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Friday, October 21, 2016

Study Finds: Meat Linked to Peripheral Artery Disease

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Meat has long been part of our daily intake. For those who still haven’t gone vegan, we’ve been eating this staple for most of our lives. Now, research suggests that it’s strongly connected to (PAD) peripheral artery disease.

Steven Reinberg from Upi.com reports that those with the condition have an increased chances of dying early if they still continue with red meat and eggs in their diet.

The culprit is the digestive byproduct released by gut bacteria that processes eggs and red meat. This byproduct is termed as trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) and the researchers discovered that those with PAD had increased levels of TMAO. This means that the individual had three times greater risk of dying within five years compared with the people who low levels.

Meat-Linked Digestive Byproduct Raises Risks for Some Heart Patients

People with peripheral artery disease — a narrowing of the arteries in the legs and elsewhere — who eat a lot of red meat and eggs may have increased odds of dying early, a new study suggests. Read more…

The American Heart Association has encouraged that the disease can be treated through changes in the lifestyle. Stop smoking, start exercising, weight management, and monitoring high blood pressure, cholesterol and sugar.

This leads us to tweaking our diet a little bit.

Daniel Clair, MD from Clevelandclinic.org suggests that a diet therapy for PAD should involve the reduction of fats associated to cardiovascular diseases. Such therapies are capable of reducing the inflammation of blood vessels in other parts of your body.

Diet therapy is quite necessary because what you can achieve here reflects the lifestyle changes that you can do to lower your risk.

Choose the Best Diet for Your Peripheral Arterial Disease

Any dietary therapy for Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) should reduce your intake of the types of fats associated with progression of cardiovascular disease. Ideally, these therapies would also reduce inflammation in the blood vessel wall and in your entire body. Read more…

Jennifer J. Brown, PhD from everydayhealth.com suggests that the diet is quite a lifesaver for those who want to cut their risk of peripheral artery disease.

The Mediterranean diet has been widely credited for lowering the risk of heart attack, stroke, and diabetes related to heart disease. This diet is mainly comprised of olive oil, nuts, fish, grains, fruits and vegetables. These types of foods will be part of your daily meal.

The Mediterranean Diet Wins Against Peripheral Arterial Disease

From prior studies we know that people who follow a Mediterranean diet have a lower risk of heart attack and stroke risk, and that patients with a high risk of developing heart disease lowered their diabetes risk when they followed this diet. Read more…

This just gives us a great idea that you can never go wrong with fruits, vegetables and fish.

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