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05/15/2018 / By Michelle Simmons

Reboot your diet: Consuming more mono-unsaturated fatty acids can reduce your risk of heart disease by 26%

Make your diet more heart-healthy by including foods rich in monounsaturated fatty acids. A study found that eating more monounsaturated fatty acids from plants can lower the risk of heart disease by 26 percent. Led by researchers at the Harvard School T.H. Chan of Public Health in Boston, the study investigated the effect of monounsaturated […]

07/29/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Plant-based diets can kill you if they consist of refined grains and sugars

You might have heard that eating a plant-based diet can help ward off heart disease, but not just any plant-based diet will do. In fact, if you pair all those vegetables with refined grains and sugars, you could be doing more harm than good. In a study of more than 200,000 Americans that was published […]

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