Health Update: Veg Diet Pattern May Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Hello everyone:
More good news that you can use right away!
- Researchers investigated the effects of vegetarian dietary patterns on those with a high risk of cardiovascular disease.
- They found that eating plant-based diets for six months improved several measures of cardiometabolic risk, such as cholesterol and blood sugar.
- Eating a more plant-based diet may benefit those at high risk of cardiovascular conditions.
“Studies show that CVD often develops due to lifestyle factors, such as diet, smoking and physical inactivity. Practical interventions that may improve cardiometabolic risk profiles are thus key to reducing CVD rates. An increasing amount of research shows that vegetarian diets may be effective in preventing CVD. They found that consuming a vegetarian diet for six months was linked to improved measures of cholesterol, blood sugar, and body weight among those at high risk of CVD.”
Bottom Line:
Going predominantly plant based and consuming less meat continues to be supported by research. Not only is this approach less inflammatory, but it is also planet friendly and just feels good. Improve and upgrade your health and lifespan by realizing that food is medicine…always has been, always will be.
“Vegetarian diets are not only better for CVD health, but they are also better for the environment — lowering greenhouse gases, using less water, and using less land — which is better for all of us.” Dr. Dana Hunnes, a senior clinical dietitian at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, who was not involved in the study, told Medical News Today.
