So we’ve been thinking that today is a good day to learn how to lower your risk of heart attack by 10%.

But here’s the point: a 10% drop in the risk of getting a heart attack is pretty life-saving when you think about it. And there’s this heart-healthy diet that just might do the trick.

In a recent study, researchers analyzed the diet habits of 39 overweight men and women between April 2005 and November 2006.

A part of the group followed a high carbohydrate, low-fat diet while the other group stuck to a low carbohydrate, vegan diet referred to as the ‘Eco Atkins diet’. They selected own food choices based on a meal plan and consumed about 26 percent of their calories from carbohydrates, 31 percent from proteins and 43 percent from fats in the form of vegetable oils.

The participants followed their respective diets for six months. After the study period, it was found that those who followed the Eco Atkins diet had 10 percent lower cholesterol and even showed a weight loss of about 4 pounds compared to the other group.

A low-carbohydrate, vegan diet may reduce a person’s risk for heart disease by 10 percent over 10 years, Medical News Today reported.

The success of the diet is attributed to reduction in carbohydrates and increased intake of vegetable protein like gluten, soya and nuts and vegetable oils to improve levels of HDL cholesterol.

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