Could a plant-based diet help to reduce the risk of heart failure?
The study analyzed five separate diet types and they found that the best results were seen for those who consumed the most vegetables and fruits.
In a separate study, which was a reanalysis of data relating to the Framingham Heart Study, researchers also suggest that caffeine consumption, roughly one cup per week, might also play a big role in helping to reduce the risk of heart failure; up to at least a 7 percent reduced risk.
Researchers included over 15,000 participants in the diet study and they had their diet and health monitored over a period of several years (4 years).
They studied 5 different diet types broken down into the categories seen below.
And of those various diets, they found that for the participants who had been following a plant-based diet that they were the ones who showed the strongest association in a reduced risk for heart failure.
Aside from the roughly 7 percent reduced risk of heart failure connected with the caffeine consumption,from the other study as well, the results also suggest that the caffeine could contribute to a roughly 8 percent reduction when it comes to the risk of having a stroke. Though, researchers still say that more investigation is still needed in this area, before they can better understand the connection between caffeine consumption and health.
One of the biggest food trends of 2018 is expected to be the plant-based food trend that continues to grow worldwide.
Generation Z is being largely credited with pushing the trend toward plant-based food alternatives and the global sales of plant-based meat alone are expected to grow to over $5 billion by 2020. By the same year, it's estimated that those consumers considered a part of Generation Z, will make up roughly 40 percent of all consumers in the US.
Based on the current trend, it's likely we'll start to see many more plant-based food alternatives come to the market in the near future.
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https://www.world-first.co.uk/home/travel-insurance/medical-problems/coffee-and-plant-based-diet-can-reduce-risk-of-heart-failure-say-scientists$119080.aspx
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/plant-based-diet-heart-failure-risk-reduce-scientists-eating-food-ingredients-a8054016.html
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2017/11/15/coffee-rich-plant-based-diets-may-be-best-for-heart-health/
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