For women after menopause, eating less fat and more plant-based foods like vegetables and beans didn’t change their good cholesterol, fat in the blood, or blood sugar and insulin levels—even after more than 8 years.

When women after menopause ate a bit more vegetables, fruits, and whole grains, their good cholesterol, fat levels, blood sugar, and insulin didn’t get better or worse — it made no real difference.

Eating more veggies, fruits, and whole grains while cutting back on fat didn’t make much of a difference in reducing heart disease risk for women after menopause—so we might need smarter or more specific diets to really help.

Eating less fat and more veggies, fruits, and grains didn’t help postmenopausal women avoid heart attacks, strokes, or other heart problems over more than 8 years.

For women after menopause, eating a bit more veggies, fruits, and whole grains didn’t lower their risk of heart attacks or strokes, even though their bad cholesterol and blood pressure got a little better.

For women after menopause, eating a bit more veggies, fruits, and grains didn’t lower their risk of heart disease, even though some small health markers got a little better.