 And they wanted to see if these plant-based meats, like a plant-based diet, would improve heart health and reduce your risk of diabetes. So what they did is they looked at people that ate plant-based meats or people that ate room meat, and then they monitored the LDL cholesterol level, blood sugar level, and blood pressure. And those who ate the meat-based diets consumed more protein, not surprisingly, while those that consumed the plant-based alternatives actually consumed more sodium,