A study published in Heart looks at a Mediterranean diet and cardiovascular disease in women.   Prof George Davey Smith … read more

A study published in Frontiers in Nutrition looks at raw and cooked vegetable consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease.   … read more

A study published in PLOS Medicine looks at egg and cholesterol consumption, and mortality from cardiovascular and different causes in … read more

Research, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, reports that diary modified to be lower in saturated fats is … read more

Research, published in Annals of Internal Medicine, reports that few nutritional supplements or dietary interventions offer protection against cardiovascular disease or … read more

Two studies published by The BMJ demonstrate positive associations between consumption of highly processed foods and risk of cardiovascular disease … read more

Reactions to a study published in JAMA which demonstrates that higher consumption of dietary cholesterol or eggs was significantly associated … read more

Two studies published in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) demonstrate that supplementation with n-3 fatty acids and vitamin D did not result in lower incidences of invasive cancer or cardiovascular events when compared with placebos. read more

A study published in The Lancet that shows dairy consumption is associated with a lower risk of mortality and major cardiovascular disease events in a multinational cohort. read more

Researchers, publishing in BMC Medicine, looked at alcohol consumption and risk of heart disease. They reported that unstable drinking patterns were associated with higher risk of heart disease than consistent alcohol consumption within the recommended guidelines. read more

A new review, published in the Cochrane Library, looks at omega-3 fatty acids for the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. read more

An opinion piece published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine has argued that the Eatwell Plate, which is based on the government’s dietary advice, does not serve public health. read more

Publishing in The Lancet, a group of researchers have reported that high sodium intake is associated with an increased risk in cardiovascular events and death in hypertensive populations but not in normotensive populations. read more

The effect of consumption of various kinds of cooked potatoes is the subject of a paper published in The BMJ in which the authors report that higher consumption was associated with an increased risk of developing high blood pressure. read more

Publishing in the European Heart Journal, a group of researchers have examined the effect of diet on patients with coronary heart disease and report that greater consumption of healthy foods (such as in a typical Mediterranean diet) may be more important than avoidance of unhealthy foods (such as in a typical Western diet) for prevention of further instances of heart disease. read more

Publishing in the European Heart Journal a group of researchers have described their work examining a possible link between trans fatty acids and mortality, reporting that naturally occuring trans fats were associated with reduced risk of death while no increased risk was seen with industrially produced trans fats. read more

The authors of an editorial appearing in Open Heart are calling for an end to ‘calorie counting’, instead suggesting a shift towards shaping the diet around the nutritional value of foods in order to reduce risk of cardiovascular disea read more

Exactly how much of different types of nutrients should be part of our diets is the focus of much research, advice and controversy. Publishing in the BMJ, a group has investigated the effects of saturated and unsaturated fats and they report that total trans unsaturated fat intake was associated with increased mortality and death from coronary heart disease, while this was not the case for saturated fats. read more

Researchers have published a review in the journal Open Heart, into the evidence around dietary fat, cholesterol and coronary heart disease published before 1983. They conclude that based on the studies which they analysed, dietary recommendations which were introduced in the UK in 1983 were not supported by the evidence. read more

Researchers publishing in BMJ Open report the 15% fall in dietary salt intake over the past decade in England is likely to have had a key role in the 40% drop in deaths from heart disease and stroke over the same period. read more