Kids on heart healthy diet lowers risk of disease in later life
A study that followed children for 14 years has some amazing results that could change what parents teach their kids about food.
Results from the Turku Coronary Risk Factor Intervention Project (STRIP) showed that a heart-healthy eating habit from a very young age lowers the risk of heart disease in later life.
The study followed a group of children from infancy to puberty, and found that those who grew up eating foods low in saturated fats were found to have consistently lower cholesterol levels from 1 to at least 14 years of age. In these kids, the total intake of fat was kept at 30% to 35% of daily calories, the ratio of saturated fat to unsaturated fats at 1:2, and cholesterol intake to less than 200 milligrams daily.
The parents, and later the children from age 7 onwards directly were taught to maintain a heart-healthy diet. the authors suggested that such “repeated dietary counseling” is effective in lowering saturated fat, cholesterol intake and serum cholesterol levels up to puberty (when their follow-up ended).
The study also dispeled the notion that a diet low in saturated fat will affect the timing of puberty, or thinking and behavior patterns in children, especially in boys.
I say it’s not too early or to late to teach our children to be mindful of their diet. They will reap the rewards later in life and thank us for it.
Saturated fat is the main dietary cause of high blood cholesterol. Saturated fat is found mostly in foods from animals and some plants. Foods from animals include beef, beef fat, veal, lamb, pork, lard, poultry fat, butter, cream, milk, cheeses and other dairy products made from whole and 2 percent milk.
news source: NewsRx
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