The results are not a surprise, ... We have come to understand many of the pieces - and they add up to major health benefits. |
There is a huge potential for reducing the major causes of death, from cardiovascular disease and diabetes, ... Diet and Optimal Health: A Progress Report. |
This does very strongly refute the dominant view in the 1990s, that reducing the amount of fat in the diet would spontaneously lead to weight loss. What's happened to the American diet during this low-fat period is, people were given the idea that if they reduced calories from fat, weight would go down. Clearly, that has not happened. |
This was sort of a new experience. |
Treatment doesn't bring back the risk to that of someone without hypertension, ... High blood pressure raises the risk threefold and treatment reduces it by 25 percent. |
We wanted to get parents and voters informed about what was happening to the schools and in the schools, especially in terms of the budget. We want to make sure schools are fairly represented. |
With breast cancer, nothing is straightforward. It makes sense for most people to make their dietary decisions based on what it does for heart disease. That's where the data are most strong. |