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2024-08-13 01:00
International researchers say that people who had higher levels of plant fats in their diets had lower chances of developing heart disease or dying early. They looked at data from over 400,000 people, spanning 24 years, and including nearly 190,000 deaths, and say diets rich in plant fats, especially those from grains and vegetable oils, were associated with a lower risk of problems with our hearts, and subsequently dying from heart related issues. Inversely, the researchers also found those that had higher levels of animal-based fats, including those from dairy foods and eggs, had a higher risk of heart disease and dying from heart issues.
Journal/conference: JAMA Internal Medicine
Link to research (DOI): 10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.3799
Organisation/s: Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
Funder: This research was supported in
part by the Intramural Research Program of the
National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer
Institute. Cancer incidence data from the Atlanta
metropolitan area were collected by the Georgia
Center for Cancer Statistics, Department of
Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health,
Emory University, Atlanta. Cancer incidence data
from California were collected by the California
Cancer Registry, California Department of Public
Health’s Cancer Surveillance and Research Branch,
Sacramento. Cancer incidence data from the
Detroit metropolitan area were collected by the
Michigan Cancer Surveillance Program, Community
Health Administration, Lansing. The Florida cancer
incidence data used in this report were collected by the Florida Cancer Data System (Miami) under
contract with the Florida Department of Health,
Tallahassee. Cancer incidence data from Louisiana
were collected by the Louisiana Tumor Registry,
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
School of Public Health, New Orleans. Cancer
incidence data from New Jersey were collected by
the New Jersey State Cancer Registry, The Rutgers
Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick.
Cancer incidence data from North Carolina were
collected by the North Carolina Central Cancer
Registry, Raleigh. Cancer incidence data from
Pennsylvania were supplied by the Division of
Health Statistics and Research, Pennsylvania
Department of Health, Harrisburg. Cancer
incidence data from Arizona were collected by the
Arizona Cancer Registry, Division of Public Health
Services, Arizona Department of Health Services,
Phoenix. Cancer incidence data from Texas were
collected by the Texas Cancer Registry, Cancer
Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch, Texas
Department of State Health Services, Austin.
Cancer incidence data from Nevada were collected
by the Nevada Central Cancer Registry, Division of
Public and Behavioral Health, State of Nevada
Department of Health and Human Services, Carson
City. Dr Huang was supported by the National
Natural Science Foundation of China (82100949),
the Outstanding Young Investigator Award of
Hunan Province (2022JJ10094), and Central South
University Research Programme of Advanced
Interdisciplinary Studies (2023QYJC008).
Dr Albanes was supported by the Intramural
Research Program of the NIH National Cancer
Institute.
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