Plant foods, dietary fibre and risk of ischaemic heart disease in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort.

26 Legume consumption was not related to IHD risk in our study, whereas a meta-analysis of prospective studies has shown a modest and borderline significant inverse association between legume intake and IHD risk based on 10 prospective studies (RR for comparing the highest with the lowest categories of legume intake: 0.91, 95% CI 0.84-0.99). 4 Randomized controlled trials have shown that increased legume consumption can decrease total cholesterol and n

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