A lack of fruits and vegetables has been linked worldwide to millions of cardiovascular-related deaths.
disease—the narrowing of the arteries in your heart, which could lead to a heart attack—per year around the world. Not eating enough vegetables caused about 200,000 deaths from stroke and 800,000 deaths from coronary heart disease.
Most of these deaths occurred in South Asia, East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, where fruit and vegetable consumption is generally the lowest. “Fruits and vegetables are a modifiable component of the diet that can impact preventable cardiovascular deaths globally,” study coauthor , postdoctoral research fellow at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, toldThe reason? Both fruits and vegetables are good sources of nutrients like fiber, potassium, magnesium, antioxidants, and phenolics, which have been shown to reduce blood pressure and cholesterol, she said.Minimally processed foods like fruits and vegetables also improve the health and diversity of good bacteria in the digestive tract,” said Miller.
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