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Dr. Rajan Bhatt has been practicing cardiac medicine in Scottsdale, Arizona, since 2003 at the Spectrum Dermatology & Vein Center. In addition to a medical degree, he also holds an MBA from the Peter Drucker Graduate School of Management in Los Angeles, California. Committed to learning more about heart medicine and forming professional bonds with his contemporaries in the field, Dr. Rajan Bhatt supports the efforts of the American Heart Association (AHA).
According to researchers, eating fruits and vegetables on a daily basis may make people less likely to experience periphery artery disease (PAD) later in life. The study data is found in a recent AHA journal, Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, in which information from more than 3.5 million individuals was aggregated to compare PAD incidence with fruit and vegetable intake.
As a whole, those who ate at least three servings of fruit and vegetables each day were nearly 20 percent less likely to develop PAD than those who say they eat fewer than three servings. In addition to the PAD correlation, the study data suggests that Americans consume far less than the recommended amount of fruits and vegetables each day.
The National Heart and Lung Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health provided the primary funding support for this study.
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