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Home / News / Nutritional awareness can stave off heart disease

Nutritional awareness can stave off heart disease


19 September 2007 17:32:10



Researchers at Penn State University have found that people who display a high level of 'eating competence' are more likely to be successful at lowering their counts of LDL, the so-called 'bad cholesterol' associated with heart disease.

The news could prove particularly interesting for those people consider life insurance or critical illness cover - both essential things in today's climate of heart disease risks.

Scientists studied 48 men and women aged 21 to 70 who were deemed to be at high risk of cardiovascular disease because of their high LDL levels.

"We wanted to see if people were at higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease if they were not 'eating competent' to begin with," said Barbara Lohse, associate professor of nutritional sciences at the university.

'Eating competence' refers to a nutritional model that matches the body's ability to maintain a suitable Body Mass Index level with subjective indicators such as hunger awareness, apetite and eating enjoyment.

By combining responses from a questionnaire with various medical readings the researchers found that participants who were not 'eating competent' were five times as likely as the others to have LDL levels above the prescribed cut-off point.

Dr Lohse said the results illustrated the potential benefits of a 'nutritional curriculum' that could help people improve their eating habits and so slower their chances of contracting potentially life-threatening heart disease.ADNFCR-980-ID-18286708-ADNFCR
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