These foods may help people with heart disease live longer.

Recent research has shown that including more plant-based foods in the diet

especially rich in omega-3 fatty acids, may be the key to increasing the life expectancy of people with cardiovascular disease.

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Scientists studied the data of 905 people, the averagewhose age was 67 years. All of them were patients with heart failure. Participants were followed up for an average of 2.4 years. During this time, 140 patients died from various causes, and 85 specifically from cardiovascular diseases. It turned out that patients with higher levels of alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) had a lower risk of first hospitalization due to heart failure, death from cardiovascular disease and death from all causes.

What is alpha-linolenic acid?It is an unsaturated fatty acid of the omega-3 group of unsaturated fatty acids. It is found in plant foods. That is, including ALA-rich foods, such as walnuts, in the diet can be beneficial.

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