Medical News Today: Vegetarian heart health: Study identifies benefits and risks
A new study concludes that a vegetarian diet reduces the risk of ischemic heart disease. It also finds a small but surprising increased risk of stroke. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 7, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nutrition / Diet Source Type: news
Study Reveals Mixed Effects on Health for Vegetarian Diet
FRIDAY, Sept. 6, 2019 -- Vegetarians and fish eaters have a lower risk for ischemic heart disease compared with meat eaters, and vegetarians have a higher risk for stroke, according to a study published online Sept. 4 in The BMJ.
Tammy Y.N. Tong,... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - September 6, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Going Vegetarian Good for Your Heart, But May Up Stroke Risk
Title: Going Vegetarian Good for Your Heart, But May Up Stroke RiskCategory: Health NewsCreated: 9/5/2019 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 9/6/2019 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Heart General)
Source: MedicineNet Heart General - September 6, 2019 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Vegetarians May Face Higher Stroke Risk
While vegetarians had a 22% lower risk for heart disease, they had a 20% higher risk for stroke, British researchers found. Meanwhile, people who ate fish but no other meats (pescatarians) had a 13% lower risk of heart disease, with no increased stroke risk. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - September 5, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Vegetarians May Be At Higher Risk Of Stroke, Study Finds
BOSTON (CBS) – Many people adopt a vegetarian lifestyle to help reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease, but a new study published in the BMJ finds people who avoid meat all together may be at a higher risk of stroke.
Researchers in the U.K. looked at about 48 thousand adults over 18 years. They found that vegetarians, vegans, and pescatarians (people who eat fish but not meat) had a lower risk of ischemic heart disease, like heart attacks. But vegetarians had a 20% higher risk of stroke compared to meat eaters.
It’s not clear why vegetarians may suffer more strokes. Perhaps it is due to lower levels of cer...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - September 5, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Health Healthwatch Syndicated Local Dr. Mallika Marshall Stroke Vegetarian Source Type: news
A New Study Suggests Vegetarians and Vegans Are at Higher Risk of Stroke. But Don ’t Reach for That Steak Just Yet
Vegetarians and vegans are likely to be concerned by the results of a new study with a surprising finding: those following meat-free diets, which are typically associated with better cardiovascular health, may actually have a higher risk of stroke than those who eat meat.
But it’s too soon to run out and order a steak. The paper, published in the BMJ, found only a small increase in the risk of stroke, while confirming findings in other studies that vegetarians and vegans may have a lower risk of heart disease than meat-eaters.
“It’s important to emphasize that we’ve looked at two outcomes here,R...
Source: TIME: Health - September 5, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized Diet/Nutrition onetime Source Type: news
Going Vegetarian Good for Your Heart, But May Up Stroke Risk
THURSDAY, Sept. 5, 2019 -- Vegetarianism is all the rage these days, but a new study suggests that slicing meat from your diet might raise your risk of stroke slightly.
While vegetarians had a 22% lower risk for heart disease, they had a 20% higher... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
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Vegans and vegetarians may have higher stroke risk
However, the benefits to the heart seem to outweigh the risks to the brain. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - September 5, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Plant-based diets 'linked to higher stroke risk'
Vegan and vegetarian diets are also linked to lower heart disease risk, a long-term study suggests. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - September 4, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Vegetarians might have higher risk of stroke than meat eaters, study says
Non-meat diets have soared in popularity with many people ditching beef, pork and chicken in pursuit of health and environmental benefits and concerns about animal welfare. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - September 4, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Vegetarians have a higher risk of stroke than meat eaters
Oxford University scientists, who tracked nearly 50,000 people for 18 years, believe low intake of the vitamins in meat may cause the additional risk. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 4, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Vegetarians and pescatarians have lower risk of CHD
Vegetarians also have a fifth higher risk of haemorrhagic and total stroke compared with meat eaters Related items fromOnMedica WHO dietary fat guidance fails to consider crucial evidence Most supplements offer no real benefit, some might increase risks Should we recognise obesity as a disease? Vitamin D supplements do not confer cardiovascular protection Sweetened drinks greater risk for poor glycaemic control (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - September 4, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
IPCC leaked report: Going vegetarian and controlling land use are key to climate crisis
Scientists in Geneva warn that cutting carbon emissions from cars and factories is not enoughAttempts to solve the climate crisis by cutting carbon emissions from only cars, factories and power plants are doomed to failure, scientists will warn this week.A leaked draft of a report on climate change and land use, which is now being debated in Geneva by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), states that it will be impossible to keep global temperatures at safe levels unless there is also a transformation in the way the world produces food and manages land.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 3, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Robin McKie Tags: Climate change World news Science Environment Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Global climate talks Agriculture Source Type: news
Medical News Today: The top foods high in zinc
Zinc plays a vital role in many functions in the body, including growth. Learn about which foods contain the most zinc here. We also cover vegetarian and vegan options. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 31, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nutrition / Diet Source Type: news
A healthy vegetarian diet can slow progression of prediabetes
A Swedish study reports that a plant-based diet may reduce the risk of prediabetes advancing to type 2 diabetes, data published in theJournal of Internal Medicine.Healthline (Source: Society for Endocrinology)
Source: Society for Endocrinology - July 24, 2019 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
