Research
Macro partitioning
A dietary pattern high in fruits, vegetables, nuts, and whole grains, and low in refined grains, significantly reduces the risk of coronary heart disease.
Build your meals around fruits, vegetables, nuts, and whole grains. Limit refined grains like white bread and pasta. This pattern, combined with exercise and not smoking, can prevent most heart disease.
StrongSupportsHIGH confidence
Compelling evidence from metabolic studies, prospective cohort studies, and clinical trials in the past several decades indicates that at least 3 dietary strategies are effective in preventing CHD... consume a diet high in fruits, vegetables, nuts, and whole grains and low in refined grain products.
Why this rating
Supported by large prospective cohort studies and randomized trials (Lyon Diet Heart Study, Indian Heart Study).
Source
Optimal Diets for Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease
Frank B. Hu · JAMA · 2002
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