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- In two separate studies analyzing different healthy plant-based food consumption measures.
Researchers found that young adults also postmenopausal women had fewer heart attacks and continued less likely to develop cardiovascular disease when they consumed more healthy plant-based foods.
The American Heart Association’s dietary and lifestyle recommendations provide holistic and Plant-Based Diets that emphasize various fruits and vegetables. Whole grains, low-fat dairy products, skinless poultry and fish, nuts and legumes, and non-tropical vegetable oils. He also recommends limited saturated fat, trans fat, sodium, red meat, pastries, and sugary drinks.
A study entitled “Plant-Oriented Diet and the Risk of Incidental Cardiovascular Disease in Young to Middle-Aged People” examined. Whether long-term consumption of a plant-based diet and switching to a plant-based diet at a young age was associated with a lower risk for cardiovascular disease. In middle age.
“Previous research has focused on individual nutrition or individual foods, but there is little data on plant-based diets and the long-term risk of cardiovascular disease,” says Dr. Yuni Choi, lead author of the young adult study and a graduate researcher in the Department of Epidemiology. And Public Health at the School from Public Health at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Choi and colleagues studied diet, and the incidence of heart disease in 4,946 adults enrolled in the Coronary Artery Risk in Young Adults Study (CARDIA).
Participants underwent eight follow-up exams from 1987-88 to 2015-16 that included laboratory tests. Physical measurements, medical history, and assessment of lifestyle factors. In contrast to randomized controlled trials, participants were not instructed to eat certain things and were not informed about the results of their dietary measures. So researchers were able to collect unbiased long-term data about regular diets.
After detailed interviews about nutritional history, the nutritional quality of participants was assessed using the A Priori Diet Quality Score (APDQS). Which comprises 46 food groups after 0, 7, and 20 years of study.
The Plant-Based Diets groups have been divided into healthy foods (such as fruits, vegetables, nuts, legumes, and whole grains); harmful foods (such as French fries, high-fat red meat, salty snacks, pastries, and soft drinks); and neutral foods (such as potatoes, refined grains, lean meats, and shellfish) based on their association with cardiovascular disease.
Participants with higher scores ate various healthy foods, while those with lower scores ate more bad foods.
“Unlike existing nutritional quality assessments, which are usually based on a small number of food groups. The APDQS explicitly captures overall food quality using 46 separate food groups. Describes the overall food consumed by the general population.
Our review reads, “It is very comprehensive and has a lot in common with diets. As the American Dietary Nutrition Index (from the Food and Nutrition Office of the US Department of Agriculture). DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stopping Hypertension), and the Mediterranean Diet,” says David. E. Dr. Jacobs Jr., senior study author and Mayo professor of public health in the Department of Epidemiology. And Public Health at the School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
The researchers found:
Over a 32-year follow-up period, 289 participants developed cardiovascular disease (including heart attack, stroke, heart failure, chest pain, or blocked arteries throughout the body).
Individuals who achieved the first 20% in long-term nutritional quality assessments. They ate the most nutritious plant foods and fewer animal products with unfavorable ratings were 52% less likely to develop cardiovascular disease after considering many factors. (including age, gender, race, average caloric intake, education, parental history of heart disease, smoking, and moderate physical activity).
In addition, between the 7 and 20 years of the study, when participants’ ages were between 25 and 50. The most improved the quality of their diet (eating more beneficial plant foods and fewer animal products with an unfavorable score). 61% less likely to develop subsequent cardiovascular disease than participants whose nutritional quality was most inadequate during this time.
Some of the participants were vegetarians. So this study failed to evaluate the potential benefits of a strict vegetarian diet that excludes all animal products, including meat, dairy products, and eggs.