According to a Harvard University study published in JAMA Internal Medicine, whole grains reduce mortality, especially from cardiovascular disease.
Maybe it’s time to replace your daily baguette with wholemeal bread. Eat whole grains – wheat, wheat, rice, oats, barley etc. – would seem to reduce the risks of mortality, in particular those related to cardiovascular diseases, according to a published study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Internal Medicine.
Harvard School of Public Health researchers analyzed two studies that included 74,341 women between 1984 and 2010 and 43,744 men from 1986 to 2010. All participants were in good health with no signs of cancer or cardiovascular disease in the body. start of this research.
The researchers found that the more these people consumed whole grains, the more they reduced the risk of chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes or cardiovascular pathologies. These results were obtained by taking into account factors such as age, body mass index or tobacco consumption.
A 5% decrease in mortality
Concretely, the study shows that consuming 28 grams of whole grains per day is associated with a 5% reduction in the risk of early mortality or a 9% reduction in deaths from cardiovascular diseases.
On the other hand, the researchers specify that there are no significant links between the regular consumption of whole grains and a decrease in mortality due to cancers.
“The results of this research support current dietary recommendations to increase the consumption of whole grains to help prevent chronic disease,” say the authors. They also provide promising indications suggesting that a diet fortified with whole grains could help lengthen life expectancy, ”they conclude.
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