A vegetable-based low-carbohydrate diet is probably healthier than an animal-based low-carbohydrate diet …. Diets that emphasized animal sources of fat and protein were associated with higher all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality, whereas diets that emphasized vegetable sources of fat and protein were associated with lower all-cause and cardiovascular mortality …. Both men and women who had higher overall and animal low-carbohydrate scores had higher BMI and were more likely to be current smokers but had lower intakes of fruits and vegetables
Tag Archive: cause of death
Danaei et. al. (2009) The preventable causes of death in the United States: comparative risk assessment of dietary, lifestyle, and metabolic risk factors
“estimate the mortality effects of the following 12 modifiable dietary, lifestyle, and metabolic risk factors …. tobacco smoking and high blood pressure were responsible for an estimated 467,000 … and 395,000 deaths, accounting for about one in five or six deaths in US adults. Overweight–obesity (216,000) and physical inactivity (191,000) were each responsible for nearly 1 in 10 deaths. High dietary salt (102,000), low dietary omega-3 fatty acids (84,000), and high dietary trans fatty acids (82,000).”
