25/08/2021

Eating leafy green vegetables helps reduce risk of heart diseases

Consuming a cup of green leafy vegetables every day can significantly lower the risk for getting heart disease, according to an Australian research. /CFP

People can significantly reduce the risk of heart diseases by eating one cup of nitrate-rich vegetables every day, according to an Australian research.

The research, revealed on Tuesday, was jointly conducted by Edith Cowan University, University of Western Australia and Danish Cancer Society, and the findings were published in the European Journal of Epidemiology.

Based on data from over 50,000 people residing in Denmark over a 23-year period, researchers found that people who consumed the most nitrate-rich