Vegan diet’s health benefits plentiful

DRS. OZ AND ROIZEN

HEALTH ADVICE

16 weeks.

The results: Participants lost an average of 13 pounds on the vegan diet — but nothing on the Mediterranean one.

Those eating a vegan diet also lost about 7½ pounds more fat mass than Med diet folks.

Lousy LDL cholesterol went down 15.3mg/dl for the vegans; no change on the Med diet. The only benefit from the Med diet was to systolic blood pressure — it declined by 9.3 mmhg; only 3.4 on the vegan diet.

Overall, the vegan diet came out ahead, according to the researchers, because of lower calorie intake, increased fiber intake and decreased fat consumption.

We used to think women weren’t at risk for heart disease until after menopause. But these days, risk factors such as chronic stress, a sedentary lifestyle, smoking, diabetes and obesity are affecting younger and younger women.

New research published in European Heart Journal found that since 2010 the death rate from heart disease in U.S. women under age 65 has gone up. High blood pressure and Type 2 diabetes are major factors.

Fortunately, most risk factors can be reduced with upgrades to nutrition, physical activity, sleep habits and stress management. Medications also can help control high blood pressure, cholesterol levels and diabetes. And everyone should have a baseline heart health checkup to assess their risk. 1 Say likewise 5 Dejected 9 Hair goop 12 Jezebel’s

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