Eating foods such as liver, meat and eggs could lower your heart disease risk by 57%

This post includes a synopsis of a study published in The American Society for Nutritional Sciences Journal of Nutrition 134:3100-3105, November 2004 and a recipe for crispy liver hash brown patties.

Study title and authors:
Dietary Intake of Menaquinone Is Associated with a Reduced Risk of Coronary Heart Disease: The Rotterdam Study1
Johanna M. Geleijnse*,†, Cees Vermeer**, Diederick E. Grobbee‡, Leon J. Schurgers**, Marjo H. J. Knapen**, Irene M. van der Meer*, Albert Hofman* and Jacqueline C. M. Witteman*,2
* Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands;; † Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands;; ** Department of Biochemistry, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands; and; ‡ Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands                                                             Books: 

2To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: j.witteman@erasmusmc.nl.

This study can be accessed at: http://jn.nutrition.org/content/134/11/3100.abstract

The findings of the study showed that an adequate intake of menaquinone (vitamin K2):

(a) lowered death from heart disease by 57%

(b) lowered the overall death rate by 26%

Vitamin K2 is found mainly in animal products, especially goose liver and goose meat, cheeses and egg yolks.

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Recipe of the day

Crispy Liver Hash Brown Patties

Ingredients:

■1 pound minced beef liver                                                                             Food Mall: Beef Liver

■1-2 raw potatoes, peeled

■1 raw carrot, peeled
■A fist-sized piece of celery root, peeled
■1 onion
■1 tablespoon fresh marjoram or 1 teaspoon dried
■A pinch of black pepper and salt
■1-2 tablespoons melted butter or olive oil

Instructions:
Grate the vegetables and mince the onion. Mix these with the minced liver. Add spices and melted butter.

Heat butter or oil in a pan and drop small portions of the liver mixture into the pan to form patties. Fry the patties several minutes on each side until nicely browned.