Whole Grains Lower Risk of Heart Failure Eating these foods and reducing intake of high-fat dairy, eggs improve odds against disease.

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) — Keep eating whole grains and reduce your consumption of eggs and high-fat dairy food to improve your odds against suffering heart failure, a new long-term study shows. The study, which looked at more than 14,000 people over 13 years, found that participants had a 7 percent lower risk of heart failure (HF) per one-serving increase in whole grain consumption. The risk increased by 8 percent per one-serving increase in high-fat dairy intake and by 23 percent per one-serving increase in egg consumption. Other food groups did not appear to directly affect risk of heart failure. The findings were published in the November issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association. “The totality of literature in this area suggests it would be prudent to recommend that those at high risk of HF increase their intake of whole grains and reduce intake of highfat dairy and eggs, along with following other healthful dietary practices consistent with those recommended by the American Heart Association,” article co-author Jennifer A. Nettleton, an assistant professor in the Division of Epidemiology and Disease Control at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston, said in an association news release. More information The American Heart Association has more about heart failure. Copyright © 2008 ScoutNews, LLC. All rights reserved. HealthDayNews articles are derived from various sources and do not reflect federal policy. healthfinder.gov does not endorse opinions, products, or services that may appear in news stories. For more information on health topics in the news, visit Health News on healthfinder.gov. About Us|Accessibility |Privacy Policy|Freedom of Information Act| Disclaimers|Site Map|Contact Ushealthfinder.gov is sponsored by the National Health Information Center Page last updated: Wednesday, December 03, 2008