Healthy plant-based diets lower risks for mortality, major chronic conditions

Middle-aged adults with greater adherence to a healthful plant-based diet had significantly lower risks for CVD, cancer and mortality than those who had lower adherence, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Alysha S. Thompson, MSci, a PhD researcher at Queen’s University Belfast, and colleagues wrote that, for both health and environmental reasons, plant-based diets have recently gained popularity. Read the full article in Healio.