New research shows that even modest adherence to the Portfolio Diet, a plant-based cholesterol-lowering strategy, can significantly reduce cardiovascular risk factors in young adults and may postpone heart disease onset by more than a decade.
Study: Portfolio diet and LDL-C in a young, multiethnic cohort: cross-sectional analyses with cumulative exposure modeling. Image Credit: Chiociolla / Shutterstock
University of Toronto researchers conducted a cross-sectional multiethnic cohort study to assess the portfolio diet’s effect on a range of cardiovascular risk factors, including low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). The findings are published in the journal BMC Public Health.
Background
Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of mortality worldwide. Several health conditions increase the…