Plant Protein

A higher plant-to-animal protein ratio was associated with lower risks for CVD and CAD among adults in three ongoing U.S. prospective cohort studies, according to a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Higher intake of total, animal and plant protein may be linked to lower mortality in older adults with mild or moderate chronic kidney disease, according to a cohort study.

Middle-aged women who consumed higher amounts of protein, particularly from plants, were more likely to have healthier aging and develop fewer chronic diseases, a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found.

Maintaining a large plant protein-based diet was associated with a lower risk of chronic kidney disease, according to recently published data.

Among Chinese adults, more varied sources of dietary protein were associated with lower risk for new-onset hypertension, according to research published in Hypertension.

Starting small, replacing red and processed meat, maintaining physical activity, reducing stress and meal planning are all ways suggested by the American Heart Association to stay healthy during the new year.

Researchers said they launched the first study of its kind to assess the correlation between macronutrients and CVD. They concluded that replacing animal protein with plant protein at dinner could lower CVD risk by as much as 10%.

Dietary protein from different sources was associated with varying risk for CVD mortality and death from dementia or cancer among older women, according to research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Replacing animal meat with plant-based alternatives improved several CVD risk factors, including trimethylamine-N-oxide, in generally healthy participants compared with a diet with animal meat, researchers found in the SWAP-MEAT trial.

Diets high in protein were associated with a lower risk for all-cause mortality, according to a study published in the BMJ.