F Health More Fiber, Exercise For A Healthy Heart JACK WILLIAMS Special to The Jewish News ny recipe for lowering cho- lesterol in the name of a healthy heart invariably starts with a familiar ingre- dient: a low-fat, high-fiber diet. Mix in three, 45-minute portions of exercise a week and you may be dou- bling your protection against cardio- vascular disease. A study conducted at the Stanford Center for Research in Disease exam- ined nearly 200 men and 280 post- menopausal women with unhealthy cholesterol profiles. Their LDL levels were dangerously high and their protective HDL levels — which can be enhanced by exercise — were less than ideal. Those who fared best in the study combined a diet of less than 30 per- cent fat (no more than 6 percent of it saturated) with 45 minutes of walking or jogging three times a week. The exercisers reduced their poten- tially damaging LDL cholesterol by twice as much as those who merely changed their diets, reported the British journal Lancet. The protective HDLs also increased, although not as dramatically as the LDLs plummeted, said the investigators. Hormone therapy also has been shown to boost HDL levels in post- menopausal women, along with losing weight, quitting smoking and moder- ate alcohol consumption. The degree to which exercise ele- vates HDLs was underlined in the ongoing Runners' Health Study, in which University of California Berkeley researchers monitored several thousand recreational runners from ages 18 to 50. Among both men and women, the more miles they ran, the higher their levels of HDL cholesterol. This finding was especially interest- ing to the researchers because there has been some doubt that the HDL levels of women are affected as much as the HDL levels of men by exercise. Dr. Paul Williams of Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory reported that women who ran as much as 40 miles per week averaged 10 milligrams more HDL (per deciliter of blood) than those running less than 10 miles weekly. Williams estimated that a 10-mil- ligram increase in HDL might lower the risk of heart disease by 29 percent A Jack Williams wrties for Copley News Service. 24111 Civic Center Drive • Southfield • gific4jan • 48034 Rent an Apartment before May 31st and receive the 13TH MONTH FREE! For more information Please call Donna at 248-352-0208 Forest City Management Inc. Apartment Division does not discriminate on the basis of handicapped status in the admission or access to or treatment, or employment in its programs and activities. Equal Housing Opportunity/Equal Opportunity Employer MiaggeM VA MEMMEMEE MO BEEMEMOM EN NEUMNMEK AW WW7 Jewish Family Service has provided a broad range of counseling and therapeutic services to individuals and families for almost 70 years. We help people cope with depression, grief and loss, divorce, pre-marital and blended family issues and other life changes by providing individual, family and group coun- seling. JFS provides counseling, education and a safe shelter for victims of domestic violence. We offer school programs on dating violence and use cutting edge techniques in trau- ma therapy. • • • 4.1...ssu.‘ms, Like any family, we offer support to every member of the adoption process. . . the birth parent, the adoptee and the adoptive parent. Services include pre- and post-placement counseling; infertility counseling, home studies for domestic and international adop- tion, and child searches. Your Tribute gift to Jewish Family Service allows us to maintain the services that help strengthen and preserve Jewish family life. Please call Betty Barach at 559-1500, ext 231 to make your tax deductible contribution to the General 73-Mute Fund at Jewish Family Service. Call Us - We Can Help (248) 559-1500 Jewish Family Service is a beneficiary agency of: COJES JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE 24123 Greenfield • Southfield, MI 48075 • 248-559-1500 e-mail: jfsdev@msn.com 6960 Orchard Lake Rd., Suite 203 *IV, Bloomfield, MI 4&122 • 248-737-5055 4/17 1998 131