According to Newsweek,
a study from the American Heart Association found that a plant-based
diet is the best choice for reducing your risk of heart failure—regardless of
whether you have a history of cardiac conditions.
Researchers studied five different diets to see which lowered
the risk of heart failure: convenience (fast food and pasta), plant-based,
sweets, Southern (sugary beverages and fried foods), and alcohol/salads.
Those who consumed mostly fruits and vegetables decreased
their risk of heart failure by 42 percent.
This should come as no surprise. As Eugenia Gianos, cardiologist
at NYU Langone, once told Newsweek,
research has shown a vegan diet is best for reducing one’s risk of cancer and
heart disease.
Eating animal products is linked to many health problems,
including heart
disease, cancer, diabetes, obesity, stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, and an overall shorter lifespan. In fact, researchers at the Mayo Clinic reviewed multiple studies and found
that compared to shorter-term vegetarians, people on a vegetarian diet for more
than 17 years enjoyed an increase in life expectancy of 3.6 years.
In addition to
harming our health, meat is literally killing our planet and causing unthinkable animal
suffering.
At factory farms,
animals are subjected to intense and horrific abuse: gruesome mutilations;
cramped confinement and overcrowding; and violent, bloody slaughter. If we
treated just one dog or cat the way the meat, dairy, and egg industries treat
billions of animals, we’d be behind bars for animal abuse.
Join the millions of
people who are protecting their health, the planet, and farmed animals by
switching to a vegan diet. Click here to get started!