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Regularly eating fried food is linked with a heightened risk of death from any cause and heart-related death, among postmenopausal women, finds a US study in The BMJ today.
Foods such as fried chicken and fried fish/shellfish were associated with a higher risk of heart-related death, particularly among younger women in the study (aged 50-65 years old).
The researchers suggest that reducing consumption of fried foods, especially fried chicken and fried fish/shellfish, could have a positive public health impact.
Up to a third of North American adults have fast-food every day, and previous studies have suggested that a greater intake of fried food is associated with a higher risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
But evidence about the risk of death linked with eating fried foods is limited and subject to much debate.
So to address this, US researchers investigated the association of eating fried food with death from any cause, and in particular heart and cancer-related death.
[...] After taking account of potentially influential factors such as lifestyle, overall diet quality, education level and income, the researchers found that regularly eating fried foods was associated with a heightened risk of death from any cause and, specifically, heart-related death: those who ate one or more servings a day had an 8% higher risk compared with those who did not eat fried food.
[...] But the researchers found no evidence that eating fried food was associated with cancer-related death.
[...] But the authors highlight the large size and diversity of the study sample, and say that "we have identified a risk factor for cardiovascular mortality that is readily modifiable by lifestyle."
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Wednesday January 30 2019, @01:45PM (1 child)
My mother watches TV - mostly Fox News - 23/7 and is _very_ fearful. For example, she _only_ uses banks with drive-up tellers, and she _never_ sets foot inside.
Whereas I listen to music, I never watch TV. Sometimes I go to movie theaters but not a whole lot.
I like to take my lunch breaks by roaming all over Portland at three in the morning, seeking out the crazies that I might bring some light into their lives. I learned the hard way that that does _not_ work for Meth Paranoia but even so I still seek out crazies.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 30 2019, @05:14PM
Perhaps you can help us people just casually checking the headlines and comments, and further relate how what you stated is somehow tied to your mother's fearful paranoia and fried meth consumption.