The Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease Is Managed With Diet

The Mediterranean diet and similar plant-rich diets can reduce cardiovascular risk by up to 20%, according to an analysis published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

The researchers compared the health indicators of adults who adhered to similar to Greek, Italian cuisine or other regimes based more on the consumption of plant foods and fish and found that compared to other types of diets, their cardiovascular risk is lower by 14- 21%.

To that end, Harvard University's Department of Public Health's Department of Nutrition monitors the heart health of approximately 170,000 ladies and 43,000 gentlemen from the Nurses' Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study who did not initially have cardiovascular disease. It should be noted that some of those included in the study have been in it for 25 years, which shows the seriousness of the analysis.

The data included 23,366 cases of subsequent heart disease, including more than 18,000 diagnoses of congestive heart disease and nearly 5,700 strokes. 

Proponents of the Mediterranean regime had a 17% lower risk of heart disease compared to eating indiscriminately. The risk was 14% lower for those who ate mostly plant foods.

The analysis is very complex, as it evaluates the effects not only of diets, but of dietary approaches on cardiovascular disease, using various measures: the Healthy Eating Index - 2015 (Healthy Eating Index-2015) , an alternative assessment of the Mediterranean diet (Alternate Mediterranean Diet Score , the Healthful Plant-Based Diet Index, and the Alternate Healthy Eating Index .

Participants with the highest scores on the Healthy Eating Index had a 17% lower risk of heart disease, while those on the alternative index had a 21% lower risk.

What does this mean? The explanation was given by the study leader, Prof. Dr. Frank B. Hu, to UPI. According to him, there is no "magic diet" that works equally for everyone in the direction of longevity and excellent health. According to him, we can approach flexibly and build a proper diet according to the needs of our own body and personal taste preferences and cultural traditions.

Cardiovascular diseases are a scourge not only for Bulgarians, but also for Americans and their leading health institutions make it possible to form proper eating habits after the population. The recommendations of the American Heart Association diet should be based on fruits and vegetables, whole grains, low-fat dairy products, chicken, fish, nuts and legumes.

Given that we are doing well in reaching the bad traits of the Americans, we can consider whether to rehabilitate our National Cuisine, which includes all of the above. Of course, by including more fish, we leave the full-fat products, the new data for which confirm their useful effect, replace white with other more useful types of flour, add more olives from the gardens of our favorite neighbors and, of course, stop overdoing meat. grill. Fast food, sandwich culture and plenty of dough are not our health vouchers.