Coronary heart disease is a major cause of death in
women. A new study has found that a diet
rich in antioxidants, mainly from fruits and vegetables, can significantly
reduce the risk of myocardial infarction.
The study is published in the October issue of The American Journal of
Medicine.
“Our study was the first to look at the effect of all
dietary antioxidants in relation to myocardial infarction,” says lead
investigator Alicja Wolk, DrMedSci, Division of Nutritional Epidemiology,
Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm,
Sweden. “Total antioxidant capacity
measures in a single value all antioxidants present in diet and the synergistic
effects between them.”