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Not Eating Enough of These Six Healthy Foods is Associated with Higher Cardiovascular Disease and Deaths Globally (academic.oup.com)

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Consuming fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, fish and whole-fat dairy products is key to lowering the risk of cardiovascular disease, including heart attacks and strokes. The study also found that a healthy diet can be achieved in various ways, such as including moderate amounts of whole grains or unprocessed meats.

The World Health Organization estimates ~18 million people died from cardiovascular disease in 2019, representing 32% of all global deaths. Of these deaths, 85% were due to heart attacks and strokes. Population Research Health Institute researchers and their global collaborators analyzed data from 245,000 people in 80 countries from multiple studies.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

While most of this is interesting please take a look at the section "Water use of food products". Looks like cheese needs quite a lot of water.

I am neither vegetarian nor vegan, but I do tend to pick the foods I consume in sizeable quantities considering things like these.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I am not in any shape or form justifying cheese (over)consumption. Health isn't the only reason I advocate for a plant-based diet. The environmental impacts and carbon footprint of meat and dairy make a gas guzzling pickup truck pale in comparison. For me, cheese was the hardest thing to give up. That thing is addictive. But learning about the suffering that the animals endure, the environmental impact...I just could not go on like this.