CAN A PLANT-BASED DIET REVERSE HEART DISEASE?
Heart is the most important organ in the body, because if your heart isn’t pumping the blood around your body the rest of your organs can’t do their job.
Only a healthy heart can run a healthy body, and this comes from a healthy diet and lifestyle. The food choices these days is leading to increase in the number of lifestyle diseases and heart disease is at the top of the list.
The number of people suffering from heart disease is growing fast around the world as the Standard American Diet filters through to the east. Heart disease is largely preventable and there has always been a debate as to what kind of food is the best for your heart. Should the diet be animal based or plant based or a mix of both? Good question and the answer is . . .The best diet for the prevention of heart disease is a whole foods plant-based diet.
The plant-based diet has been gaining popularity for the last few years now and experts such as Drs. Greger, Esselstyn, Klaper and Fuhrman have all spent their lives in plant-based medicine trying to educate people to eat a plant-based diet for optimal health.
Those who followed a plant-based diet for several years have all witnessed positive changes to their mind and body. It is still important to mention that not every plant-based diet will equally benefit you only the right choice of food derived from plants can give the best results. For example, pasta and white bread, though originated from plants they are highly processed, high in starch, and lacking in many heart-healthy nutrients.
Similarly, a fruit squeezed into a glass of juice will not hold the same benefits as it would have in its whole form. Once squeezed into a pure liquid it becomes high in sugar and lacks fiber. But a freshly squeezed juice at home will help you to get that vitamin boost you need naturally.
Many research studies have been conducted to determine the impact of a plant-based diet on heart health. It is often asked. “Can a plant-based diet reverse heart disease?” Well, the answer is yes it can. A whole foods plant based is rich in fiber, minerals, probiotics, vitamins, healthy fats and phytonutrients and low in saturated fats and sugar hence maintaining heart health in the best possible way.
Hana Kahleova, M.D,Ph.D, Physicians committee director of clinical research says “a plant based diet has the power to not only prevent heart disease , but also manage and sometimes even reverse it_ something no drug has ever done” Www.pcrm.org
The study conducted by the same committee found that plant-based diet reduces the risk of death from cardiovascular disease by 40 percent, opens blocked arteries either fully or partially for about 91 percent of patients. Www.pcrm.org
According to Dr. Michael Greger the only way of eating that has proven to reverse heart diseases in majority of patients is a diet centered around whole plant foods. You can check out more about heart disease from Dr. Greger at www.Nutritionfacts.org
If you just don’t know where to start and taking the first step is the problem, why not purchase a couple of books to help you start your health transformation journey?
I recommend:
How Not to Die by Dr. Michael Greger (Amazon UK Link)
How Not to Die Cookbook by Dr. Michael Greger (Amazon UK Link)
How Not to Die by Dr. Michael Greger (Amazon.com Link)
How Not to Die Cookbook by Dr. Michael Greger (Amazon.com Link)
The journey to optimal health is easy when you choose a whole foods plant-based diet. The hardest thing to do is take that first step, after that it’s all much easier.
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