Vegetarian Dietary Patterns and Cardiovascular Disease
Cardiovascular (CV) disease (CVD) is the leading global cause of mortality, being responsible for 46% of non-communicable disease deaths. It has been estimated that about 85.6 million Americans are living with some form of CVD, which continues to rise. Healthy lifestyle choices may reduce the risk of myocardial infarction by more than 80%, with nutrition playing a key role. Vegetarian dietary patterns reduce CVD mortality and the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) by 40%. Plant-based diets are the only dietary pattern to have shown reversal of CHD.
Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases - Category: Cardiology Authors: Hana Kahleova, Susan Levin, Neal D. Barnard Source Type: research
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