Re: Lifestyle Changes Can Quickly Reverse Heart Risks

[Guest guest]

Hi Jeff:

And (Pritikin) was saying as much, what, thirty(?) years ago.

Or was it forty?

Pretty soon patients like these are going to find themselves running

short of excuses. But still many of them, perhaps the majority, will

do nothing to help themselves, imo.

There are some things (a lot of things? lol) that I am never going to

be able to understand.

Great study. I am going to send it to my brother!

Rodney.

--- In , " Jeff Novick " <jnovick@p...>

wrote:

>

> Lifestyle Changes Can Quickly Reverse Heart Risks

>

> WEDNESDAY, Jan. 11 (HealthDay News) -- In less than a month,

individuals

> can reverse serious heart disease risk factors by making significant

> lifestyle changes, researchers are reporting.

>

> In an encouraging study conducted on overweight men, researchers

found

> that after three weeks on a high-fiber, low-fat diet and adding up

to 60

> minutes of daily walking, about half of the study participants

reversed

> type 2 diabetes or a constellation of unhealthy risk factors called

the

> " metabolic syndrome. "

>

> " Our study found that when an individual partakes in a fairly

intensive

> diet and exercise lifestyle modification, that significant changes

in

> their health can be noted in a short period of time, " said one of

the

> study's authors, Christian , an assistant researcher in the

> physiological sciences department at the University of California,

Los

> Angeles.

>

> " Most of the population is under the belief that it takes a long

time to

> see improvement. But, we found that we could reverse diabetes and

> metabolic syndrome within three weeks, despite the fact that these

men

> were still obese, " he said.

>

> Results of the study appear in the Jan. 10 online issue of the

Journal

> of Applied Physiology.

>

> " I'm glad that more and more people are getting the message out

that you

> can make a difference with lifestyle changes. Even just 10 pounds of

> weight loss makes a huge difference in blood sugar, blood pressure

and

> your overall well being, " said Dr. Nori, an internist with

> Beaumont Hospital's Weight Control Center in Royal Oak, Mich.

>

> Thirty-one men between the ages of 46 and 76 participated in the new

> study. All of the men were either overweight or obese. All of the

> volunteers had at least one risk factor for metabolic syndrome, and

15

> were diagnosed with metabolic syndrome -- a collection of health

risks

> including excess fat, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and

insulin

> resistance. Thirteen of the men had type 2 diabetes. Several had

neither

> condition.

>

> For three weeks, the men took part in a residential diet and

exercise

> program. Their diet was designed at the Pritikin Longevity Center

and

> included 65 percent to 70 percent complex carbohydrates (fruits,

> vegetables and whole grains), 15 percent to 20 percent protein (soy,

> beans, nuts and occasionally fish and poultry), and 12 percent to 15

> percent fat (less than half from saturated fat).

>

> The study participants were allowed to eat as much as they wanted of

> fruits, vegetables and whole grains, so said they weren't

left

> feeling hungry.

>

> Additionally, the men began exercising 45 to 60 minutes daily on a

> treadmill and did both level and graded walking. said the

men

> walked at a moderate pace, which meant they could talk while

exercising,

> but if they increased the intensity of their workout a little bit,

> talking became difficult.

>

> The men lost about two to three pounds each week of the study, but

they

> still remained overweight or obese at the end of the three-week

period.

>

> The researchers measured blood levels of cholesterol, insulin and

> markers of inflammation both before and after the study. At the

start of

> the study, 48 percent of the men had metabolic syndrome, while at

the

> end just 19 percent still did. Forty-two percent had diabetes at the

> start of the study, but only 23 percent did at the end. The average

LDL,

> or " bad, " cholesterol reading went down 25 percent.

>

> " If you have diabetes or metabolic syndrome, you need to know that

they

> are reversible, and you can improve your heart disease risk profile

> without normalizing your body weight, " said.

>

> Both and Nori said it was the combination of diet and

exercise

> that affected these dramatic changes, and that neither measure

alone is

> as powerful as the two together. And, both said you have to

maintain the

> changes in order to sustain the health benefits.

>

> " People have the power within themselves to make a difference.

Weight

> loss and exercise consistently improve heart disease risk, and this

is

> something you have control over. You have the ability to

dramatically

> improve whatever level you're at, " said Nori.

