Three types of diets: Mediterranean, low-fat and low-carbohydrate are equally effective in fighting "clogged" arteries, Israeli doctors say, according to the Internet publication for girls and women aged 14 to 35 Pannochka. Net The study involved 140 overweight people aged 40 to 65 years. All participants sat on one of the types of diets (Mediterranean, low-fat or low-carbohydrate) for two years. The purpose of the research work was to find out whether a diet can change the aging of the arteries and prevent the onset of atherosclerosis. The study was published in the journal Circulation.

Atherosclerosis is one of the most actual diseases of our time. It stands in the first four of the most common diseases and causes of death. The essence of the disease is that large arteries are clogged with so-called atherosclerotic plaques, which prevents normal blood supply to organs.

For two years, the subjects kept diaries in which they described their daily diet.

As a result, it turned out that the walls of the artery became thinner by 5% in all participants in the experiment. Specialists are very surprised that all three diets have the same positive effect on the health of the arteries. The results of the study once again stressed the importance of the effect of nutrition on the health of the body, the researchers emphasized..

We also reported earlier on the results of research by American scientists who found that low carbohydrate levels in the diet can be harmful to health.

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