Men with levels below 160 milligrams per deciliter died from homicide, suicide, or accidents up to 80 percent more often than those with high cholesterol levels. Monkeys show aggressive behavior when their cholesterol levels are lowered, according to the same researchers. American College of Physicians' Annals of Internal Medicine, March 15, 1998. Harmful A study published in The Lancet6 strongly suggests the a restricted salt diet can be harmful. Researchers analyzed data from 11,000 participants in a research program that began in 1971.
More research is likely.
The Lancet, March 14, 1998. Schnapps Are Good for You Sweden's medical research board reports that they have evidence that a few ounces of Schnapps each day offers cardiovascular benefits in the middle-aged and elderly persons that rival, and may even exceed, those attributed to red wine. Coronary artery disease and thrombosis occur less frequently than in abstainers, though the mechanism still eludes researchers. Men over 40 and women in above 50 seem to benefit the most.7 7. A study from the research center at the Heart Institute of St. Petersburg, Florida, warns that pacemaker patients should not linger in the doorway of stores that use certain theft control systems.