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A Whole-Food Plant Based Diet And Its Effects On Cardiovascular Disease, Meredith A. Childress
A Whole-Food Plant Based Diet And Its Effects On Cardiovascular Disease, Meredith A. Childress
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The purpose of this paper and benchmark study is to present evidenced-based data regarding the impact diet choices have on heart disease and how adherence to a whole food plant based (WFPB) diet compared to a Western diet affects cardiac disease. The PICOT question being asked for this change project is as follows: In adults with history of cardiac disease (P), how does adherence to a whole-food plant-based (WFPB) diet (I) compared to the Western diet (C) impact outcomes associated with coronary artery disease (CAD) (O) over three months (T)? A search of evidenced-based literature was conducted to determine the …