Eating three or more servings of fruit and vegetables a day may help keep peripheral artery disease away.
In a new study on 3.7 million people, those who reported eating three or more daily servings of fruits and vegetables had 18 percent lower odds of PAD than those reporting eating less.
“Our study provides important information to the public that something as simple as adding more fruits and vegetables to your diet could have a major impact on the prevalence of life-altering peripheral artery disease,” said Jeffrey Berger, M.D., associate professor of medicine and surgery at New York University School of Medicine in New York City.
PAD is a narrowing of the peripheral arteries to the legs, stomach, arms and head — most commonly in the legs — that limits blood flow to the muscles and makes it hard or painful to walk or stand.
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