Can Eating Habits Contribute To Heart Disease And Diabetes?
A new research study finds how better eating habits lower your risk of early death from heart disease, stroke, and type II diabetes.
This research reveals how the things we eat can impact our risks of dying from heart disease, stroke, or type 2 diabetes. The findings help to modify our eating habits to improve our health.
Health professionals already know that a healthy diet includes fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and fat-free or low-fat dairy products. A healthy diet also incorporates lean meats, poultry, fish, beans, eggs, and nuts. And it limits sodium, trans and saturated fats, and added sugars.
Another research study evaluated how these ten dietary factors influence our risks of death from heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes. The scientists relied on data from the national mortality data and CDC’s National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).
New Study Analysed Diet Impact On Risks Of Death From Heart Disease, Stroke, or Type 2 Diabetes
The researchers found that the risk of death from heart disease, stroke, or type 2 diabetes was higher among those whose diet included too much salt (sodium), processed meat, added sugar-sweetened beverages, and red meat. The risk of death was also higher for those who didn’t eat enough vegetables, fruits, nuts and seeds, whole grains, omega-3 fats, or polyunsaturated fats.
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This research study shows the number of deaths from these three diseases was linked to Americans’ eating habits, and the number was quite large. Second, it also reveals how improving eating habits can reduce the risks of death from these three diseases.
Though much work is still needed to be done to prevent heart disease, there is a strong relationship between better eating habits and the reduction in the risks of death from heart disease, stroke and type II diabetes.
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We suggest that you act on the above knowledge by making and building on small changes that add up over time.
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Helpful Resources:
Centers For Disease Control And Prevention
