Moderate coffee consumption linked to lower risk of clogged arteries

Researchers have found that people who drink between three and five cups of coffee a day have the lowest prevalence of clogged arteries.

March 3, 2015 · by  · in Nutritional News · Tags: , ,

Moderate coffee consumption linked to lower risk of clogged arteries

Researchers have found that people who drink between three and five cups of coffee a day have the lowest prevalence of clogged arteries.

Carrying extra weight could be healthier for older people

Older people with a BMI (body mass index) in the overweight range live longer, according to the results of a new study. Deakin University’s professor of nutrition and ageing, Caryl Nowson, led a research team that looked at the relationship between BMI and risk of death in people aged 65 years and older.

Link Between Low Vitamin D Levels And Pneumonia Risk

A University of Eastern Finland study showed that low serum vitamin D levels are a risk factor for pneumonia. The risk of contracting pneumonia was more than 2.5 times greater in subjects with the lowest vitamin D levels than in subjects with high vitamin D levels. The results were published in Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health…

Vitamin D Deficiency Common In Cancer Patients

More than three-quarters of cancer patients have insufficient levels of vitamin D (25-hydroxy-vitamin D) and the lowest levels are associated with more advanced cancer, according to a study presented on October 2, 2011, at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)…

Low And High Vitamin D Levels In Older Women Associated With Increased Likelihood Of Frailty

A recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM) found that lower and higher vitamin D levels were associated with an increased likelihood of frailty in older women.