Cardiovascular Disease Quotes

• Seeds and nuts are indispensable for cardiovascular health. The protective properties of nuts against coronary heart disease were first recognized in the early 1990s, and a strong body of literature has followed, confirming these original findings.

  Joel Fuhrman

  Strong, Heart, Nuts

  "Heart Health: How You Can Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease" by Joel Fuhrman, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 17, 2010.

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• The abundance of cheap food with low nutritional value in the Western diet has wreaked havoc on our health; in America, one third of children and two thirds of adults are overweight or obese and are more likely to develop diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

  Ellen Gustafson

  Children, Two, America

  "Solving the world's hunger and obesity crises together" by Ellen Gustafson, www.cnn.com. August 10, 2010.

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• Cardiovascular disease is a major complication of diabetes.

  Antonio Gotto

  Disease, Complication, Majors

  Source: www.nytimes.com

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• Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in women

  Gro Harlem Brundtland

  Causes, Disease, Wellness

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• The dangers of eating animal products occur after the age of reproduction. If people developed cardiovascular disease that was fatal by the age of twelve or thirteen, eating animals would have died out long ago. You get it after you've already reproduced.

  Neal Barnard

  Animal, Long Ago, People

  Source: therumpus.net

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• According to a new study, women in satisfying marriages are less likely to develop cardiovascular diseases than unmarried women. So don't worry, lonely women, you'll be dead soon.

  Tina Fey

  Lonely, Funny Marriage, Worry

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• I dont often meet people who want to suffer cardiovascular disease or whatever, and we get those things as a result of the lifelong accumulation of various types of molecular and cellular damage.

  Aubrey de Grey

  People, Suffering, Disease

  "Aubrey de Grey: We don't have to get sick as we get older". Interview with Caspar Llewellyn Smith, www.theguardian.com. July 31, 2010.

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• I'm thinking of people in rural Japan and China, where McDonald's hasn't yet arrived. These are the thinnest, healthiest, longest-lived people with the least risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

  Neal Barnard

  Thinking, Mcdonalds, Japan

  Source: therumpus.net

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