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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] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also, human metabolism changes with age, so the habits that have sustained your health for the past decade may not continue to work in the future.

While this is certainly true, I feel the need to say here that the first time I looked at the contestants of an ultra-marathon event near me I was surprised to find that there were people well over their fifties participating. I mean, at least as far as this habit goes, their metabolism can't be very slow..

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

True, but it isn't just about fast or slow. Some things I used to be able to eat, I can't anymore. Stuff that used to make me feel crappy, might make me feel good now. I never used to be a breakfast person. Recently, I've become a breakfast person.

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

Yep, by definition metabolism is the sum of all chemical reactions in an organism! It's like the confusion with hypothesis and theory in media today, metabolism has basically been neutered the same way.