Protein and Heart Disease
Protein and Heart Disease
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DESCRIPTION: Why is the intake of animal protein associated with heart disease—even independent of saturated fat—and the intake of plant protein protective? This is another reason plant protein is preferable (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/plant… Cheaper too! See Eating Healthy on the Cheap (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/eatin… Beans specifically have been linked to lower blood pressure (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/fill-… Other healthier sources of protein, such as nuts, also lower heart disease risk via a variety of mechanisms. See for example How Do Nuts Prevent Sudden Cardiac Death? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-d… More landmark research for Harvard in Harvard’s Meat and Mortality Studies (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/harva…) and What Women should Eat to Live Longer (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/what-…
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6.64 -> we know that the quality and quantity of
9.53 -> fat is tightly correlated with the risk
11.48 -> of our number one killer heart disease
13.129 -> but what about protein out of Harvard
17.33 -> recently dietary protein and risk of
19.369 -> ischemic heart disease in middle-aged
21.71 -> men independent of source and
24.679 -> independent of fat do you think total
27.109 -> protein intake was associated with more
28.699 -> heart disease less heart disease or no
30.89 -> difference and the answer they found was
32.899 -> no difference the quantity didn't seem
35.27 -> to matter but what about the quality the
36.98 -> source of the protein they observe no
40.309 -> association between total dietary
42.26 -> protein the risk of total heart disease
44.629 -> in this group of men however higher
47 -> intake of animal protein may be
49.16 -> associated with increased risk the cyma
50.84 -> heart disease in quote unquote healthy
53.239 -> men meaning those without hypertension
55.789 -> high cholesterol diabetes healthy only
58.309 -> in quotes though given their higher risk
60.17 -> of heart disease due to their
61.429 -> consumption of animal protein they also
65.299 -> observed a significant inverse
67.07 -> association between higher vegetable
69.83 -> protein intake and risk of fatal heart
71.57 -> disease so more plants less heart
73.52 -> disease meaning the more plants and
75.95 -> fewer animals ones eats would appear to
79.49 -> be better for the heart even independent
81.92 -> of the fat issue so the benefits of a
84.86 -> plant-based diet may extend beyond just
87.02 -> avoiding saturated animal fat but isn't
91.28 -> protein just protein though I mean how
94.07 -> does your body know if it's coming from
96.53 -> a plant or an animal
97.729 -> well proteins are made up of a string of
100.939 -> amino acids and there are some amino
103.13 -> acids more common in plants than in
105.95 -> animals particularly glutamic acid which
108.74 -> a study published in the Journal of the
110.99 -> American Heart Association was found for
112.88 -> example to potentially have independent
115.67 -> blood pressure lowering effects which
118.13 -> may contribute to the inverse relation
120.53 -> between vegetable protein to blood
122.299 -> pressure meaning high plants low
124.009 -> pressure their data generally reinforce
127.61 -> current recommendations for high intake
129.83 -> of vegetable products as a part of
132.05 -> comprehensive nutritional
134.03 -> style approaches to preventing in
135.8 -> controlling major established
137.78 -> cardiovascular risk factors and epidemic
140.53 -> cardiovascular disease
144.62 -> you
156.98 -> you
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYuxGs49k-o
