Today the results of a Clinical Study carried out in Norway were revealed at the Cardiac 2019 conference. The Clinical Trial was suggested and approved back in 2017 and wanted to find out if there was a relationship between Gut Health and Heart Failure (HF).
The results showed that there was a correlation between Gut Health and Heart Failure.
What was shown as well was that the more fibre (fiber) that the patient ate the less chance of a Heart Failure occurred.
When they did a dietary analysis they found that Heart Failure is connected to a low fibre intake.
Their advice is to choose foods high in fibre such as cereals, fruits and vegetables to reduce the possibilities of HF. To quote the leading author, "It would be prudent for patients with Heart problems to limit their meat intake to 2 or 3 times a week.”
This latest result adds to the significant number of studies carried out over the last century or so that shows that eating large amounts of meat protein shortens your life expectancy. When compared to those who eat more fruit and vegetables this is a significant number of years (6+).
So Mum was always right when she told you to eat your veggies. You will live longer.
Journal Reference
Mark Luedde, Thorben Winkler, Femke-Anouska Heinsen, Malte C. Rühlemann, Martina E. Spehlmann, Amer Bajrovic, Wolfgang Lieb, Andre Franke, Stephan J. Ott, Norbert Frey. Heart failure is associated with depletion of core intestinal microbiota. ESC Heart Failure, 2017; DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.12155
C Mayerhofer 1 , M Kummen 2 , K Holm 2 , K Broch1 , A Awoyemi 3 , B Vestad 2 , C Storm-Larsen 2 , I Seljeflot 3 , T Ueland 2 , P Bohov 4 , RK Berge 4 , A Svardal 4 , L Gullestad 1 , JR Hov 2 , M Troseid 5 , 1 Oslo University Hospital, Department of Cardiology Rikshospitalet - Oslo - Norway , 2 Oslo University Hospital, Research Institute of Internal Medicine - Oslo - Norway , 3 Oslo University Hospital, Department of Cardiology Ullevål - Oslo - Norway , 4 University of Bergen - Bergen - Norway , 5 Oslo University Hospital, Section of Clinical Immunology and Infectious diseases - Oslo - Norway. Gut microbiota composition and interactions with diet: dysbiosis in heart failure is partly related to lower fiber intake. Heart Failure 2019
