The Claim
The plasma metabolite profile associated with legume consumption is not significantly associated with the incidence of cardiovascular disease over a median follow-up of 3.8 years in elderly Mediterranean adults at high cardiovascular risk, despite being strongly associated with type 2 diabetes.
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In elderly Mediterranean adults at high risk for heart disease, the pattern of metabolites in the blood linked to eating legumes is not connected to the development of cardiovascular disease over nearly four years, but it is strongly connected to the development of type 2 diabetes.
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The plasma metabolite profile associated with legume consumption shows no significant association with the incidence of cardiovascular disease over a median follow-up of 3.8 years in elderly Mediterranean adults at high cardiovascular risk, despite a strong association with type 2 diabetes.
Eating legumes changes the levels of certain blood chemicals that help the body use insulin better, which lowers diabetes risk. These same chemicals do not change the processes that cause arteries to become inflamed or fats to oxidize, so they do not reduce the chance of heart disease.
What the research says
1 studyScientists found that a blood pattern linked to eating beans predicts a lower risk of diabetes, but it doesn't predict whether people will get heart disease or stroke. So, while beans may help prevent diabetes, this specific blood signal doesn't tell us if they protect the heart.
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