Making This Meal Plant-Based Is Better For Heart Health, Study Finds

When it came to a lower heart disease risk, they saw an association with plant-based dinners—a 10% lower risk, to be exact. And those plant-based dinners were specifically those with more whole carbs and unsaturated fats. As study author Ying Li explains in a news release, “Meal timing along with food quality are important factors to consider when looking for ways to lower your risk of heart disease.”

“It’s always recommended to eat a healthy diet, especially for those at high risk for heart disease,” he adds, “but we found that eating meat and refined carbs for breakfast instead of dinner was associated with a lower risk.”