Fiber from fruits, vegetables, and especially cereals, seems to lower the risk of heart attacks, say researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health.
In 1986, Eric Rimm and colleagues had more than 43,000 male dentists, pharmacists, and other health professionals fill out questionnaires asking how often they ate 131 different foods. By 1992, 734 of the men had suffered heart attacks. Rimm then compared their diets with the diets of the men with healthier hearts.
His findings: Men who ate the most fiber (an average of 29 grams a day) had a 41 percent lower risk of heart attack than men who ate the least fiber (12 grams a day).
Only men who ate the highest levels of fiber had a lower risk of heart attack, they noted. Despite Rimm's best efforts, he couldn't guarantee that it wasn't something else about those health-conscious men that reduced their risk.
Clinical trials that count heart attacks in people who eat high-fiber versus low-fiber cereals would answer the question added Wynder. In the meantime, he says, "fiber in the form of breakfast cereals, fruits, and vegetables should be routinely recommended by physicians for their patients."
by Bonnie Liebman
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0813/is_n3_v23/ai_18164271
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