Do Veggies Protect Your Heart? Recent Low Quality Evidence Questions Vegetables’ Value

A recent study observed that vegetable consumption was only minimally protective for incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) (1). Media headlines subsequently reported that “eating veggies won't protect your heart” (2). The PEN Team thought an analysis of the study was needed to determine if any changes to current recommendations to “eat lots of vegetables” are required.

The British cohort study, which had the strength of a very large sample size...