Prudent diet, longer life
From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, I’m Ira Dreyfuss with HHS HealthBeat. A study indicates that what a woman eats can affect how long she lives. Researchers investigated a Western eating pattern – lots of red and processed meat, French fries, refined grains, and sweets – and a prudent pattern – lots of vegetables, fruit, whole grains, fish, and poultry. Women with a prudent eating pattern had a lower risk of death. Christin Heidemann of the German Institute of Human Nutrition: "Initially healthy women with a high adherence to the prudent pattern had a 17 percent lower long term risk of premature death from all causes, and a 28 percent lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease." (12 seconds) Heidemann says people should focus on prudent – healthy – eating. The study in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association was supported by the National Institutes of Health. Learn more at hhs.gov. HHS HealthBeat is a production of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. I’m Ira Dreyfuss. Last revised: June, 23 2008 | 
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