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The big 10: top health news of 2004.
The beauty of compiling an end-of-the-year list of the top 10 of anything--be it college football teams or news stories--is that everybody with an opinion thinks you've gotten it wrong. Which is fine because progress--at least in the West--depends on a process of point versus counter-point.
We selected the following stories--all reported this year in BN--based on how we thought they would affect the most immediate health concerns of the most people. Hence, our picks tend to deal with the basics--heart disease, cancer, anti-aging and the like.
Our selections also show, we believe, that there are no magic health bullets, only progress based on the accumulation of facts. Indeed, that is the scientific method. And so, what we have here are less separate items than one larger story of continued advancement in natural health.
Heart Claim Approved
In a rare move, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expanded the short list of foods that can make "heart-health" claims on their labels.
Already, you may have seen the words "heart healthy" on some "added phytosterols" brands of orange juice, margarine, cheese or rice drink products. If not, you can find sterols--also known as stanols--in supplement form. Sterols compete with cholesterol for absorption, thereby reducing blood levels of cholesterol by as much as 8-15 percent.
When taken with soy, sterols can lower cholesterol by 26 percent.
- New study suggests consumption of red wine helps inhibit heart disease. (News...
- Newspaper article from: Food & Drink Weekly January 7, 2002 700+ words
Red wine may suppress one of the main chemical culprits in heart disease. A new study suggests that non-alcoholic extracts from red wine inhibit the formation of endothelin-1, a chemical...
- Florida State U.: Research shows red wine may lower risk of heart disease.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire January 25, 2007 700+ words
...consuming moderate amounts of red wine, the biggest health benefits...some evidence that drinking red wine may lower mortality risk due to heart disease," Magnuson said. "This...to certain components in red wine such as flavonoids and other...
- Flood of red wine sales is just what doctor ordered. (beneficial effects of red...
- Magazine article from: Baltimore Business Journal Haire, Kevlin C. May 22, 1992 700+ words
...Gluckert, who has seen a 50 percent in red wine case sales over the past six months. Those...60 Minutes" report on Nov. 19 about red wine's preemptive powers against heart disease. Red wine sales shot up after the broadcast and have...
- Red Wine No Better Than Beer or White Wine Against Heart Attack, New Kaiser...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire August 20, 1997 700+ words
...helps protect against heart disease, red wine confers no more protection...lowers the risk of heart disease. Drinking beer or...significant. As for red wine, its no better than...decreased risk of heart disease from moderate drinking...
- Grape Seed Extract Instead of Red Wine?(ActiVin grape seed extract from Dry...
- Magazine article from: Environmental Nutrition September 1, 2001 700+ words
...theory, which credits regular consumption of red wine with a low rate of heart disease. Because red wine is made by fermenting grapes with the seeds...s in Activin may help protect against heart disease lowering cholesterol, keeping blood pressure...
- Scientists Confirm A Glass Or Two of Red Wine Helps Prevent Heart Attacks
- Newspaper article from: Food & Drink Weekly September 4, 1998 700+ words
...alcohol in secondary prevention of coronary heart disease, it appears that red wine can prevent heart disease but once the disease has developed, consuming red wine cannot alleviate it, according to a presentation...
- Scientists Confirm A Glass Or Two of Red Wine Helps Prevent Heart Attacks.
- Newspaper article from: Food & Drink Weekly September 14, 1998 700+ words
...alcohol in secondary prevention of coronary heart disease, it appears that red wine can prevent heart disease but once the disease has developed, consuming red wine cannot alleviate it, according to a presentation...
- Healthy Benefits Of Red Wine Are Now Available In 100 Percent Purple Grape...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire August 3, 2004 700+ words
...moderate consumption of red wine may help lower the risk of heart disease. Not everyone consumes red wine, or would necessarily...reap the benefits of red wine without having to consume...benefit people with heart disease and cancer. The extract...
- Red wine's benefits embodied.(Polyphenols)
- Magazine article from: Chemistry and Industry Evans, Jon December 22, 2008 700+ words
...In recent years, lovers of red wine have raised a toast to the...benefits, including warding off heart disease and cancer. Now non-red wine drinkers can also enjoy these...health-promoting compounds as red wine. Embodi is the brainchild...
- Red wine, white wine, or grape juice? (The Nutrition Detective).(Brief Article)
- Newspaper article from: Women's Health Letter Fuchs, Nan Kathryn February 1, 2002 700+ words
...probably affect our risk for heart disease through various mechanisms...past, I've told you that red wine appears to have more heart...reduce a factor that leads to heart disease called endothelin-1 synthesis. Red wine was seven times more effective...