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Jeff:

And (Pritikin) was saying as much, what, thirty(?) years ago.

Or was it forty?

Pretty soon patients like these are going to find themselves running

short of excuses. But still many of them, perhaps the majority, will

do nothing to help themselves, imo.

There are some things (a lot of things? lol) that I am never going to

be able to understand.

Great study. I am going to send it to my brother!

Rodney.

--- In , " Jeff Novick " <jnovick@p...>

wrote:

>

> Lifestyle Changes Can Quickly Reverse Heart Risks

>

> WEDNESDAY, Jan. 11 (HealthDay News) -- In less than a month,

individuals

> can reverse serious heart disease risk factors by making significant

> lifestyle changes, researchers are reporting.

>

> In an encouraging study conducted on overweight men, researchers

found

> that after three weeks on a high-fiber, low-fat diet and adding up

to 60

> minutes of daily walking, about half of the study participants

reversed

> type 2 diabetes or a constellation of unhealthy risk factors called

the

> " metabolic syndrome. "

>

> " Our study found that when an individual partakes in a fairly

intensive

> diet and exercise lifestyle modification, that significant changes

in

> their health can be noted in a short period of time, " said one of

the

> study's authors, Christian , an assistant researcher in the

> physiological sciences department at the University of California,

Los

> Angeles.

>

> " Most of the population is under the belief that it takes a long

time to

> see improvement. But, we found that we could reverse diabetes and

> metabolic syndrome within three weeks, despite the fact that these

men

> were still obese, " he said.

>

> Results of the study appear in the Jan. 10 online issue of the

Journal

> of Applied Physiology.

>

> " I'm glad that more and more people are getting the message out

that you

> can make a difference with lifestyle changes. Even just 10 pounds of

> weight loss makes a huge difference in blood sugar, blood pressure

and

> your overall well being, " said Dr. Nori, an internist with

> Beaumont Hospital's Weight Control Center in Royal Oak, Mich.

>

> Thirty-one men between the ages of 46 and 76 participated in the new

> study. All of the men were either overweight or obese. All of the

> volunteers had at least one risk factor for metabolic syndrome, and

15

> were diagnosed with metabolic syndrome -- a collection of health

risks

> including excess fat, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and

insulin

> resistance. Thirteen of the men had type 2 diabetes. Several had

neither

> condition.

>

> For three weeks, the men took part in a residential diet and

exercise

> program. Their diet was designed at the Pritikin Longevity Center

and

> included 65 percent to 70 percent complex carbohydrates (fruits,

> vegetables and whole grains), 15 percent to 20 percent protein (soy,

> beans, nuts and occasionally fish and poultry), and 12 percent to 15

> percent fat (less than half from saturated fat).

>

> The study participants were allowed to eat as much as they wanted of

> fruits, vegetables and whole grains, so said they weren't

left

> feeling hungry.

>

> Additionally, the men began exercising 45 to 60 minutes daily on a

> treadmill and did both level and graded walking. said the

men

> walked at a moderate pace, which meant they could talk while

exercising,

> but if they increased the intensity of their workout a little bit,

> talking became difficult.

>

> The men lost about two to three pounds each week of the study, but

they

> still remained overweight or obese at the end of the three-week

period.

>

> The researchers measured blood levels of cholesterol, insulin and

> markers of inflammation both before and after the study. At the

start of

> the study, 48 percent of the men had metabolic syndrome, while at

the

> end just 19 percent still did. Forty-two percent had diabetes at the

> start of the study, but only 23 percent did at the end. The average

LDL,

> or " bad, " cholesterol reading went down 25 percent.

>

> " If you have diabetes or metabolic syndrome, you need to know that

they

> are reversible, and you can improve your heart disease risk profile

> without normalizing your body weight, " said.

>

> Both and Nori said it was the combination of diet and

exercise

> that affected these dramatic changes, and that neither measure

alone is

> as powerful as the two together. And, both said you have to

maintain the

> changes in order to sustain the health benefits.

>

> " People have the power within themselves to make a difference.

Weight

> loss and exercise consistently improve heart disease risk, and this

is

> something you have control over. You have the ability to

dramatically

> improve whatever level you're at, " said Nori.

>