High-fibre diet 'benefits heart attack patients'
Posted: 30 Apr 2014, 08:23If you have had a heart attack, eat plenty of fibre because it may improve your long-term chances of recovery, say US researchers.
Heart-attack survivors were more likely to be alive nine years later if they followed a high-fibre diet, a study in the British Medical Journal found.
Every 10g-per-day increase in fibre intake was linked with a 15% drop in death risk during the study.
Dietary fibre may improve blood pressure and cholesterol, experts say.
More:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27192045
Heart-attack survivors were more likely to be alive nine years later if they followed a high-fibre diet, a study in the British Medical Journal found.
Every 10g-per-day increase in fibre intake was linked with a 15% drop in death risk during the study.
Dietary fibre may improve blood pressure and cholesterol, experts say.
More:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27192045