Eating more fruits, veggies in youth linked to healthy heart decades later

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-10/aha-emf102115.php

Public Release: 26-Oct-2015
Eating more fruits, veggies in youth linked to healthy heart decades later
American Heart Association rapid access journal report
American Heart Association

Eating more fruits and vegetables as a young adult may keep your arteries free of heart disease 20 years later, according to research in the American Heart Association journal Circulation.

Researchers found that eating more fruits and vegetables as young adults was associated with less calcified coronary artery plaque 20 years later. Coronary artery calcium can be measured by a CT scan to detect the presence and amount of atherosclerosis, a disease that hardens arteries and underlies many types of heart disease.

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