Five Years of Physical Exercise and Low Fat Diet

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This study was designed to assess the long-term effects of low-fat diet and intensive physical exercise. Long-term efficacy of exercise and diet was assessed in 18 nonselected, fully employed patients with symptomatic coronary artery disease. Results were compared to 18 patients on usual care. In the intervention group at 1 year, serum lipoproteins were brought to ideal levels, exercise-induced myocardial ischemia was significantly reduced, and progression in coronary atherosclerosis was retarded. After more than 5 years, patients in the intervention group showed a significant reduction in lipoprotein levels (total cholesterol, 248 [179–299] vs 214 [173–272] mg/dL, P ConclusionsThese data demonstrate that current usual care is insufficient in controlling risk factors of coronary artery disease. However, intensive physical exercise and low-fat diet remain an effective form of treatment after more than 5 years.

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