Wani bincike na bincike guda biyar na baya-bayan nan, wanda ya hada da fiye da 76000 lokuta, ya nuna cewa mace-mace daga cututtukan zuciya na zuciya ya ragu da kashi 31 cikin dari a tsakanin maza masu cin ganyayyaki idan aka kwatanta da wadanda ba masu cin ganyayyaki ba, kuma kashi 20 cikin dari na mata. A cikin binciken kawai akan wannan batu, wanda aka gudanar a tsakanin masu cin ganyayyaki, haɗarin kamuwa da cutar ya yi ƙasa sosai a tsakanin maza masu cin ganyayyaki fiye da na ovo-lacto- vegetarian maza.
Rabon mace-mace kuma ya ragu a tsakanin masu cin ganyayyaki maza da mata, idan aka kwatanta da masu cin ganyayyaki; masu cin kifi kawai, ko masu cin nama ba fiye da sau ɗaya a mako ba.
Rage yawan cututtukan zuciya da jijiyoyin jini a tsakanin masu cin ganyayyaki shine saboda ƙananan matakan cholesterol a cikin jininsu. Binciken bincike guda 9 ya gano cewa masu cin ganyayyaki na lacto-ovo da masu cin ganyayyaki suna da 14% da 35% ƙananan matakan cholesterol na jini fiye da waɗanda ba masu cin ganyayyaki ba na shekaru ɗaya, bi da bi. Hakanan yana iya yin bayanin ƙananan ma'aunin ƙwayar jiki tsakanin masu cin ganyayyaki.
Farfesa Sacks da abokan aiki sun gano cewa lokacin da batun cin ganyayyaki ya fi wanda ba mai cin ganyayyaki nauyi ba, akwai ƙarancin lipoproteins a cikin jini. Wasu, amma ba duka ba, binciken ya nuna raguwar matakan jini na babban adadin lipoprotein (HDL) tsakanin masu cin ganyayyaki. Ana iya haifar da raguwar matakan HDL ta hanyar raguwar kitse na abinci da kuma shan barasa. Wannan na iya taimakawa wajen bayyana ƙananan bambance-bambancen cututtukan cututtukan zuciya tsakanin mata masu cin ganyayyaki da waɗanda ba masu cin ganyayyaki ba, kamar yadda matakan lipoprotein masu girma (HDL) a cikin jini na iya zama babban haɗari ga cuta fiye da ƙananan ƙwayoyin ƙwayoyin lipoprotein (LDL). matakan.
Matakan triglycerides na gama-gari yana kusan daidai tsakanin masu cin ganyayyaki da waɗanda ba masu cin ganyayyaki ba.
Dalilai da dama na musamman ga cin ganyayyaki na iya shafar matakan cholesterol na jini. Ko da yake bincike ya nuna cewa yawancin masu cin ganyayyaki ba sa bin abinci mai ƙarancin kitse, yawan cin mai a tsakanin masu cin ganyayyaki ya ragu sosai fiye da waɗanda ba masu cin ganyayyaki ba, kuma rabon da ba shi da ɗanɗano da kitse shima ya fi girma a cikin masu cin ganyayyaki.
Masu cin ganyayyaki kuma suna samun ƙarancin cholesterol fiye da waɗanda ba masu cin ganyayyaki ba, kodayake wannan adadi ya bambanta tsakanin ƙungiyoyin da aka gudanar da bincike.
Masu cin ganyayyaki suna cinye 50% ko fiye da fiber fiye da masu cin ganyayyaki, kuma masu cin ganyayyaki suna da fiber fiye da masu cin ganyayyaki na ovo-lacto. Magunguna masu narkewa na iya rage haɗarin cututtukan zuciya ta hanyar rage matakan cholesterol na jini.
Wasu bincike sun nuna cewa furotin dabba yana da alaƙa kai tsaye da matakan cholesterol mai girma na jini.ko da a lokacin da duk sauran abubuwan gina jiki ana sarrafa su a hankali. Masu cin ganyayyaki na Lacto-ovo suna cinye ƙarancin furotin dabba fiye da waɗanda ba masu cin ganyayyaki ba, kuma masu cin ganyayyaki ba su cinye furotin dabba kwata-kwata.
Nazarin ya nuna cewa cin akalla gram 25 na furotin waken soya a kowace rana, ko dai a madadin furotin dabba ko kuma a matsayin kari ga abinci na yau da kullun, yana rage matakan cholesterol na jini a cikin masu fama da hypercholesterolemia, hauhawar cholesterol. Sunadaran soya kuma na iya ƙara matakan HDL. Masu cin ganyayyaki suna cin furotin soya fiye da mutanen yau da kullun.
Sauran abubuwan da ke cikin abinci mai cin ganyayyaki waɗanda ke rage haɗarin cututtukan zuciya, ban da tasirin matakan cholesterol na jini. Masu cin ganyayyaki suna cinye bitamin da yawa - antioxidants C da E, wanda zai iya rage oxidation na LDL cholesterol. Isoflavonoids, waxanda suke phyto-estrogens da ake samu a cikin abinci na waken soya, na iya samun kaddarorin anti-oxidant tare da haɓaka aikin endothelial da sassaucin jijiyoyin jini gaba ɗaya.
Ko da yake bayanin shan wasu sinadarai na phytochemicals a tsakanin al'ummomi daban-daban yana da iyaka, masu cin ganyayyaki suna nuna yawan cin abinci na phytochemicals fiye da wadanda ba masu cin ganyayyaki ba, saboda yawan adadin kuzarin da suke amfani da su yana fitowa daga abincin shuka. Wasu daga cikin waɗannan phytochemicals suna tsoma baki tare da samuwar plaque ta hanyar rage siginar sigina, sabon samuwar tantanin halitta, da haifar da tasirin anti-mai kumburi.
Masu bincike a Taiwan sun gano cewa masu cin ganyayyaki suna da martani mai girma na vasodilation, kai tsaye dangane da adadin shekarun da mutum ya yi amfani da shi a kan cin ganyayyaki, yana nuna tasiri mai kyau na cin ganyayyaki a kan aikin endothelial na jijiyoyin jini.
Amma rage haɗarin cututtukan zuciya da jijiyoyin jini ba kawai saboda abubuwan da suka shafi cin ganyayyaki ba ne kawai.
Wasu amma ba duka binciken sun nuna hawan jini na homocysteine a cikin masu cin ganyayyaki ba idan aka kwatanta da marasa cin ganyayyaki. Ana tunanin Homocysteine a matsayin haɗari mai zaman kanta ga cututtukan zuciya. Bayanin na iya zama rashin isasshen bitamin B12.
Vitamin B12 injections sun saukar da matakan homocysteine jini a cikin masu cin ganyayyaki, da yawa daga cikinsu sun rage yawan bitamin B12 da haɓaka matakan homocysteine na jini. Bugu da kari, rage cin abinci na n-3 unsaturated fatty acids da kuma yawan cin abinci mai kitse na n-6 zuwa n-3 fatty acid a cikin abinci na iya kara hadarin kamuwa da cututtukan zuciya a tsakanin wasu masu cin ganyayyaki.
Magani na iya zama ƙara yawan ci na n-3 unsaturated fatty acids, alal misali, ƙara yawan ci na flaxseed da man flaxseed, da kuma rage yawan ci na N-6 fatty acids daga abinci kamar man sunflower.