Two New Diet–Heart Studies

IN this issue of the Journal , a study of the composition of the diet found it to be a significant factor influencing mortality from coronary heart disease among Irish Bostonians as compared with their brothers in Ireland. 1 In a second study reported in this issue, a vegetarian diet low in cholesterol but high in polyunsaturated fat arrested the progression of coronary lesions measured by angiography in 18 of 39 Dutch patients with stable angina pectoris. 2 The Ireland–Boston study indicates that reduced coronary mortality is associated with a low intake of saturated fatty acids and cholesterol and a high intake . . .