Heart Healthy Diet prevents recurrent heart attacks & strokes

Heart healthy diet gained the title of superman for those who suffer of cardiovascular diseases; a heart healthy diet will protect you from recurrent heart attack and strokes, according to a new research in the American Heart Association journal.

Dietary modification has enormous benefits in addition to those seen with aspirin, Angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs), lipid lowering agents and beta blockers.

For the study 31546 adults with cardiovascular disease or /and organ damaged were asked how often they consumed milk, vegetables, fruit, grains, fish, meat and poultry in the past 12 months. They ware also asked about life style choices such as alcohol consumption, smoking and exercise.

Total scores were determined day by day on daily consumption of fruits, vegetable and grains and the ratio of fish to meat consumed.

During a follow up of nearly five years, participants experienced 5190 cardiovascular events.

Researchers found that those who ate a heart healthy diet had

• 35 percent reduction in risk for cardiovascular death.
• 14 percent reduction in risk for new heart attacks.
• 28 percent reduction in risk for congestive heart failure.
• 19 percent reduction in risk for stroke.

Food habits in different regions of the world widely vary and the work of professionalism is to bring results together, thus when a healthy diet becomes associated with the prevention of a cardiovascular disease, results and details are shared globally, to reach every person throughout the world and thus to target all no matter of what economic level they represent.

A diet rich in vegetables and fruits with higher ratio of fish to meats appeared to be more beneficial for preventing heart disease aside other benefits from super food nutrients included in natural organic products such as preventing cancer, healing fractures or injuries.

Retaining a heart healthy diet could substantially reduce cardiovascular recurrence beyond drug therapy alone and thus will save millions of lives globally.

Heart Healthy Diet

Verified by: Dr.Diab (June 26, 2017)

Citation: Dr.Diab. (June 26, 2017). Heart healthy diet. Medcoi Journal of Medicine, 2(2). urn:medcoi:article18186.