The Telegraph : declared in Specialists under fire for dismissing saturated fat link to heart disease

Three specialists argued that eating "real food", taking exercise and reducing stress are better ways to stave off heart disease than cutting out dietary saturated fat. Heart experts have been criticised for claiming it is "plain wrong" to believe that saturated fat clogs up arteries. Writing in a respected journal, they maintained that inflammation is the chief threat to arteries and there is little evidence linking saturated fat consumption with heart disease, diabetes and premature death. The authors, led by Dr Aseem Malhotra, from Lister Hospital, Stevenage, wrote: "Despite popular belief among doctors and the public, the conceptual model of dietary saturated fat clogging a pipe is just plain wrong." But the editorial, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, attracted scathing criticism for being "simplistic", "muddled" and "misleading".

As government delays pollution plan, study shows how killer nanoparticles cause heart disease

There is no doubt that air pollution is a killer, and this study brings us a step closer to solving the mystery of how air pollution damages our cardiovascular health. Meanwhile government delays publication of air pollution planThe news of the link between air pollution and heart disease has been released just as the UK government has been ordered back to the High Court in London tomorrow at 10.30 am to explain its refusal to publish its long-overdue Air Pollution Strategy. 'Government must put forward bold measures'Cardiovascular disease - the main forms of which are coronary heart disease and stroke - accounts for 80% of all premature deaths from air pollution. How pollution reaches the heart and blood vesselsAround the world, air pollution is responsible for millions of deaths from heart attack and stroke each year. "While data is still relatively sparse, a number of studies suggest that pulmonary exposure to a range of different inhaled nanoparticles may promote cardiovascular disease.


The nanoparticles tend to build-up in diseased blood vessels where they could worsen coronary heart disease – the cause of a heart attack. The findings build on previous studies that have found tiny particles in air pollution are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease - but experts previously had no idea why. Heart attack and stroke risk could be increased by inhaling nanoparticles – like those released from vehicle exhausts – which can work their way through the lungs and into the bloodstream. However, this research shows for the first time that inhaled nanoparticles can gain access to the blood. It is not currently possible to measure environmental nanoparticles in the blood, so experts, part funded by the British Heart Foundation - have tracked the fate of harmless gold nanoparticles breathed in by volunteers.


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