These findings were based on a survey of nearly 135,000 adults from Shanghai, China. Participants filled out questionnaires about their eating habits and health history, and the researchers then divided them into five categories according to how much produce they ate. Over five years, four percent of the people died. Those who downed the most vegetables or fruits, however, were 15 percent less likely to die over that period than those who ate the fewest. For mustard-family vegetables, there was an even bigger difference in death rates between people with high and low intakes. The researchers found a similar pattern when they looked at people dying from heart disease -- about a quarter of all deaths in the study.
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- Blog author, Solai Buchanan is an experienced Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator with an MS from Columbia Teachers College. She specializes in treating heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, polycystic ovarian syndrome,and other chronic diseases. She is a provider at a full-service cardiology practice accepting most insurance and staffed with a primary care MD, pediatrician, and cardiologist. Call: 718.894.7907. NYCC is lead by Interventional Cardiologist Sanjeev Palta, MD, FSCAI, FACC. He trained at Cornell-Columbia Presbyterian Hospital and the State University Hospital of Brooklyn. He currently is an Attending Cardiologist at New York Methodist Hospital and Maimonides Medical Center. He is also an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center. Having performed over 2000 invasive cardiac procedures Dr. Palta’s patients know they are in trusted hands.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Eating More Broccoli Could Help You Live Longer
To the likely delight of nagging parents, a new study shows that people who eat more fruit and veggies tend to live longer. Plants from the mustard family -- including broccoli, cabbage, and cauliflower are especially associated with longevity.
These findings were based on a survey of nearly 135,000 adults from Shanghai, China. Participants filled out questionnaires about their eating habits and health history, and the researchers then divided them into five categories according to how much produce they ate. Over five years, four percent of the people died. Those who downed the most vegetables or fruits, however, were 15 percent less likely to die over that period than those who ate the fewest. For mustard-family vegetables, there was an even bigger difference in death rates between people with high and low intakes. The researchers found a similar pattern when they looked at people dying from heart disease -- about a quarter of all deaths in the study.
Mustard-family vegetables are high in vitamin C and fiber and also contain other nutrients that may have health benefits. The findings "provide strong support for the current recommendation to increase vegetable consumption to promote cardiovascular health and overall longevity," study researcher Dr. Zhang, of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Heart disease is the leading killer worldwide, causing more than 600,000 deaths every year in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC recommends eating two to four cups of fruit and vegetables daily.
These findings were based on a survey of nearly 135,000 adults from Shanghai, China. Participants filled out questionnaires about their eating habits and health history, and the researchers then divided them into five categories according to how much produce they ate. Over five years, four percent of the people died. Those who downed the most vegetables or fruits, however, were 15 percent less likely to die over that period than those who ate the fewest. For mustard-family vegetables, there was an even bigger difference in death rates between people with high and low intakes. The researchers found a similar pattern when they looked at people dying from heart disease -- about a quarter of all deaths in the study.
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