Women Who Want to Live Longer Should Eat More Vegetables…
Posted on June 25, 2008 by DFHS Article Team
Ladies, eat your veggies to live longer
Women can protect themselves against heart disease and other deadly illnesses by sticking with a diet that is low in saturated fats and sugar and high in vegetables, fruits and whole grains, a new study suggests.
“We investigated a Western eating pattern – lots of red and processed meat, french fries, refined grains and sweets – and a prudent pattern – lots of fruit, vegetables, legumes, whole grains, fish and poultry – in relation to mortality,” explained study author Christin Heidemann, who conducted her research while in the department of nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston.
She is now a research scientist in the department of epidemiology at the German Institute of Human Nutrition in Nuthetal, HealthDay.com reports.
“[Women] with a high adherence to the prudent pattern had a 17-percent lower long-term risk of premature death from all causes, and a 28-percent lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease, compared with women with a low adherence to this pattern,”Heidemann said.
The researchers noted that what they defined as a prudent diet closely reflects dietary recommendations from the American Heart Association that target all healthy men and women, including taking steps to:
- limit saturated fats, cholesterol, and sodium
- lower sugar consumption
- eat fish twice weekly
- eat more fruits, vegetables, whole-grain and high-fiber foods
- and to eat fat-free and low-fat dairy products.
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