\ 3 1 : i hE I a a The Dallas Post TR NN - . P) Health Fitness Dietary fat adds to heart attack risks += By Dr. SETH FISHER re Cardiologist ‘2° Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center ‘Improve your diet today, and youcould cut your risk of a heart attack tomorrow. That, at least, is the finding of a recent medical research report. Although the finding will require further study and testing before wé ih the medical community can declare it valid, we have no prob- lem endorsing the key recommen- dation of the report: Limit the amount of fatty foods you eat. Of course, we have long known an excess of fat in your diet can substantially increase your risk of developing heart disease over a period of years. Now, however, a British study says cutting fat from your diet at supper could reduce your risk of suffering a heart at- tack the following morning. Here's why, according to the study: High-Fat foods boost the pro- duction of clot-forming chemicals in the blood. If a clot develops from those chemicals and lodges in an artery, a heart attack could - result. Thus, if a person who eats a high-fat diet switches to a low- fat diet, he will decrease the pro- duction of those clot-forming chemicals and, within hours, di- minish his risk of a heart attack. Sound too good to be true? Maybe. But, as we said, it would do no harm for you to follow the main recommendation of the report. At the very least, you could be reducingyour long-range risk of developing heart disease. As a general rule, total fat in- take should not exceed 30 per- cent of your daily intake of calo- ries. And the intake of saturated fats - the kind of fat most likely to “thicken” your blood and clog your arteries - should not exceed 10 percent of your caloric intake. (Each gram of fat contains nine calories. So, if you're on a 2,000- calorie-a-day diet and eat 100 grams of fat - 900 calories - the fat calories you eat would make up 45 percent of your caloric intake. That's excessive. How can you tell how much fat - and what kind - a food contains? Read those labels on cereal boxes, soup cans and milk cartons.) Remember, though, that limit- ing dietary fat won't automati- cally immunize you against heart disease. If you smoke, for ex- ample, you will continue to run a risk (tobacco being probably the greatest risk to your health in general and to your heart in par- ticular). You may also run a risk if you don't exercise, or if you fail to get regular check-ups when you know that your family has a history of heart disease. e So cut out the liverwurst and cheesecake. e Quit smoking. e Take a walk - every day. e And tell your doctor about any heart problems in your family’s past and present. Those simple measures could keep your heart ticking. 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