The CBS Evening News (4/24, story 9, 2:05, Pelley, 5.58M) reported that research published in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that "meat and eggs are linked to heart disease," and although "that's no surprise but what is surprising in this report is why." Apparently "there's something inside the human body that may trigger ill effects."
The New York Times (4/25, Kolata, Subscription Publication, 1.68M) reports that this research "is part of a growing appreciation of the role the body's bacteria play in health and disease." While researchers "have long focused on the role of diet and heart disease...expanding the scrutiny to bacteria adds a new dimension."
Reuters (4/25, Begley) reports that when the body digests the nutrient lecithin, found in eggs, meat and other foods, it is turned into TMAO.
NPR (4/24) "Shots" blog reports that investigators "measured fasting blood levels of TMAO in more than 4,000 people who had gone in for nonemergency angiography." Participants were then followed for three years.
On its website, CBS News (4/25) reports that participants who had "the highest TMAO levels were two-and-half times more likely to have a major cardiovascular event than those" who had "the lowest levels."
Forbes (4/24, 928K) contributor Larry Husten writes, "In an accompanying editorial, Joseph Loscalzo praises the research but notes that 'much remains to be done to determine the precise role of TMAO in athero-thrombogenesis - whether it has a direct effect on pathogenesis, is an epiphenomenal biomarker, or is a precursor to a more direct effector.'" Also covering the story are Heartwire(4/25, Stiles), MedPage Today (4/25, Phend), and HealthDay (4/25, Reinberg).
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