10 Foods That Affect The Chance Of Heart Diseases, Here’s What To Know

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There are about ten foods that account for all heart diseases across the US. In fact, if people really ate less salt and meat and more vegetables, fruits, and nuts, they would gradually lower their risk of heart diseases.

The researchers at Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy have found that people might lower down their chances of getting affected by heart diseases simply by eating healthy. There is a handy list offered that includes the food items people should eat to prevent heart diseases as well as food items they should avoid to stay fit.

Some of the items that people should eat more of includes nuts, whole grains, vegetables, fruits, seafood rich in Omega 3 fatty acids as well as polyunsaturated fats such as flaxseed oil, corn oil, soybean oil and more. According to NBC News, some of the food items that people need to avoid to prevent diabetes, heart diseases and strokes include processed meat, sugar induced beverages, red meat such as pork, beef, and sodium.

Renata Micha of Tufts and the team developed their list from the national surveys that covered 16000 people from 1999 to 2012. As per Harvard Health Publications, the volunteers were asked to fill up food diaries in the real time. They were asked to follow it for several years to see what happened to their health. In 2012 Micha's team mentioned that more than 700,000 died due to type 2 diabetes, stroke and heart diseases across the US.

"Of these, an estimated 45 percent (318,656 due to heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes) were associated with suboptimal intakes of the 10 dietary factors," they had mentioned in the Journal Of The American Medical Association. The researchers also used published studies on the drawbacks of the 10 food items in order to figure out how much each of these contributes to the heart diseases.

Through the calculations, eating excess sodium resulted in 9.5 percent of deaths. Also, eating less nuts resulted in 8.5 percent of deaths and more. The researchers clearly mentioned that the results would help identify the priorities and guide public health planning.