Research
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Adherence to a Mediterranean Diet, improved through nutritional counseling, significantly improves lipid profiles (lower TC, LDL-C, TG) and reduces BMI in dyslipidemic patients.
Work with a nutritionist to adopt a Mediterranean Diet. This involves eating more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and olive oil, and less meat and dairy. This approach has been shown to improve cholesterol levels and weight loss in people with high cholesterol.
ModerateSupportsMEDIUM confidence
Nutritional counseling was effective for improving weight, BMI, and lipid profile excluding HDL-C levels.
Why this rating
Retrospective analysis, small sample, potential confounding by medication use.
Source
Effects of a Mediterranean Diet, Dairy, and Meat Products on Different Phenotypes of Dyslipidemia: A Preliminary Retrospective Analysis
Elena Formisano et al. · Nutrients · 2021
DOI 10.3390/nu13041161
cross_sectional · n=106Cited 19×
Read the paper DOI resolved against Crossref · corpus check 2026-06-10
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