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A vegan diet can help you stay off your medications

19.11.2021

Vegans reduce drug intake in older adults by 58% compared to meat eaters. This conclusion was made by scientists from the University of Loma Linda.

A new study has shown that older people who follow a vegan diet take 58% less medication than meat eaters. The authors of the study compared the diet and the number of tablets regularly taken by older people. A plant-based diet has also been shown to improve a range of health outcomes, including blood pressure and weight.

The study focused on polypharmacy, which is the name given to taking 5 or more prescribed medications per day. This is a fairly common problem in older people. Many of them have to take daily medicines for high blood pressure, for arrhythmias, for arthritis, for diabetes, for back pain, diuretics, statins and the like. Some older people are forced to take sometimes 7 and 10 tablets daily.

The authors of the study suggested that a plant-based diet and a healthy lifestyle would reduce the incidence of disease and the amount of medication taken. The diets of 328 participants aged 60 years and older were studied, they answered the questions of the questionnaires. The findings consistently associated a vegan diet with reduced pill intake, even after adjusting for other possible factors.

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