While eating red meat that is rich in protein is linked with increased risk of heart disease, protein from nuts and seeds could be beneficial for the human heart, suggests a study including more than 80,000 participants.<\/p>\n
The study, appearing in the International Journal of Epidemiology, found that people who consumed large amounts of meat protein experienced a 60 per cent increase in cardiovascular disease (CVD), while people who consumed large amounts of protein from nuts and seeds experienced a 40-per cent reduction in CVD.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile dietary fats are part of the story in affecting risk of cardiovascular disease, proteins may also have important and largely overlooked independent effects on risk,\u201d said Gary Fraser, from Loma Linda University in California.<\/p>\n
Fraser added that nutritionists have traditionally looked toward what he termed \u201cbad fats\u201d in meats and \u201chelpful fats\u201d in nuts and seeds as causal agents.<\/p>\n
As a result of being high in unsaturated fat, nuts and seeds are traditionally included in the \u201cgood fat\u201d category. However, it is also possible that \u201cgood protein\u201d that also adds to their positive health impact.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis new evidence suggests that the full picture probably also involves the biological effects of proteins in these foods,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
For the study, the team compared animal proteins versus plant proteins in 81,337 men and women.<\/p>\n
Associations between the \u201cmeat\u201d and \u201cnuts and seeds\u201d protein factors and cardiovascular outcomes were strong and could not be ascribed to other associated nutrients considered to be important for cardiovascular health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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