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Article: Conquering cardiovascular disease: the FDA allows some 14 health claims linking dietary components and heart health. Beneficial ingredients include dietary fiber, omega-3s and certain vegetable oils, phytosterols and soy protein. Dietary flavonoids may be on the horizon.(Report)
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- January 1, 2008
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According to the American Heart Association (AHA), Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) has been the number-one cause of death in the U.S. in almost every year since 1900 (the exception was 1918, the year of the influenza epidemic). With the aging Baby Boomer population, experts project the death rate due to CVD will rise significantly over the next 10 years. Scientific evidence supporting the use of certain foods and ingredients for preventing CVD has accumulated to the point that, in the last 10 years, the FDA has allowed the addition of 14 new heart-related health claims. (See chart "Claims, Ingredients and Cardiovascular Health.") These health claims provide a unique marketing ...
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