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Plant-based diets protect heart health, but AHA warns there’s a catch

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Geekz Snow
Plant-based diets protect heart health, but AHA warns there’s a catch

The American Heart Association has published a new study that found diets primarily composed of plant-based foods may protect heart health and reduce the risk of early death caused by stroke and heart attack.

The findings, which were published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, add to the growing body of research highlighting major benefits linked to reducing meat consumption.

Plant-based diets are ones that focus on foods originating from plants, not animals.

Though these diets vary in composition, they often emphasize whole grains, fruits and vegetables, nuts, and healthy oils.

In contrast, these diets often totally eliminate animal products or keep them limited to fish, eggs, and dairy.

The diet detailed in the American Heart Association’s new study is one that doesn’t entirely eliminate animal products, but rather keeps them to a minimum with plant-based foods receiving priority.

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