Thursday, December 26, 2024

Plant proteins healthier than meats


 

Substituting plant-based alternatives to meat is good for heart health.


An analysis that combined eight recent research reports said the plant-based alternatives lowered low-density lipoprotein (LDL, or "bad") cholesterol by 12 per cent, total cholesterol by six per cent and body weight by one per cent in adults without cardiovascular disease.


Few, if any, changes were observed in high-density lipoprotein (HDL, or "good") cholesterol, triglycerides, blood pressure or fasting glucose among the 369 adults who comprised the randomized controlled trials across the group of publications, according to the report published this month in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.