Essential

A new study, prepared by the Population Health Research Institute at McMaster University in Canada, and published in the European Heart Journal, revealed that not eating 6 main foods increases the risk of cardiovascular disease.

In detail, the researchers found that eating fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, fish, full-fat dairy and cheese is a key to reducing the risk of cardiovascular diseases, including heart attacks and strokes.

Rather, they found that a healthy diet can be achieved in various ways, such as including a moderate amount of whole grains or unprocessed meat, according to what was published by the website. Healthline.

The researchers called for an ideal healthy diet, called PURE, consisting of 3 to 4 weekly servings of legumes, 2 to 3 servings of vegetables per day, i.e. 14 to 16 servings per week, 7 servings of nuts, and 2 to 3 servings of fish. , and 14 servings of full-fat dairy products (two servings per day), including milk, yogurt or cheese.

It should be noted that other alternatives can be used such as whole grains with one portion per day, and unprocessed poultry meat with one portion per day. This could include one slice of bread, 1/2 cup of cooked rice, barley or quinoa, and about three ounces (85 grams) of cooked red meat or poultry.

In this context, Yu Ming Ni, a cardiologist working at the Orange Coast Medical Center in California, said, “These six foods are the same foods that he has been advocating over the past years as the Mediterranean diet, as we have a lot of evidence about the benefits of these foods.” Diet in the prevention of cardiovascular disease.

For his part, the lead author of the study, Dr. Andrew Minty, considered that the findings indicate that the priority should be to increase protective foods such as nuts, which are often avoided as they are high in calories, and fish and dairy products, rather than restricting dairy products. Dairy, especially full fat, in very low amounts.

2023-07-09 07:27:00

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