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FISH CONSUMPTION MAY PREVENT HEART DISEASE IN DIABETICS
People with diabetes have a heightened risk of cardiovascular disease.
Fortunately, advising diabetic patients to eat more fish may slash their odds of
developing heart disease.
According to a new report, which followed 5,103 women with type 2 diabetes for
16 years, the more fish a subject ate, the less likely she was to develop
cardiovascular disease. Specifically, compared with participants who ate fish
less than once a month, women who consumed fish 1 to 3 times a month were 30%
less likely to develop heart disease. Those who ate fish 2 to 4 times a week cut
their risk by 36% — and those who ate fish at least 5 times a week lowered their
risk by 64%.
Circulation –March 31, 2003 (Online);107:10000062.
http://circ.ahajournals.org/
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