Micronutrients & recovery
Low intake of fruits and whole grains are the two most significant individual dietary risk factors for cardiometabolic mortality in the MENA region, accounting for 12% and 11% of deaths respectively.
To significantly reduce heart disease and diabetes risk in the MENA region, prioritize increasing daily consumption of fruits and whole grains. These two specific food groups are responsible for the largest share of preventable deaths among all dietary factors.
Low intake of fruits (112 960 deaths... 12%) and low intake of whole grains (104 234... 11%) were the leading dietary risk factors for CMD mortality in the region
Why this rating
Based on systematic reviews and meta-analyses of epidemiological studies with adjusted confounders.
Source
The impact of dietary habits and metabolic risk factors on cardiovascular and diabetes mortality in countries of the Middle East and North Africa in 2010: a comparative risk assessment analysis
Ashkan Afshin et al. · BMJ Open · 2015
DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006385
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