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Vegetarian and vegan diets and the risk of cardiovascular disease, ischemic heart disease and stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies

Strict adherence to a vegetarian diet may help fend off cardiovascular and ischemic heart diseases.

This meta-analysis looked at the odds of vegetarians and non-vegetarians acquiring stroke, cardiovascular, and ischemic heart diseases. Researchers sifted through data obtained from 13 studies involving more than 850,000 men and women. 

Researchers observed vegetarian compared to non-vegetarian diets decreased the risk of developing cardiovascular and ischemic heart diseases by 15% and 21% respectively. This study concluded that opting for a vegetarian diet may offer individuals an extra layer of protection against cardiovascular and ischemic heart diseases.

Research Summary Information

  • 2023
  • Jarle Sæby Dybvik, Mette Svendsen, Dagfinn Aune
  • Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. j.s.dybvik@gmail.com. Department of Nutrition Sciences, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. Department of Endocrinology, Morbid Obesity and Preventive Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK. Department of Nutrition, Oslo New University College, Oslo, Norway. Unit of Cardiovascular and Nutritional Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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