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Coffee, chocolate and wine not good for the heart!
Damn - I knew it was too good to be true - after recent claims that coffee, wine and even chocolate might be good for the heart, comes this, from the The Heart Foundation:
They have just finished a 10 year review, and say the benefits of dark chocolate, coffee and red wine had been overstated: ''The evidence is just not there in terms of prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease,'' said Susan Anderson, The Heart Foundation's national director of healthy weight.
It turns out that the best sources of antioxidants - nutrients that are easily absorbed and protect cells from damage by free-radicals (known to cause degenerative diseases and cancers) - are fruit, vegetables, grains, legumes and green or black tea. Even antioxidant supplements such as vitamins E and C failed to get the Heart Foundation's tick of approval following the literature review. The findings will be circulated among doctors, nutritionists and other health professionals to pass on to patients.
''We're concerned about people thinking that in having red wine or dark chocolate that they are actually doing something to treat or prevent cardiovascular disease when the evidence doesn't support that,'' Ms Anderson said.
The review found that while raw cocoa contained high levels of antioxidants, once it was refined for baking, drinking and use in confectionary the antioxidants were lost.
Meanwhile, when it comes to coffee it's not what is lost but what remains at the point of consumption that has the Heart Foundation speaking out. Coffee contains a naturally occurring oil which raises the ''bad'' LDL cholesterol. This is removed with paper and metal filtering and in instant coffee, but remains in boiled coffees such as Turkish and Greek-style brews.
''If you make coffee with a plunger or if you're boiling it on a stove top, then it will still contain the oil and that will raise the LDL cholesterol,'' Ms Anderson said. ''So for people who consume a few coffees a day, that's quite important.''
They have just finished a 10 year review, and say the benefits of dark chocolate, coffee and red wine had been overstated: ''The evidence is just not there in terms of prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease,'' said Susan Anderson, The Heart Foundation's national director of healthy weight.
It turns out that the best sources of antioxidants - nutrients that are easily absorbed and protect cells from damage by free-radicals (known to cause degenerative diseases and cancers) - are fruit, vegetables, grains, legumes and green or black tea. Even antioxidant supplements such as vitamins E and C failed to get the Heart Foundation's tick of approval following the literature review. The findings will be circulated among doctors, nutritionists and other health professionals to pass on to patients.
''We're concerned about people thinking that in having red wine or dark chocolate that they are actually doing something to treat or prevent cardiovascular disease when the evidence doesn't support that,'' Ms Anderson said.
The review found that while raw cocoa contained high levels of antioxidants, once it was refined for baking, drinking and use in confectionary the antioxidants were lost.
Meanwhile, when it comes to coffee it's not what is lost but what remains at the point of consumption that has the Heart Foundation speaking out. Coffee contains a naturally occurring oil which raises the ''bad'' LDL cholesterol. This is removed with paper and metal filtering and in instant coffee, but remains in boiled coffees such as Turkish and Greek-style brews.
''If you make coffee with a plunger or if you're boiling it on a stove top, then it will still contain the oil and that will raise the LDL cholesterol,'' Ms Anderson said. ''So for people who consume a few coffees a day, that's quite important.''
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