Show 1083: Should You Be Worried About Salt or Sat Fat for Your Heart?

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Kids & Family, Alternative Health

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2017

⏱️ 58 minutes

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You’ve probably heard that lifestyle is the most important factor in keeping your heart healthy. Don’t smoke, exercise, and eat right seem simple. But what does it really mean to eat right? Should you be avoiding sat fat? How Big a Problem Is Sat Fat? Experts have been telling us for decades that we must […]

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Joe Graydon.
0:02.8	I'm Terry Graydon.
0:04.3	Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy, where we bring you the stories behind the health headlines.
0:10.6	This podcast is brought to you by Redux Industries, makers of utterly smooth body cream.
0:16.5	800-345-7339 on the web at utter cream.com.
0:30.9	You've heard for years that saturated fat clogs coronary arteries.
0:35.7	That belief contributed to the low-fat food craze, but it's wrong.
0:40.1	This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Graydon.
0:48.3	Three prominent cardiologists have written that saturated fat does not clog the arteries.
0:56.2	Coronary heart disease is a chronic inflammatory condition, the risk of which can be effectively reduced from healthy lifestyle interventions.
1:04.4	What does that mean for you?
1:06.4	Another pillar of dietary advice is to shun the salt shaker.
1:10.5	The American Heart Association thinks we should all be reducing our sodium intake. Another pillar of dietary advice is to shun the salt shaker.
1:17.2	The American Heart Association thinks we should all be reducing our sodium intake to 1,500 milligrams a day.
1:19.3	Does that really make sense?
1:25.4	Coming up on the People's Pharmacy, we welcome your questions and stories about a healthy lifestyle for your heart.
1:27.4	First, this news. In the People's Pharmacy Health
1:32.6	Headlines, it's no secret that Americans are not all equal when it comes to income. A new study
1:39.4	in JAMA cardiology shows that income disparities are reflected in the risk of heart disease.
1:45.6	Scientists analyze data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey between 1999 and
1:52.3	2014. There were more than 17,000 adults included in the study. Those with incomes at or below
2:00.2	the federal poverty level had no improvement
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