Unhealthy Diet Increases Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease
According to a study published inBioMed Central’s open access journalNutrition Journal, low carb, high fat diets could be responsible for an increase in unhealthy cholesterol levels in the blood of Swedes.
In Northern Sweden, the incidence of heart disease in the 1970s was higher than any other region in the country. Furthermore, men in this area had some of the highest prevalence of cardiovascular disease in the world.
As a result, in 1985, the Vasterbotton Intervention Program (VIP) was set up in order to reduce fat intake and decrease cholesterol levels by offering diet advice, cooking demonstrations, healthy information, better food labeling, and health examinations and counseling.
In this study, researchers from Umea University, University of Gothenburg, in collaboration with The National Board of Welfare, assessed 25 years worth of data from VIP and combined it with data from the WHO MONICA project which monitors cardiovascular disease risk factors.
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