Saturday 06/Sep/2025 – 04:41 AM
A new study revealed that eating leafy vegetables and foods such as bananas may reduce the risk of heart disease up to a quarter.
Foods that reduce the risk of heart disease
According to the Sun website, foods rich in potassium such as salmon, broccoli and spinach help the body get rid of salt and reduce the possibility of heart related diseases by 24%.
The study, whose results were published at the European Society for Cardiology in Madrid, also continued that the researchers tested 1,200 patients with chronic heart conditions, and 600 of them were directed to follow a diet rich in potassium and low in meat.
Professor Henning Bondgard, the main author of the study of the University of Copenhagen Hospital, revealed that the human body’s development on a diet rich in potassium and low sodium, when we lived in savanna and eating fruits and vegetables.
He said: We are now following a modern diet based on processed foods, and the higher the treatment, the higher the sodium in the food and the low potassium, which is a radical change, and the results showed that the high levels of potassium in the blood in general were generally linked to a significant decrease in the risk of heart attacks and hospitalization or death from any cause.
