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Blood Pressure

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f the sight of your doctor's
white coat makes you ner-
vous, consider this: An Italian
study of 1,511 patients re-
vealed that a doctor's white coat
can cause a patient's blood pres-
sure to rise and lead to an incor-
rect diagnosis of hypertension.
This study, reported in a re-
cent issue of theAmerican Jour-
nal of Hypertension, confirms
what many health-care providers
have long suspected.
"Office blood pressure mea-
surements by themselves can of-
ten be misleading," says Dr.
Michael Weber, editor of the
AJH. "(This study) demonstrates
that ambulatory blood pressure
values best predict whether or
not patients are likely to have
damage to their hearts and oth-
er important organs as a result
of blood pressure problems."

Ambulatory monitoring uses
a small noninvasive device that
is worn by the patient to auto-
matically measure blood pres-
sure every few minutes over a
24-hour period — or longer. This
allows the physician to make a
diagnosis based on a constant
reading while the patient is
working, relaxing, even sleeping.
Dr. Weber notes that ambula-
tory monitoring is more costly
than traditional office blood pres-
sure measurement, but he adds
that the ambulatory method can
be used on patients who "are at
greater risk of serious complica-
tions from hypertension."
Called the silent killer because
it prematurely ages the arteries
and can lead to strokes, heart at-
tacks and kidney failure, high
blood pressure affects nearly 50
million Americans.

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Next time you feed your face, think about your heart.

Go easy on your heart and start cutting back on foods that are high in saturated
fat and cholesterol. The change'll do you good.

V American Heart Association

WE'RE FIGHTING FOR YOUR LIFE

Vitamin supplements are nice,
but a well-rounded diet is better,
say researchers at the Univer-
sity of Michigan Medical Center
in Ann Arbor. In fact, a trip down
the produce aisle offers a bounty
of potential breast cancer-pre-
venting ingredients.
The cancer-fighting effect of
nature's bounty stems from
carotenoids — plant pigments
that, once ingested, are convert-
ed to vitamin A Beta-carotene is
perhaps the best-known
carotenoid, but there are nearly
600 other potentially protective
pigments found in fresh fruits
and vegetables.
This can be very good news to
women with breast cancer. U-M
researchers have found that high
blood levels of carotenoids (par-
ticularly beta-carotene and
lutein) also are associated with
the presence of estrogen recep-
tors in malignant breast tumors.
These estrogen-receptive-posi-
tive tumors need estrogen to
grow; therefore, they're more re-
sponsive to estrogen-blocking
drugs.
Women whose tumors are "ER
positive" tend to respond better
to cancer treatment (including
chemotherapy and hormonal
treatment).
Because scientists don't yet
know whether all carotenoids are
created equal, the researchers
recommend eating a wide vari-
ety of fruits and vegetables.

`There's no question that peo-
ple who eat lots of fruits and veg-
etables have a lower risk of
cancer," says Cheryl Rock, a reg-
istered dietitian. "What's not
clear is exactly which substances
help and in what ways. But the
good news is that if you follow the
National Cancer Institute's five-
a-day program on fruits and veg-
etables, you'll get most of the
carotenoids."
When it comes to selecting
fruits and vegetables, the dark-
er, more vibrant the color, the
bigger the dose of carotenoids.
"In our study, the women who
were best off might have had
broccoli at dinner, but they also
had orange juice at breakfast.
That's also why I would certain-
ly not rely on on beta-carotene
supplements alone. They give
you only one carotenoid — and
the other 599 may be where it's
happening." ❑

THE HEALTHY
GOURMET

ITALIAN
SHRIMP SALAD
• Calories per serving: 200
• Fat per serving: 8 grams
*Cholesterol per serving:
100 milligrams
*Sodium per serving:
490 milligrams

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