Research
Macro partitioning
Substituting one daily serving of red meat with one daily serving of nuts is associated with a 30% lower risk of coronary heart disease in women.
If you eat red meat, try swapping one serving a day for a serving of nuts. This specific swap is linked to a 30% lower risk of heart disease in women. You don't have to eliminate meat entirely, but making this one swap can significantly improve your heart health profile.
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1 serving per day of nuts was associated with a 30% (95% confidence interval, 17% to 42%) lower risk of CHD compared with 1 serving per day of red meat.
Why this rating
Large prospective cohort (84,136 women), long follow-up (26 years), and rigorous multivariable adjustment, though observational design limits causal inference.
Source
Major Dietary Protein Sources and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in Women
Adam Bernstein et al. · Circulation · 2010
cohort · n=84136Cited 564×
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