It's time to eat healthy as scientists discovered that foods consumed during median age might drastically affect one's healthiness down the line. The findings showed that the food groups which promote a healthier and longer life were whole grains, nuts, fruits, and vegetables. Better start eating these foods now, according to the researchers.
Stanford Cardiovascular Institute researchers, led by Dr. Nilay Shah, examined the data gathered from approximately 11,000 male and female residents of Dallas, Texas who have finished a three-day diary of food on some period during 1987 up to 1999. The participants were 47 years of age, on average, at the time they started the research.
None of the participants had experienced stroke or heart attack before the research started. After 18 years, the participants were followed up. Now the researchers studied the number of participants who died through a total follow-up duration of 18 years.
Lead author of the research, Dr. Shah, told Live Science that certain diets, like Mediterranean Diet and Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension or DASH diet, were discovered to have no links with one's risk of death. However, individual dietary choices and ingredients were associated with a much better heart condition and a lesser odd of vanishing from a couple of causes.
Researchers also found out that certain ingredients of Mediterranean diet, particularly whole grains, nuts, vegetables, and fruits, were linked with a lower chance of death caused by heart illness through the period of the research. Moreover, the plants included in DASH diet were related to a lesser risk of death resulting from any causes.
Findings of the research revealed that participants who consumed the mid amounts of those foods had a smaller risk of death from heart disorder than participants who consumed lesser than the standard prices. The research also discovered that participants who consumed greater amounts of fresh veggies had a smaller chance of dying within the period of the study compared to the participants who consumed the least amounts.
Meanwhile, the findings of the research haven't been posted in any journal online. Though the research was not able to ratify one healthy eating plan as the best path to optimum health, some studies in the past according to Food & Wine have linked the Mediterranean diet to Alzheimer's prevention, living longer, stronger bones and lower cancer risks.
