTytXvDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=the%20changing%20american%20diet%20taubes&f=falseEric Thurstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04184579803784550274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235419263414453422.post-76504830564058667002011-04-15T10:37:49.496-07:002011-04-15T10:37:49.496-07:00Stuart,
The argument is that cholesterol alone is ...Stuart,<br />The argument is that cholesterol alone is not linked to heart disease.<br />Do you dispute this? The data is freely available.<br /><br />Trying to input more variables to make it seem like it does, is what epidemiologists turned statisticians have done and created this massive health destruction.<br /><a href="http://high-fat-nutrition.blogspot.com/2009/02/cholesterol-presentation-between.html" rel="nofollow">Behold the original data</a>. I would keep cholesterol out of this mess.p01https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396562841580952642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235419263414453422.post-65906861165415695232011-04-15T07:52:06.013-07:002011-04-15T07:52:06.013-07:00Paul:
That presentation is a poster-child for how...Paul:<br /><br />That presentation is a poster-child for how not to do statistical inference in a complex multivariate problem. You've got masses of variables (like amount of medical care, genetics, etc, etc) that he's not controlling for in making his argument.Stuart Stanifordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07182839827506265860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235419263414453422.post-82723245649844891052011-04-15T06:31:58.487-07:002011-04-15T06:31:58.487-07:00Cholesterol and Heart Disease.
Follow the money ;)...<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8SSCNaaDcE" rel="nofollow">Cholesterol and Heart Disease</a>.<br />Follow the money ;)<br />Eat like your grandparents did :)<br /><br />Regards,<br />Paulp01https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396562841580952642noreply@blogger.com