Is a vegetarian or vegan diet good for patients' health?
Yes, when it comes to ischaemic heart disease but not so much for stroke, study suggests
5th September 2019
Recommending a vegetarian or pescatarian diet can help reduce patients’ ischaemic heart disease risk but may place them at higher risk of stroke, a UK study of over 48,000 adults suggests.
Men and women (average age 45) on a vegetarian or vegan diet and no history of coronary heart disease had a 22% lower risk of ischaemic heart disease than meat eaters, Oxford University researchers report in the BMJ.
After following the participants for 18 years they found that those on a pescatarian diet also had a lower heart disease risk