Growing up starved of calories may give you a higher risk of heart disease 50 years on, research suggests.Stay away from low Calorie (not reduced Calorie) diets.
Researchers in The Netherlands tracked the heart health of Dutch women who lived through the famine at the end of World War II.
Those living on rations of 400-800 calories a day had a 27% higher risk of heart disease in later life.
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Friday, August 26, 2011
Future heart health 'shaped by diet'
Neither extreme appears to be good. Note that the higher end of the spectrum is similar to the very low Calorie diets used today.
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