Vegetarianism prevents heart failure? Researchers say a healthy diet reduces the risk of hospitalization. With the improvement of people's living standards, many people like to eat meat, and unrestrained, in fact, this is not good for the body.
A new study has found that a vegetarian diet can reduce the risk of heart failure.
Heavy consumption of fruits, vegetables, beans and fish can reduce the risk of hospitalization for heart failure by 41 percent, researchers said. The southern diet, which consumed a lot of fried food and processed meat, increased the risk by 72%.
The team, led by the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., said the findings show the importance of preventing heart failure, a disease that is difficult to treat and requires high medical costs.
Heart failure occurs when the heart is unable to deliver enough blood and oxygen to the body, the report said. About half of all people with heart failure die within five years of diagnosis.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and prevention, more than 5.7 million U.S. adults suffer from heart failure, and the number is only expected to rise. The Centers for Disease Control and prevention also said the United States would spend an estimated $30.7 billion a year on this.
Current prevention measures include quitting smoking, reducing high blood pressure and eating a healthy diet, the report said.
To carry out the study, the team surveyed more than 16600 adults aged 45 and over. The researchers followed these people for about nine years and found that nearly 400 patients with heart failure were hospitalized during the study period.
They found that the most persistent people had a 41% lower risk of hospitalization for heart failure than the least vegetarians.
The results were published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.