By Dr. Sanchari Sinha Dutta, Ph.D. May 14 2025 New research shows that even modest adherence to the Portfolio Diet, a plant-based cholesterol-lowering strategy, can significantly reduce cardiovascular risk factors in young adults and may postpone heart disease onset by more than a decade. Study: Portfolio diet and LDL-C in a young, multiethnic cohort: cross-sectional analyses with cumulative exposure modeling . Image Credit: Chiociolla / Shutterstock University of Toronto researchers conducted