The Claim

Among individuals with a high genetic predisposition to coronary heart disease, ideal adherence to a healthy plant-based diet-lifestyle is associated with a 44% lower risk of coronary heart disease compared to individuals with poor adherence and high genetic risk.

Source: Association between healthy plant-based diet-lifestyle (hPDI-Lifestyle) score and incidence of coronary heart disease, and effect modification by genetic predisposition: a prospective analysis in a population-based cohort

What the research says

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In plain English

If you're genetically likely to get heart disease, eating a super healthy plant-based diet and living a healthy lifestyle might cut your risk of having heart disease by almost half compared to others with the same genes who don't eat well.

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Among individuals with high genetic predisposition to coronary heart disease, ideal adherence to a healthy plant-based diet-lifestyle is associated with a 44% lower risk of coronary heart disease compared to those with poor adherence and high genetic risk.

What the research says

1 study
  1. Study: Association between healthy plant-based diet-lifestyle (hPDI-Lifestyle) score and incidence of coronary heart disease, and effect modification by genetic predisposition: a prospective analysis in a population-based cohort

    People with a high genetic risk for heart disease who ate mostly plants, didn’t smoke, exercised, and slept well had 44% fewer heart problems than those with the same genetic risk but unhealthy habits.

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