If one of your parents had a heart attack before the age of 60,   your key targets for managing your risks may be different than previously believed, a recent study found.

Using the data from the Malmo study, a large, ongoing research project, researchers found that the heart attack risks may have a stronger association with metabolic syndrome, obesity and insulin resistance rather than with traditional cardiovascular disease risk factors such as LDL cholesterol.

A research study recently published in Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases found that low Vitamin D levels are associated with hgher levels of  pre-diabetes and pre-high blood pressure (that is:  higher than what it should be but not yet high enough to be classified as a disease that might require medication) among African Americans.   "Evaluating serum vitamin D levels, with consideration for supplementation in seemingly healthy African American adults with prediabetes, prehypertension, or co-existing prediabetes and prehyperte

Low concentrations of serum β–carotene concentrations, a form of Vitamin A, were found to be "strongly related" to an increase risk for death from heart disease, a recent study of 1031 Finish men at high risk for a heart attack found. 

Does this suggest that  β–carotene should now be dubbed the next heart health supplement? The answer is no.