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In Hey Men, Get Healthy! by Holly McCord, RD (McCord holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. and a master's degree in nutrition from Immaculata College. She completed her dietetic training at Bryn Mawr Hospital in Bryn Mawr, Penn. ) and Gloria McVeigh (Assistant Nutrition Editor) authors of such other articles as “Way Beyond Low Fat” and “Fast Tips for Savvy Eaters”, the authors challenge Men to improve their diet and lifestyle to prolong their life as well as well as maintain health. Men were “significantly less likely than women to believe that widely recommended changes in diet and lifestyle could actually reduce their risk of disease”(McCord and McVeigh, par.1). Therefore these two ladies set it upon themselves to attempt to educate men on four simple and widely recommended changes to lifestyle that could improve lifespan and reduce risk of disease. These four simple steps of reducing fat intake, eating more fiber, staying fit, and quitting smoking are outlined as important solutions to assisting maintaining a healthier lifestyle. This article is a basic guideline for Men to improve their health with easy methodology that can be substantiated with evidence from many periodicals and research literature. The first step outlined in the article is the reduction of fat intake in the diet. In the article Dietary Fat - How Much, What Kind There is an outline that presents the results of increased dietary fat including the increase in cholesterol levels which results in atherosclerosis. McVeigh and McCord present an important point that fat in the diet especially in those men that consume 40-45 percent of their diet in fat are highly susceptible to being overweight, developing cancer, and heart disease. In an article entitled 5 WAYS TO FIGHT FIVE BIG HEALTH RISKS the authors concur that the reduction of fat can reduce the risk of Problem Skin, Diabetes, and Cancer. Evidence that eating less Fat can reduce the risk of Heart Disease was found in the article TAKING FOOD TO HEART-six ways to keep your heart healthy that states: Page 3 We also know that a balance of fats in our diet is what's important, including: monounsaturated (like olive oil and nuts) and polyunsaturated (like marine and flax oils) varieties. In fact, by eliminating traditional stick margarine, reducing our consumption of fat-laden fast food and foods labeled with “partially hydrogenated” oils, and by increasing our intake of the good fats (like olive, DHA [marine] and flax oils), we'll be on our way to a heart-healthy diet.
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