April 1, 2013

People who consistently adhere to the principles of a vegetarian diet are three times less chances of getting ischemic heart disease   ( CHD ). This information was spread by researchers from the University of Oxford. It is based on the results of large-scale surveys conducted in this area. Scientists have published their results in the popular medical journal.

About 34% of these people have determined their way of eating as a vegetarian. The observation was carried out for almost 20 years - from 1990 until 2009.

During the study, the participants periodically to answer questions related to the peculiarities of their lifestyle and health. In particular, they talked about bad habits, daily diet, physical activity, and others. Also, regular measurements of pressure and carried out laboratory analyzes of blood of 20 thousand people. Therefore, the scientists were able to track the dynamics of the level of cholesterol   Blood respondents.

When the researchers treated all the available data, it was found that Ryskov manifestation of coronary heart disease in vegetarians was lower by 32 percent than those who did not adhere to such a diet. Examining the data, the researchers took into account other important factors - gender, age, body weight, and others.

blood pressure   These factors are the key to reducing the risk of coronary heart disease, the researchers note.

By the way, American scientists, in some way confirmed by the results of this study its conclusions. A few days ago they reported that maintain normal blood pressure, you can use regular consumption of beet juice. Doctors say that to achieve the effect you need to drink every day one glass of fresh juice from the beets. However, they point out that this method brings a more pronounced effect if used by men.