Integrative Medicine Alert – August 1, 2020

August 1, 2020

• The Relationship Among Step Count, Step Intensity, and Mortality in Adults

  The authors of this observational study of 4,840 adults show an association between higher number of steps taken daily and lower all-cause mortality, lower mortality from cardiovascular disease, and lower mortality from cancer, but no association between intensity of steps and mortality in any of those areas.

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• DASH Is Revisited and Updated, Lowering Subclinical Cardiac Injury Markers

  In individuals without pre-existing cardiovascular disease, the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension diet plan and a diet consisting of fruits and vegetables, given over eight weeks, lowered biomarkers for cardiac strain and injury.

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