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High-Fiber Diet Linked To Lower Risk Of Death And Chronic Illness
(CNN) — People who eat diets that are high in fiber have lower risk of death and chronic diseases such as stroke or cancer compared with people with low fiber intake, a new analysis found. Dietary fiber includes plant-based carbohydrates such as whole-grain cereal, seeds and some legumes. Fiber’s health benefits have been recorded “by over 100 years of research,” Andrew Reynolds, a researcher at the University of Otago in New Zealand, wrote in an email. He is co-author of the new meta-analysis of existing research, which was published Thursday in the journal The Lancet. The research shows that high...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - January 11, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Health News CNN fiber Local TV Source Type: news

The unexpected benefits of sodium glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) Inhibitors
N Z Med J. 2022 Aug 19;135(1560):99-104.ABSTRACTThe sodium glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor empagliflozin is currently funded in New Zealand for management of patients with type 2 diabetes who have an HbA1c >53mmol/mol and a high cardiovascular (CV) risk. Large clinical trials now provide strong evidence that SGLT2 inhibitors decrease the risk of cardiovascular death, heart failure, progressive kidney dysfunction, myocardial infarction, stroke and gout. Patients with or without diabetes who have a history of heart failure, including those with a preserved left ventricular ejection fraction and patients with ch...
Source: New Zealand Medical Journal - August 24, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Chok G Chan Ralph Stewart Source Type: research