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Plant-based diets with healthful complex carbohydrates reduced cardiovascular disease (CVD).
Encourage patients to adopt plant-based diets with complex carbohydrates to lower CVD risk.
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Plant-based diets with healthful complex carbohydrates reduced CVD.
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Source
Dietary treatment to lower cholesterol and triglyceride and reduce cardiovascular risk
Francine K. Welty · Current Opinion in Lipidology · 2020
DOI 10.1097/mol.0000000000000689
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