Consuming a plant-based diet that includes nuts soy pulses beans peas and a little amount of plant sterolsa may reduce many risk factors for cardiovascular disease including blood pressure triglycerides and inflammation a new study has found. In addition to reducing low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (bad cholesterol) by about 30 per cent when combined with a low-saturated fat diet -- a level comparable to medications the researchers found the diet limited other factors for an estimated 13 per cent reduction in the overall risk for coronary heart disease which includes angina and heart attack. We have known the portfolio diet lowers
