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Core Concepts in Health Brief, 9/e

Paul M. Insel, Stanford University, School of Medicine
Walton T. Roth, Stanford University, School of Medicine

Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer

In The News

Dietary Fat: Eat More of the Right Type and Worry Less?
(See the In the News box on p. 265 in your text.)

To determine the percentages of saturated and unsaturated fats in your current diet, complete the http://63.73.158.75/Analyze/option.asp Interactive Health Eating Index.

The http://www.usda.gov/cnpp/Pubs/DG2000/Index.htm 2000 DHHS/USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans provides information about types of fat, as well as the standard general recommendation for fat intake.

The http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/label.html Food and Drug Administration: Food Labeling Page provides information about food labels, including saturated and trans fat content and FDA-approved health claims relating to CVD.

Information about different types of dietary fat and their effects on CVD risk are available from the http://www.americanheart.org American Heart Association (AHA). Some sections of interest on the AHA Web site include the following:

http://www.americanheart.org/catalog/Health_catpage4.html AHA Diet and Nutrition Page

http://www.americanheart.org/dietaryguidelines AHA Dietary Guidelines 2000

http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/100/11/1253 AHA Scientific Advisory on Monounsaturated Fats

http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/98/9/935 AHA Science Advisory on Very Low-Fat Diets

http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/95/11/2588 AHA Science Advisory on Trans Fats

For information on very low-fat diets, visit the following sites:

http://www.ornish.com Dr. Dean Ornish's Web site

http://www.cspinet.org/nah/6_99/heart.htm Center for Science in the Public Interest article on very low-fat diets

For information on syndrome X, glycemic index, and diets relatively high in fat, visit the following sites:

http://www.oldwayspt.org/html/p_med.htm Mediterranean food pyramid

http://www.mendosa.com/gilists.htm Rick Mendosa's Glycemic Index Lists

http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/ECONOMIC/ESN/Carboweb/Carbo.htm United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization: Carbohydrates in Human Nutrition

http://syndromex.stanford.edu Stanford University syndrome X Web site

http://www.diabetes.org/nutrition Nutrition information for people with diabetes from the American Diabetes Association

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