Vegetarians at lower risk for Heart Disease, Diabetes, Stroke?
Posted Apr 16 2011 1:50pm
From Science Daily:
Vegetarians experience a 36 percent lower prevalence of metabolic syndrome than meat-eaters, suggests new research from Loma Linda University published in the journal Diabetes Care.
Metabolic syndrome is defined as exhibiting at least three out of five total risk factors: high blood pressure, low HDL cholesterol, high glucose levels, elevated triglycerides, and an unhealthy waist circumference.
What they found
only 25% of vegetarians had metabolic syndrome
39% of meat eaters had metabolic syndrome
Vegetarians have lower triglycerides, glucose, blood pressure, waist circumference and BMI
"This work again shows that diet improves many of the main cardiovascular risk factors that are part of metabolic syndrome," says Gary Fraser, MD, PhD, principal investigator of Adventist Health Study 2. "Trending toward a plant-based diet is a sensible choice."
Go to Diabetes Care for full article. Photo credit: labspic
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Vegetarians experience a 36 percent lower prevalence of metabolic syndrome than meat-eaters, suggests new research from Loma Linda University published in the journal Diabetes Care.
Metabolic syndrome is defined as exhibiting at least three out of five total risk factors: high blood pressure, low HDL cholesterol, high glucose levels, elevated triglycerides, and an unhealthy waist circumference.
What they found
- only 25% of vegetarians had metabolic syndrome
- 39% of meat eaters had metabolic syndrome
- Vegetarians have lower triglycerides, glucose, blood pressure, waist circumference and BMI
"This work again shows that diet improves many of the main cardiovascular risk factors that are part of metabolic syndrome," says Gary Fraser, MD, PhD, principal investigator of Adventist Health Study 2. "Trending toward a plant-based diet is a sensible choice."Go to Diabetes Care for full article.
Photo credit: labspic
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