Question

Conventional wisdom dictates that a low-fat diet rich in fruits, vegetables, and grains keeps you “heart healthy,” yet low-carbohydrate, high fat diets are popular for weight loss (which increases heart health) and for reducing problems associated with diabetes. Research and discuss both sides of the argument in an APA paper with a minimum of 350-word.

Answer 1

• Larger and longer research have proved that daily intake of fruits and vegetables can decrease the possibilities of heart disease and stroke. This have been proved through taking data of almost 110,000 men and women who were having these dietary habits for 14 years. Researchers of Harvard University have reported that individuals who kept rich fruits and vegetable for more than 5 years they had 20 % lower risk of coronary heart disease¹and stroke² compared with people who didn’t have fruits and vegetables daily. Fruit and vegetables diet also stops hypertension, lower the risk of cancer and diabetes. Researchers of World Cancer Research Fund have reported that intake of lettuce and other leafy greens, broccoli, cabbage, garlic, onions and fruits like orange guava and apple protects stomach, throat and lung cancer³.

Benefits of low crab dieting:

• In other side, a low carb diet which includes fewer carbohydrates and higher proportion of natural fat helps to lose weight and lower the risk of heart disease. Recent studies have showed that natural fats are our friend. Our earlier observations were wrong.
• Intake of high amount of carbohydrates like breads, cooked rice, potato, banana have full of sugar that increases the possibilities of the start of obesity. When you keep away from sugar and starches, your blood sugar sustains and fat-storing hormone insulin decreases which enhances fat burning and reduces food intake causing weight loss.
• Reduced probability for fat storage, mainly visceral of cardiovascular disease which leads the organs to be dysfunctional.
• Utilization of natural fats grains muscle and improves the level of HDL/LDL, triglyceride and glucose.
• Effectual indications for the treatment of type II diabetes, epilepsy, Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.
• Boost in dietary fiber due to lowering of processed foods.

References

1. He, F.J., et al., Increased consumption of fruit and vegetables is related to a reduced risk of coronary heart disease: meta-analysis of cohort studies. J Hum Hypertens, 2007. 21(9): p. 717-28.
2. He, F.J., C.A. Nowson, and G.A. MacGregor, Fruit and vegetable consumption and stroke: meta-analysis of cohort studies. Lancet, 2006. 367(9507): p. 320-6.
3. Wiseman, M., The second World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research expert report. Food, nutrition, physical activity, and the prevention of cancer: a global perspective. Proc Nutr Soc, 2008. 67(3): p. 253-6.