Taking Health A Bit More Seriously

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That was my lunch today: oatmeal with honey and frozen berries from the freezer. Here's a meta-analysis of the health benefits of berries in lowering risk of cardiovascular disease: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4804301/ Here's the abstract: >The effects of berries consumption on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors have not been systematically examined. Here, we aimed to conduct a meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis to estimate the effect of berries consumption on CVD risk factors. PubMed, Embase, and CENTRAL were searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that regarding the effects of berries consumption in either healthy participants or patients with CVD. Twenty-two eligible RCTs representing 1,251 subjects were enrolled. The pooled result showed that berries consumption significantly lowered the low density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol [weighted mean difference (WMD), −0.21 mmol/L; 95% confidence interval (CI), −0.34 to −0.07; P = 0.003], systolic blood pressure (SBP) (WMD, −2.72 mmHg; 95% CI, −5.32 to −0.12; P = 0.04), fasting glucose (WMD, −0.10 mmol/L; 95% CI, −0.17 to −0.03; P = 0.004), body mass index (BMI) (WMD, −0.36 kg/m2; 95% CI, −0.54 to −0.18, P <� 0.00001), Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) (WMD, −0.20%; 95% CI, −0.39 to −0.01; P = 0.04) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) (WMD, −0.99 ρg/mL; 95% CI, −1.96 to −0.02; P = 0.04). However, no significant changes were seen in other markers. The current evidence suggests that berries consumption might be utilized as a possible new effective and safe supplementary option to better prevent and control CVD in humans (emphasis mine). What that analysis of existing studies found is that consuming berries significantly lowered the low density lipoprotein or LDL cholesterol in the blood. That's the flaky type cholesterol molecule that sticks to the walls of arteries thus adding to the thickness of possible plaque there. The disease process is much more complicated than that, though. Based on what I've read, there are many contributing factors apart from the blood lipid profile such as the existence of low-level inflammation promoted by factors such as obesity, for instance. But the blood lipoprotein profile is one of the main factors in the disease process. Oatmeal contains fiber, which also plays a role in lowering LDL cholesterol in the blood apart from many other health benefits, and is generally low in low-quality fats but one downside of it is that it is rich in carbohydrates and tends spike up the blood sugar leaving one hungry after a while. That's something I noticed today afternoon. Maybe it's a good idea to supplement the oatmeal with something like rye bread with tomato and cucumber slices on it to help control the blood sugar. Another idea could be to add extra virgin olive oil into the oatmeal, which is what I'm going to try tomorrow. ---- This post has @hbdstabilizer set as a beneficiary. It will receive 10% of the author rewards of this post. I suggest, though, that you only vote on this post if you would've voted on it anyway. If you want to support @hbdstabilizer, which is an account that buys HIVE with the HBD it receives from the DHF fund in order to implement an upside peg to HBD while translating demand for it into demand for HIVE, you may want to up your voting percentage by a very small amount. Please encourage others to set @hbdstabilizer as a beneficiary.
Originally posted here: https://hive.blog/hive-148441/@markkujantunen/taking-health-a-bit-more-seriously