Healthy Lifestyles Can Reduce Your Genetic Risk for Heart Disease and Events

Just because heart disease runs in your family does not mean you will become one of its victims. A healthy lifestyle may cut risk of heart disease events in half. Some of those events include:

• heart attack
• heart bypass surgery
• and heart-related death

This drastic reduction (when incorporating a healthier lifestyle) was apparent regardless of the inherited risk according to studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

The study showed researchers that genetic risk and lifestyle factors contribute independently to cardiovascular disease risk.

What does this mean?

• it means a high genetic risk increases chances for heart disease and events
• an unhealthy lifestyle also increases heart disease risk

The good news here is we can control lifestyle choices enough to cut our genetic risk in half. Scientists evaluated lifestyle risk using four categories:

• avoiding obesity
• following a heart healthy diet
• exercising at least once a week
• no current smoking

They also looked at 50 different genetic variants known to increase heart disease. They found the number of favorable lifestyle habits people had, the more their heart disease risk dropped. When participants met at least three of the four favorable lifestyle categories there was nearly a 50% reduction in risk of heart events.

The study has some limitations. For example, if you have had a heart attack or bypass surgery, you need to be aggressively treated at that point to avoid another heart event. If you are one in this situation, you do not need a genetic test to determine your risk for heart disease and events as the events you have already experienced prove you were a person at risk. However, adopting a heart-healthy lifestyle has shown to reduce risk of a second event. 

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Which Oil Should You Use for Cardiovascular Health?

We read a lot about olive oil being better for the heart than other cooking oils. Is it really better? It is certainly more expensive. Some scientists tell us olive oil is not such a unique oil for cardiovascular health as the data does not actually support this theory. Some data suggests oils higher in polyunsaturated fat such as vegetable oil and corn oil are heart healthy oils. Polyunsaturated fat in substitution of monounsaturated fat is used to replace saturated fat and is considered by some experts to be better for cardiovascular health.

Since the data on which oil is best for cardiovascular health does not support a certain type of oil as BEST for heart health, your choices of oil still depends on personal preference and intended use.

The differences in oils lies within the types of fatty acids that make up the oil. That being said, any non-tropical oil is a good choice from a health standpoint. Canola and soybean oil have an extra health promoting boost of omega-3 fat, as well as other minor components of polyphenols and plant sterols that is associated with cholesterol lowering. Even with the extra boost of omega-3 nutrition, experts say, the extras are not present in significant amounts. What it then boils down to is the overall fat profile of the oil that makes the main difference for health benefits.

You may even hear or read to choose specialty oils. People like things with the word "special" within. These oils might be the avocado, pumpkin seed or walnut. All sounds much better than just plain vegetable oil, yet are more expensive and the flavor may be more enticing, but in reality scientists tell us "there are no unique health benefits" in the specialty oils. The more common oils are less expensive, more heat stable and store longer than specialty oils.

What should you do?

• If you like the more flavorful oils, use them, but don't expect any extra health benefits 
• the most important thing is to use vegetable oils in place of "animal fats" like butter and lard.

source: Tufts University Health Newsletters

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