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DASH eating plan reduces long-term risk of heart attack among African-Americans: Study

The DASH eating plan, known to reduce blood pressure and bad cholesterol, also reduces the 10-year risk of heart attack, especially among African-Americans, according to research reported in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, an American Heart Association journal.

Evening Times

American doctors have revealed a new diet which is supposed to cut the risk of cardiac disease by a fifth if followed daily.

Low-carb diet beats low-fat in study

NEW YORK -- Over the long term, a low-carb diet works just as well as a low-fat diet at taking off the pounds -- and it might be better for your heart, new research suggests.

Diets to your door: Do the latest home-delivery meal packages cut the mustard?

We asked Dr Denise Thomas to analyse eight different home-delivery diet packages, and rate them in terms of their overall healthiness and their ability to help you lose weight.

Gastric bypass only start of woman’s weight loss of more than 200 pounds

The strain showed not just on her face, but on her neck, twin tendons bracketing it like steel rods beneath her skin. She had, well, she had forgotten how many biceps curls she’d done, so she didn’t know how many more she had to do. “Please tell me you were counting,” she told her trainer through clenched teeth.