Eating more fruits and vegetables may reduce the risk of heart disease

Eating more fruits and vegetables may reduce the risk of heart disease

HomeCooking Tips, RecipesEating more fruits and vegetables may reduce the risk of heart disease

Discover how eating more fruits and vegetables every day can benefit your long-term well-being and health.

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Adam Meyer is a health author certified holistic nutritionist and 100% plant-based athlete. In addition to EatingWell his work has been featured in The Beet Verywell Fit The Healthy Livestrong Alive Best Life and others. He graduated from NutraPhoria School of Holistic Nutrition in 2019 and has since founded Pillars Nutrition.

Let’s face it: America has a cardiovascular health problem. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention heart disease is the leading cause of death in the country; 1 in 20 American adults has coronary heart disease and someone in America has a heart attack every 40 seconds.

This health problem is closely linked to chronic kidney disease as hypertension (also called high blood pressure) is a primary risk factor for cardiovascular problems and contributes to the development and progression of CKD. Despite advances in pharmacological treatments hypertension-related CKD and its cardiovascular consequences continue to increase with heart disease being the primary cause of death in CKD patients.