Macro partitioning
Improving the quality of a plant-based diet over a 12-year period is associated with a lower risk of total and cardiovascular disease mortality, whereas increasing consumption of an unhealthful plant-based diet is associated with higher mortality risk.
If you follow a plant-based diet, prioritize whole, unprocessed plant foods like whole grains, fruits, vegetables, nuts, and legumes. Avoid refined grains, sugary beverages, and sweets. Improving the quality of your plant-based intake over time is linked to a lower risk of dying from heart disease or other causes.
Improving plant-based diet quality over a 12-year period was associated with a lower risk of total and CVD mortality, whereas increased consumption of an unhealthful plant-based diet was associated with a higher risk of total and CVD mortality.
Why this rating
Large prospective cohort studies (NHS and HPFS) with long follow-up and rigorous adjustment for confounders, though observational design limits causal inference.
Source
Changes in Plant-Based Diet Quality and Total and Cause-Specific Mortality
Megu Y. Baden et al. · Circulation · 2019
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