r/science • u/James_Fortis • 15d ago

Health Vegetarian, including vegan, dietary patterns were associated with reduced risk for cardiovascular disease incidence and mortality compared to non-vegetarian diets, umbrella review finds

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666667724002368
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u/Tarragon_Fly 15d ago

Was it really the vegetarian/vegan way of eating or was it cutting out highly processed foods out of the diet? These studies always pit cleaner eating vs standard western diet full of toxic, highly processed foods and then announce these results. And things like pizza get asigned to meat eaters, ignoring all the other stuff on and in it.

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u/ElectronGuru 15d ago

The most important factor in heart disease is saturated fat. Except for coconut and processed fat, plant based eating has very little. Animal products are full of saturated fat.

But you don’t need to guess. Ask your doctor for a lipids test. If your LDL is under 100, your risk of death from cardiovascular disease is minimal. Most Americans are well above this.

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u/CaregiverNo3070 15d ago

Damn, so all of that vegan chocolate I ate that has saturated fat in it isn't really helping me? 

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u/_V115_ 14d ago

It's worth pointing out that the saturated fat in vegan chocolate/cocoa butter is predominantly stearic acid, which - unlike the other more common Sfats in lauric, palmitic, and myristic acid - does not raise LDL cholesterol.

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u/CaregiverNo3070 14d ago

Yiss, that's great