Anthocyanin and Heart Attacks (Ok Berries)

<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">   </span>In another revi<span style="font-size: large;">ew of the </span><span style="font-size: large;">the </span>Nurses Health Study<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> data</span> (<span style="font-size: large;">i.e., secondary data ana<span style="font-size: large;">lysis), rese<span style="font-size: large;">archers Cassidy et al<span style="font-size: large;">. (2013)</span> found th<span style="font-size: large;">at persons who consumed the most anthocyanins in their diet (f<span style="font-size: large;">rom</span> strawberries and blueberries) <span style="font-size: large;">had the least amount of heart attacks and death from heart disease <span style="font-size: large;">during the 18 years of study.     <span style="font-size: large;"></span>   Only women were <span style="font-size: large;">enrolled and at the start of data collection they were between the ages of 25 <span style="font-size: large;">and 42.  <span style="font-size: large;">In the 18 years that followed, the <span style="font-size: large;">w<span style="font-size: large;">omen who<span style="font-size: large;"> ate the most blu<span style="font-size: large;">eberries and st<span style="font-size: large;">rawbe<span style="font-size: large;">rries (as determine <span style="font-size: large;">by food frequency recalls <span style="font-size: large;">conducted every four years) had the least heart attacks. The research shows a link between eating stra<span style="font-size: large;">wberries and blu<span style="font-size: large;">eberries and a re<span style="font-size: large;">duc<span style="font-size: large;">tio<span style="font-size: large;">n in heart disease in middle a<span style="font-size: large;">ged women.  Of course, it makes sense <span style="font-size: large;">to infer the same protective effect to men<span style="font-size: large;"> and possibly<span style="font-size: large;"> older </span>wo<span style="font-size: large;">men<span style="font-size: large;">.  I say possibly  because it ma<span style="font-size: large;">y take some years of consum<span style="font-size: large;">ption for <span style="font-size: large;">the benefit to kick in.<span style="font-size: large;">  The sooner you start eating blueberries <span style="font-size: large;">and strawberries the better!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">  c<span style="font-size: large;">itation:</span> Ca<span style="font-size: large;">ssidy et al. (2013) See st<span style="font-size: large;">udy <a href="http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/127/2/188.full.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.  It is free on <span style="font-size: large;">line, published in t<span style="font-size: large;">he pe<span style="font-size: large;">er reviewed journal o<span style="font-size: large;">f the <span style="font-size: large;">American Heart Assoc<span style="font-size: large;">iation <i>Circulation</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>

Anthocyanin and Heart Attacks (Ok Berries)

   In another revi ew of the the Nurses Health Study data ( i.e., secondary data ana lysis), rese archers Cassidy et al . (2013) found th...

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